Keys to Success: How to Design and Use Effective Reliability and Integrity Program Assessments to Drive Sustainable Improvements
Inspectioneering Journal, January/February 2016 Issue
Equipment integrity and reliability programs are essential for refinery and chemical facility operators. The processes of the programs are developed to ensure safety, optimize component life cycles, and promote smooth and economical operations. Yet, before such programs can be correctly built or optimized, a mechanical integrity and reliability assessment can serve as a powerful tool for improvement.
Assessing: The Greater Context
Assessments should not be confused with audits. An audit is characterized by pass/fail, it must be enforced, requires documented proof, and demands actions from findings. An assessment, on the other hand, aims at sustained improvement, taking input as fact, and ensuring that findings lead to solutions.
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The Value of Quantifying Uncertainty
You cannot maximize the value of your risk analysis without the ability to quantify the uncertainty of when an asset will fail. While monitoring various elements such as thickness measurements and flow rate can reduce uncertainty, ultimately, the value of monitoring is limited.
In this video, Ryan Sitton, Pinnacle’s Founder and CEO, walks through the impact of leveraging your data to better define whether an upcoming task should be a repair, replacement, or upgrade to reduce spending levels and downtime.