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The first day of MainTrain Fort McMurray kicked off at the local Quality Hotel Sept. 15, bringing to Alberta and the oil sands the first event of its kind.
As Canada's largest physical asset and maintenance management industry association, the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada's (PEMAC) Fort McMurray chapter had an active hand in selecting and shaping the content for this year's event to ensure it met the unique needs of local industry.
Following opening remarks by Suncor Energy's Jim Dardis (who is also vice-president of PEMAC's Fort McMurray chapter) and moderator John Lambert, from Benchmark Maintenance Services Inc., conference attendees were treated to a full day of technical training seminars, which focused primarily on predictive maintenance tools like thermography, oil analysis programs, ultrasound , motor current analysis and laser alignment systems. The theme of achieving a return on investment (ROI) was prevalent throughout, as well as showing how each technology works together in comprehensive condition monitoring programs.
FLIR's Greg Bork opened up the day's seminars by teaching the attendees about the latest innovations in predictive and thermography. This session taught the audience how to get the most out of the leading-edge technology, not only in reducing equipment downtime but also addressing the energy-cost savings — without ripping a machine apart.
"What we are doing in terms of of infrared technology and what FLIR has been doing for years is focusing in on non-destructive, non-contact testing," Bork said, "keeping the process going and finding out the problem in real time."
Kevin Eaton in the hydraulics business unit with Bosch Rexroth Canada addressed how the monitor the condition of hydraulic equipment through oil analysis. A successful oil-analysis program is more than purchasing a sample bottle, filling it with oil and sending it to a
As Canada's largest physical asset and maintenance management industry association, the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada's (PEMAC) Fort McMurray chapter had an active hand in selecting and shaping the content for this year's event to ensure it met the unique needs of local industry.
Following opening remarks by Suncor Energy's Jim Dardis (who is also vice-president of PEMAC's Fort McMurray chapter) and moderator John Lambert, from Benchmark Maintenance Services Inc., conference attendees were treated to a full day of technical training seminars, which focused primarily on predictive maintenance tools like thermography, oil analysis programs, ultrasound , motor current analysis and laser alignment systems. The theme of achieving a return on investment (ROI) was prevalent throughout, as well as showing how each technology works together in comprehensive condition monitoring programs.
FLIR's Greg Bork opened up the day's seminars by teaching the attendees about the latest innovations in predictive and thermography. This session taught the audience how to get the most out of the leading-edge technology, not only in reducing equipment downtime but also addressing the energy-cost savings — without ripping a machine apart.
"What we are doing in terms of of infrared technology and what FLIR has been doing for years is focusing in on non-destructive, non-contact testing," Bork said, "keeping the process going and finding out the problem in real time."
Kevin Eaton in the hydraulics business unit with Bosch Rexroth Canada addressed how the monitor the condition of hydraulic equipment through oil analysis. A successful oil-analysis program is more than purchasing a sample bottle, filling it with oil and sending it to a
