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Uranium Mill Sets the Pace with Reliability
A large uranium mill, one of the industry’s leading producers, wanted to implement operational reliability best practices to maintain current capability and prepare for a future increase in production. Safety, employee engagement, efficiency, and increased production were the business objectives. After identifying potential for improvement in the mill’s maintenance processes and operational practices, management achieved measureable improvements, and reduced reactivity over several years. With the improvements in place, the mill now wanted to position itself to meet future business needs.
Major Confection Manufacturer Partners with LCE to Reduce Inventory Costs by $1.5 Million
A major confection manufacturing operation in Georgia noticed an upward trend in Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) costs which was negatively impacting the bottom line. Conservative estimates revealed that established processes had cost the company millions of dollars via redundant ordering and storing of non-critical parts. The plant reached out to Life Cycle Engineering for a complete MRO turnaround.
Power Plant Embraces Reliability to Improve Performance and Mitigate Aging Workforce Issues
One of the largest consumer-operated, regional, joint-power supply ventures in the United States was operating in a constant state of reactivity. Coal power plants are under immense pressure to improve operational performance due to increasing regulations, rising costs, and continual loss of talented employees due to retirement. After a plant-wide gap analysis was conducted, the leadership team realized current reactive practices would not support continued sustainability and future business goals. The leadership team partnered with LCE to provide reliability and asset management expertise to improve performance.
A Metallurgical Coke Producer Addresses Financial Challenges with Reliability Excellence
A metallurgical coke producer, co-located with a large steel production facility in the middle of Detroit, Michigan, was struggling with reactive maintenance practices which were negatively impacting financial results for the company and creating a difficult work environment for its personnel. The site partnered with Life Cycle Engineering to establish an efficient, high-performance plant where employee quality of life was high and financial results stable.
Alumina Refinery Drives Continuous Improvement with Reliability Excellence
A large alumina refinery site in the southwest United States was struggling with an aging plant and poor capital support for improvement of its installed equipment. The plant partnered with Life Cycle Engineering and embarked on a reliability journey to increase production, decrease the amount of reactive work and improve safety and quality of life for employees.
Chemical Processing Plant Uses Asset Management Best Practices to Build Total Process Reliability
A very unique, large-scale coal gasification facility in the United States that manufactures synthetic natural gas and numerous chemical commodity products was struggling to improve its high-stress, reactive workplace. The team decided to partner with Life Cycle Engineering to improve performance through a proactive approach rooted in reliability best practices and strategic asset management.
Hot Stuff! Heating Up Reliability at AltaSteel
AltaSteel is a scrap-based mini-mill operation based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The plant has both melting and casting facilities and a production capability of over 315,000 tons of steel billet annually. AltaSteel makes a variety of round, flat, and square bar shapes for use by downstream remanufactures in the mining, oil and gas, automotive, construction, agriculture, and OEM industries.
The Swagelok Reliability Journey Includes an Important Role for Reliability Engineers
Swagelok identified Reliability Excellence as a strategic improvement initiative and partnered with LCE to reduce downtime and improve OEE. Read how reliability engineering played an important role in their results.
“C” Shredder Trip Elimination
As part of a Reliability Excellence implementation in a large cane sugar refinery, Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. (LCE) assigned a Reliability Engineer to investigate potential limiting factors that could be resolved short-term.
Reliability Excellence Transforms the Production of a Snack Food Manufacturer
In 1998, a snack food manufacturer determined that its domestic capacity was not sufficient to meet market demand for the peak periods around the four summer holidays. The manufacturer’s solution was to build four additional plants to augment the output from their 12 existing operating plants.
