Area Sales & Training Manager, SDT International sa-nv, Brussels, Belgium
Reality in industry, thinking of maintenence approach in many cases, is disproportional with available technologies and knowledge. This situation is decreasing company´s competitiveness or decreasing the possible or projected profit. In the global market, when resources show stable or increasing prices, and final product price drop, future is to be found within the system, and maintenance must be a profit generator. Reliability increase
can only happen once it becomes everyone's concern, not only the concern of the team in charge. Wider acceptance of available technologies inevitably leads to inclusion of larger number of employees in Reliability improvement process, most often through their participation in Condition Monitoring. Ultrasound in maintenance covers wide area of applications and wide range of employees that can use it, depending on their skills and
training applied.
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