Maintenance

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Making Maintenance a True Asset in Pharma Manufacturing through Digitalization

Learning Level: Beginner/Intermediate Session Length: 1 hour Did you know that more than 80% of equipment failures in manufacturing are caused by human error or adverse operating conditions rather than time-based wear...
Good Practice Guide: Maintenance 2nd Edition
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Good Practice Guide: Maintenance 2nd Edition

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Maintenance can impact both the quality of products and the compliance of pharmaceutical processes. Maintenance programs have long been recognized as critical to the success of the operations they support.
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Equipment Surfaces - Redefining Acceptable Conditions to Eliminate Unnecessary Maintenance

Although other industry publications have explored the effect of surface finish on biofilm formation, background data indicating that imperfections exceeding the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Bioprocessing Equipment (BPE) standard are detrimental to chemical cleaning performance are lacking.1

  • 1Arnold, J. W., and O. Suzuki. “E ects of Corrosive Treatment on...
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An Introduction to Predictive Maintenance

Much has been published on advantages of predictive maintenance, yet many do not realize that it is a tool to help achieve their facility's goals and objectives. If you need to convince management of the need for PredM, this article contains information that you can use as an "elevator speech."