Rotating machine failures are avoidable. We should never stop asking the word 'why'!
Perhaps the effort required to avoid failures in rotating machines is too great, or the investment in time or money does not justify the returns or just sometimes we do not have the will. But I believe that all rotating machine failures can be avoided.
It starts and end with asking why! Why did the machine fail? it might be a seal or a bearing, a shaft, a gear, an impeller that was the reason for the failure. The next question is 'why did the component fail?. Why, why, why until the Root Cause Failure can be determined
In our workshops CPM are faced with the 'why' question every day from those customers that choose to run machines to failure. One such case study was exhaust fans, to find out more what we achieved on this occasion from asking 'why', click here