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Written by REM Staff
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EDMONTON—MainTrain 2008 headed to Alberta in late September and the conference was an overwhelming success. More than 100 total participants attended the event. The Alberta Chapter of the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) organized the Edmonton conference. Training day presenters included: Benchmark Maintenance Services, Condition Monitoring International LLC (CMI), UE Systems, Henkel Canada (Loctite), Bosch Rexroth Canada and Fluke Electronics Canada.
"MainTrain in Edmonton was a huge success. It was a natural fit when the Alberta Chapter suggested to PEMAC to hold the event out west," said Norm Clegg, PEMAC executive director. "This conference received tremendous support from our Alberta Chapter, sponsors and attendees."
Fasteners to safety
At the MainTrain 2008 conference in Edmonton, one highlight was the training day. Attendees were able to network with other maintainers, learn from industry experts and gain new knowledge to help them on the job.
According to John Lambert, president of Benchmark Maintenance Services, and moderator of the training day, the key elements of fundamental maintenance include machinery installation, a lubrication program and scheduled preventive maintenance system, planned maintenance, the maintenance team itself and a computerized maintenance management software (CMMS) system.
"The greatest influence during any installation will always remain the skill level of the wrench operator," said Lambert. "Our goal is to create a stress-free environment in which the machine units can run in."
Robert Dunkel, P.Eng., director of technical service, Henkel Loctite Canada, covered a lot of ground, including an update on the mechanical fundamentals of fasteners. Dunkel further talked about the torque-tension relationship in more detail. He said the torque-tension relationship is between torque and the resulting applied clamp load.
According to Dunkel, the relationship is controlled by friction, which occurs at two specific points-at the thread flanks and on the underside of the head of the bolt or nut. "Approximately 85-90 percent of the effort used to tighten a threaded fastener is lost to friction," he said. "Only about 10-15 percent of the effort is used to generate clamp load."
MainTrain in Edmonton also featured Alan D. Quilley CRSP, president of Safety Results. He said the leading indicators of safety comprise the following: safe behaviours observed, time to resolve safety issues, processes reviewed, management of change completed, safety meetings and discussions, recommendations implemented, workplace observations completed, cultural analysis and employee perception.
"You know you've done a good job when the plan is followed, it's on time, under or on budget and it's done safely," said Quilley. "Leadership behaviour matters. You need to ask these questions: What did you and your subordinates do today to make safety more likely? How did you measure how well they did it? How did you reward them for doing it?"
At MainTrain in Edmonton, the PEMAC Alberta Chapter also elected the following new executive: president, Al Johnson, Clearpass Inc.; vice-president, Brian Ellis, Nexen Inc.; past-president, Ron Bettin, EnCana; treasurer, Dick Olver, Agrium; secretary, Reg Belyea, ABB Reliability; member-at-large, Claire Russell, Northern Lakes College; and member-at-large, Pat Synott, Jacobs Engineering.
Congratulations to the PEMAC Alberta Chapter on a great event!
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