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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Practical and reliable approach in carrying out maintenance activities

Applicable for Process/Hydrocarbon Industries :
In order to ensure reliability in any Maintenance activities in the context of  process industries, the SOP are:
1.Prepare SMP (Standard Maintenance Procedures) for each maintenance activities.This should be prepared by  an engineer having minimum 4-5 years of maintenance experience in the field for which he is going to write SMP.The content of SMP shall be:
- Description of Potential risk in executing the actvities and their mitigation plan.
-Mention of necessary tools and tackles to be used
-Mention a caution for Receiving the PTW along with LOTO/RA sheet prior to commence the maintenance job.
-Description of sequential procedure in form of check list in which the activities shall be carried out.This also mention the data/clearances /tolerances/Fits to be maintained wherever necessary.
2.The technician who is executing the activities must also record  the observation data prior to correction/repair in annexure sheet of SMP document
3.The technician should write the corrected dimensions/clearances/alignment in the annexure sheet of SMP document.
4. After closing the job and handing over the work permit,technician should incorporate all maintenance history data in CMMS (SAP-PM module) for future reference.

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