Power Networking – Not To Be Missed – 4 PM

Please make sure you get to the Power Networking event as close to 4 pm as possible as logistics require that we begin as soon as the magic computer tells us we have enough people to start.

You will meet dozens of new people who share the same challenges you do.

All are welcome

Warning - arrive close to 4 pm to ensure your participation - space and time is limited

Two New Must Read Books from the MRO-Zone.com Conference Bookstore

Don't Just Fix It. Improve It! Heroic Change - A Journey To The Precision Domain by Winston P. Ledet, Winston J. Ledet and Sherri M. Abshire

Engineering Asset Management an insurance perspective
by Ian Barnard

Please visit the MRO-Zone.com bookstore upstairs in the Keynote area outside the expo Hall for these and other great maintenance and reliability books or ...
http://books.mro-zone.com

2 Minute Video from Day 1 at Solutions 2.0

2 Minute Video from Day 1 at Solutions 2.0

Congratulations to the Uptime Magazine PdM Award Winners

Congratulations to the Uptime Magazine PdM Award Winners:

• Pfizer – Best Overall Predictive Maintenance Program

• San Antonio Water – Best Emerging Predictive Maintenance Program

• Alcoa Mt Holly – Best Green Reliability Program

• DMax Ltd – Best Ultrasound Program

• Powder River Coal Company/Peadbody Energy – Best Specialized Vibration Program

• NASA KSC EG&G – Best Precision Maintenance Program

• Calpine – Best Oil Analysis and Lubrication Program

Be sure and look for the Winner posters. You can meet the PdM Award Winners at the Power Networking session at 4 pm on Tuesday.

Shuttle Launch Break

The Solutions 2.0 Conference Schedule will remain as posted with the exception that our team will be monitoring the scheduled NASA Shuttle Launch. All activities will schedule a break to allow the launch to be viewed and then the conference activity will restart.

Some events like the Value Driven Maintenance Business Experience Workshop or the Uptime Magazine PdM Awards may go slightly over the scheduled end times as a result

You can visit the check in desk in the South Tower for more details

Welcome to Solutions 2.0 in Daytona Beach

The entire team at Reliabilityweb.com looks forward to meeting you and being of service as we facilitate some what we think are the best new ideas, powerful lessons, and abundant professional networking in the maintenance and reliability community. Look for people with the Reliabilityweb.com logo on their shirts for assistance and information.

Additional communication options:

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Solutions Conference Blog link
http://solutions20.blogspot.com/

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http://www.maintenance.org/index.php?page_id=1107&group_id=67&group_page_id=1


Early Check-In

If you arrive Sunday November 15 please feel free to stop by the Check In Desk in the South Tower after 1 pm to avoid lines

Monday November 16 Special Events

Association for Maintenance Professional Steering Group Meeting
Monday Nov 16
9:00 am - 11:00 am
RSVP to t.pickett@iriss.com if you plan to attend - she will reply with meeting details, location and agenda
All are welcome

Uptime Magazine Predictive Maintenance Program of the Year Award Presentations
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm ALL are welcome
Meet the winners and learn about their programs

Early Bird Meet and Greet
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Free Beer/Soda and Snacks

Meet other attendees and see a brief presentation highlighting conference activities

Reminders: Make time to attend the Power Networking Session on Tuesday Nov 17 immediately following he afternoon workshops at 4:00 pm

Check the Welcome Backpack for details about the Hand's-on SDT Ultrasound Learning Lab and ALL-TEST Pro Motor Testing Learning Lab

Special thanks for Solutions 2.0 Platinum Sponsors Chevron and The Timken Company

Why you can't just focus on planning and scheduling

Read Solutions 2.0 presenter Steve Beamer's book review about Winston Ledet's new book here

Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch at Solutions 2.0

Once again Reliabilityweb.com is attempting to ensure one of the most special events available while visiting Florida - a Shuttle launch.

Scheduled for Monday November 16 at 2:28 pm - the Space Shuttle Atlantis launch will be seen clearly from the beach at the Ocean Walk Village Hilton in Daytona Beach - the HQ hotel for Solutions 2.0.

Up to the minute schedule is available from NASA KSC here

Mission Overview
STS-129: Stocking the Station

The spare parts delivered to the International Space Station by Atlantis during the STS-129 mission will mean spare years on the station’s life once the space shuttle fleet is retired.

“You’ll see this theme in some of the flights that are going to come after ours as well,” said Brian Smith, the lead space station flight director for the mission. “This flight is all about spares – basically, we’re getting them up there while we still can.”

With only one U.S. module left to deliver, the Space Shuttle Program is turning its attention to helping the space station build up a store of replacement parts. There are only half a dozen flights left in the shuttle’s manifest before they stop flying, and as the only vehicle large enough to carry many of the big pieces of equipment into space, several of the flights are devoted to the task. This is the first, however, and as the first this mission is dedicated to taking up the spares of the highest priority.

“We’re taking the big ones,” Smith said. “And not only are they the big ones – they’re the ones deemed most critical. That’s why they’re going up first.”

The spares are going up on two platforms – called external logistics carriers, or ELCs – to be attached on either side of the station’s truss, in hopes that wherever a failure happens, the necessary spare won’t be too far away. The ELCs carried up on STS-129 will be chocked full with two pump modules, two control moment gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, an ammonia tank assembly, a high-pressure gas tank, a latching end effector for the station’s robotic arm and a trailing umbilical system reel assembly for the railroad cart that allows the arm to move along the station’s truss system. There’s also a power control unit, a plasma container unit, a cargo transportation container and a battery charge/discharge unit. In all, that’s 27,250 pounds worth of spares to keep the station going long after the shuttles retire.

Some of those spares would be used to replace failed components of the systems that provide the station power or keep it from overheating or tumbling through space. Others, in the case of the latching end effector and reel assembly, are essential parts of the robotics system that allow the astronauts to replace the other parts when they wear out.

“It was a long-term goal to have the full power production capability and all the international partners present and six person crew capability,” said Mike Sarafin, the lead shuttle flight director for the mission. “These are the spares that will allow us to utilize the investment that we’ve put in.”


More mission details

Register for the CMRP Certification Exam

The Solutions 2.0 Conference will be holding the CMRP exam at the conference between the hours of 3:30pm- 5:30pm. Please arrive a half an hour early before the exam begins and bring a valid photo I.D.

You do not need to attend the conference to sit for the exam.

For an exam application in pdf, please click here

SDT Ultrasonic Learning Lab

A standout feature of every International Maintenance Conference is the SDT Ultrasound Learning Lab.

This year it is located right on the Expo Floor across from the Cyber Cafe. Once inside you have the opportunity to put your hands on the finest ultrasound equipment in the world and ask questions from some of the smartest ultrasound trainers there are.

At the forefront of this year's lab is the launching of the SDT270, the Evolution of Ultrasound. The learning lab gives you the opportunity to get hands-on with this innovative measurement instrument and it's companion software Ultranalysis Suite.

Learn about acoustic lubrication, compressed air leak detection, steam trap monitoring, collecting static and dynamic data on rotating and non-rotating machines, electrical inspections, ultrasonic database creation, recording ultrasound wave files properly, and much more.

Join SDT in the Dolphin Room at specific times for product launch news, software launch news, and special story telling by some of high performance clients (see details below).

SDT270 Launch
Wednesday Nov 18th
10:30 - 11:15

The SDT270 Ultrasonic System represents our 3rd generation of digital detection systems for predictive maintenance and leak detection. Join us in the Dolphin Room for an unveiling of the new firsts and features of this evolutionary ultrasound device.

Gary Wiggins, Alcoa
Wednesday Nov 18th
1:00 - 1:45

Gary Wiggins is an integral member of the condition monitoring team at Alcoa, Mt. Holly, SC. He is a Level III Thermographer, Level 1 Vibration and Ultrasound Analyst. He played a fundamental role in the creation of mechanical surveys in the plant and electrical surveys in the switchyard while developing an interesting method for tracking compressed air leaks.

elipe Rivera LDS Church
Wednesday Nov 18th
2:00 - 2:45

The printing division of LDS Church in Salt Lake City produces printed materials for the Church of Latter Day Saints. To keep the presses rolling an elite team implemented core technologies into their PdM programme. Their vision is "Zero Preventative and Corrective Maintenance".

SDT270 Software Launch
Thursday Nov 19th
9:30 - 10:15

Evolutionary ultrasound instruments need powerful and functional software to manage data, schedule surveys, alarm when something is not quite right, and produce pleasing reports that tell the entire story.

Join SDT in the Dolphin Room where we will highlight for you the features and function of Ultranalysis Software Suite for SDT270.

Find out more about SDT here

Follow Solutions 2.0 Conference Updates on Twitter

You can get official conference updates and news from the Solutions 2.0 Twitter site here: http://twitter.com/maintenanceconf

Solutions 2.0 Conference Guide Available

The Solutions 2.0 Conference Guide is now available online