Aladon’s Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) methodology is a continuous improvement tool for your organizational asset strategy, and when used together with other reliability processes such as RCM and RBI, provides a holistic approach to asset failure management. The following case study of a blower fire in a food manufacturing plant shows how Aladon uses […]
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Case study: Root Cause Failure Analysis of a Centrifuge Failure
On November 19, 2013, a Centrifuge experienced a catastrophic failure, throwing the pillow block bearing and the planetary gear box from the unit and causing secondary damage to the structure and Rotary Drum Thickener. The 750-lb. gearbox on the unit came free and flew 30 feet in the air and damaged the 460v power rails […]