by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022How Solving This Problem At It’s Root Saved This Company $1.15 Million
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The Problem: “We had experienced nine catastrophic failures of our lance carriage assemblies in the Basic Oxygen Furnaces (BOF) at an approximate cost of $250,000 each…”
by Bob Latino
Updated: April 23, 2024Name That Failure | Part 3
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Can you identify and name this fracture pattern? How can you tell it is that fracture pattern? Where are the origin(s) of the failure on the fractured surface? How can you tell where the origin(s) are?
by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022The ‘Soft Side’ of RCA: Management’s Role in ‘Effective’ Training
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The ‘Soft Side’ of RCA: Management’s Role in ‘Effective’ Training By Robert J. Latino, CEO, Reliability Center, Inc. Abstract: In an era of rapidly advancing technology, the need for training to keep up is imperative. But training alone is not the panacea to a facility’s problems. Management’s must be aware that the environment in which their people work, will either progress or obstruct