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Operator Driven Reliability- Who owns your mill’s equipment?

Operation’s Inspections Drive Reliability

Program for the Reliability and Maintenance Conference

This conference is specifically tailored to pulp and paper industry maintenance and operations professionals seeking practical, easy to apply advice and solutions to quickly improve the bottom line.

Every single presentation is heaped with practical "how-to" advice to help you do something faster, better or cheaper. In between presentations you can network with your industry peers from USA, Canada and other countries, visit some of the many hundred vendors exhibiting the latest technology solutions, or simply relax. For when you get back to the mill, you will be able to apply many of the ideas and solutions from this event the very same day to do something faster, better or cheaper.

Monday October 18th
Time	Subject	Speaker
08.00 - 17.00	Productivity Game: The award winning productivity enhancement, team building and production facility simulator from Scandinavia. Grab your operations and maintenance colleagues for an unparalleled interactive learning experience. Winner of the SCEMM maintenance excellence award.	Michael Lippig IDCON, INC

Tuesday October 19th
Time	Subject	Speaker
08.00 - 13.00	Productivity Game Continued from Previous day (See above for description.)	Michael Lippig IDCON, INC
13:00 – 14:45	Workshop (alt 1) Setting up a Proactive Lubrication Program to Harvest Equipment Reliability Sound lubrication practice is the “moat” in the defense against equipment breakdown for rotating equipment. It is has also been characterized as the “low hanging fruit” in your reliability garden. By popular demand, we have commissioned this workshop for those discerning managers that want to pick their ripe fruit and fill their moats with the fiercest alligators and boiling water.	Mike Johnson, Director of Machinery Lubrication Technologies, Noria Inc.
	Workshop alt 2) A practical look at the Shock Pulse Method for uncovering and diagnosing problems in Rotating Equipment Most maintenance professionals are familiar with traditional vibrations analysis for identifying problem in rotating equipment. However, it takes a lot practice to gain the required proficiency. The lesser known Shock Pulse Measurement method can be used by the frontline maintenance and produces comparable results, without the specialists. This workshop will compare the two methods in "light" theory and with hands-on demonstration so that can make an informed choice.	Lou Morando, Manager of Special Projects, SPM Instruments
14:45 – 15:00	Break
15:00 – 16:45	Workshop (alt 3) Friction Management and Bearing Maintenance Techniques Terry and Bill are Services Engineers, ME and Design. They have a combined total of 55 years experience with the Torrington and Timken Bearing Companies. The Timken portfolio of integrated industrial products and services offer a unique approach to managing friction. Proper bearing handling, mounting and dismounting, Lubrication, coating techniques, application specific metallurgy and condition monitoring solutions. Learn how to Manage Friction from the experts in the field.	Terry Meredith & Bill Slusarczyk The Timken Company
	Workshop (alt 4): Infrared Thermal Imaging in the Pulp and Paper Mill Infrared cameras are used in pulp and paper mills across the U.S. to increase productivity and product quality. This workshop explains how infrared thermal imaging works and why it is so effective in this competitive and challenging industry.	Jason Styron, District Manager, FLIR Systems Inc
16:45 – 19:00	October Fest

Wednesday October 20th
Time	Subject	Speaker
7:30-8:00	Coffee
08:00 – 9:30	RORM 2004 Christer Idhammar -The hedgehog versus the fox This presentation has become an institution for Reliability and Maintenance professionals since it was first included in this conference program in 1988. Each year it is updated with latest findings from IDCON’s work on a world wide basis. It is consistently rated “Best presentation“ in conferences all over the world. It is highly recommended that you attend as a team with key people representing Operations, Maintenance, Stores and Engineering.The vital partnership between operations, maintenance and engineering and the cultural changes required to truly achieve this partnership is one of the highlights of this year’s presentation. Best reliability and maintenance practices as they have been implemented will also be presented.	Christer Idhammar President IDCON, INC
9:30-10:15	Break and visit Exhibit
10:15 – 11:30	RORM 2004 Christer Idhammar Continued . . .	Christer Idhammar President IDCON, INC
11:35-12:15	A Corporate Roadmap to Reliability for Tembec Pulp & Paper Operations Yvon Pellietier, Sr. Vice President, Tembec. TEMBEC has grown sevenfold since 1994. Such dramatic growth has challenged the corporation to forge many new policies to integrate new acquisitions with existing assets. Yvon will discuss how one such policy, the Maintenance Management System, has evolved to take Tembec Pulp and Paper operations’ reliability from average to best in the industry.	Yvon Pellietier, Sr. Vice President, Tembec
12:15 – 14:00	Lunch and Visit to Exhibit
14.00 - 14.45	Track A, presentation 1 How to Motivate Maintenance Professionals for Optimum Performance. This paper talks about some contemporary and effective methods in use today to motivate maintenance professionals to give the "discretionary" effort that each of us possess, but will only donate under the "right" conditions.	Mark Rowland, General Manager, Metso Paper
	Track B, presentation 1 Water Content Measurements Keep Paper Machines Running Smoothly The quality of lubricating oil in your paper machines can play a major role in reducing mill operating costs and significantly extending a machine’s service life. While there are many contaminants to be aware of, one of the most significant in terms of its destructive potential is the presence of water. With several different methods of water detection currently available on today’s market, one of the newest and most proactive diagnostic technologies involves in-line, real-time moisture measurements providing instantaneous readings addressing a potentially major problem before it occurs.	Steve Jiroutek, Sales Engineer, Vaisala, Inc.
14:50 – 15:35	Track A, presentation 2 Best Practices Roll Maintenance As all critical components, rolls require regular maintenance to provide sustained peak performance. Rolls account for a large proportion of unplanned machine downtime. This presentation will examine current approaches to managing roll maintenance, and the benefits of an integrated strategy for tracking rolls.	Sven Brindley, President, Breakwater Design
	Track B, presentation 2 A Case Study on the Use of Modern Condition Monitoring Techniques This paper will show how this mill is using modern condition monitoring techniques to manage rotating equipment. The speaker’s case study will also show the significant results achieved using this technology.	Micael Koch, Stora Enso, Grycksbo, Sweden
15:40 – 16:25	Track A, presentation 3 Maximum Returns on Planning and Scheduling = Operations Ownership A Planning and Scheduling program is a core process in any "best in class" mill. However, most mills miss the boat with Operations' ownership of the process. Without the full understanding of the roles and responsibilities of all area team members, Planning and Scheduling will fail, or at best, "put on a good show." This presentation will lay out what an effective program should look like, including program guiding principles, roles and responsibilities, key metrics, and real world examples of road blocks and potential pitfalls to successfully apply planning and scheduling for maximum returns.	Chris Hykin, Operations Superintendent, IP, Augusta, GA
	Track B, presentation 3 Designing and Building a Reliability Focused Organization Creating an organizational structure supporting reliability is at the forefront of maintenance management. Yet many organizations struggle with getting it right. Based on the speaker’s experience, this presentation takes a closer look at the main issues and considerations, what works and what doesn’t, how an” ideal” structure will help support reliability deliverables and what KPIs to use to focus the effort of each individual. The speaker will also suggest how the organizational structure should support mill reliability objectives with well developed and focused improvement strategies.	George Munn, Reliability Maintenance Superintendent, Georgia Pacific, Palatka, FL
16:30 – 18:00	Exhibitor Reception

Thursday October 21th
Time	Subject	Speaker
08.00 - 08.55	Averting The Maintenance Crisis A critical issue is facing maintenance: a vacuum of skilled maintenance professionals. To our speakers this issue has become more than just a seminar topic but a crusade. He has been interviewed by NPR, conducted numerous workshops, written the first ever maintenance song, met with numerous government leaders, spoke at numerous schools, conducted surveys and is implementing strategies to introduce more women into this field. Many maintenance managers complain that it takes 100 interviews to find 1 qualified candidate. With the retirement of the baby boomer generation, in the next 10 years, there will be a mass exodus of facility maintenance personnel; analysts predict a loss of 40 to 70 percent. This future facility maintenance problem needs to be addressed now. In this session, attendees will receive detailed data on the extent and ramifications of this crisis, and will receive specific action items, proactive steps, tactics and techniques to minimize the effects on their operations.	Joel Leonard, Mpact Learning
09.00 - 09.55	Using Management of Change to get Optimum Performance from People This speaker is a long term proponent and disciple of the management of change process. He will use his knowledge and experience to demonstrate how to use this process to manage people and get them to deliver their very best.	Bill Sweet, Mill Manager, Tembec, Smooth Rock Falls, ON, Canada
9:55 – 10:15	Break
10.15 - 11.00	Morphing RCM into an Effective Preventive Maintenance Setup Tool	Richard Word, Sr. Reliability Engineer, Whirlpool, Findlay, OH
11:00 – 12:00	Maintenance Best Practices Depend on Management Systems To Support Them, Gene McIvor, Tembec, Skookumchuck To achieve high reliability of rotating equipment, numerous programs and technologies must be utilized and integrated along with the managerial will to enforce them. Alignment, balancing, seal water systems, exotic technologies must be combined with effective management tools in order to achieve results.
12:00 – 12:05	Workshop Preview
12:05 – 13:00	Lunch
13.00 - 14.00	Leveraging Your Infrared Camera With prices upwards of $50,000, infrared cameras are considered too expensive by most pulp and paper mills. This speaker, representing a middle sized mill, will show you, using an abundance of pictorial evidence, why they consider an infrared camera a bargain! Take home the information to show your mill manager why you should have one too.	Mickey Bevis, PM Superintendent, Smurfit Stone, Panama City, FL
14:00– 15:00	Shutdown Planning and Scheduling - A Case Study	Chad Lewis, Maintenance Engineer, Domtar Industries, Port Edwards, WI
15:00 – 15:20	Break
15:20 – 16:20	Preventive Maintenance for E/I, A Forgotten Opportunity?	Steve Holmes, Automation Superintendent, Blandin Paper , Grand Rapids, MN
16:20 – 16:30	Drawing For Raffle, Exhibitors Present Prizes	Michael Lippig
16.40 - 16.50	Conclusion and Closing of the PPRM 2004 Conference	Christer Idhammar

Friday October 22th
Time	Subject	Speaker
9:00 – 12:00	Post Workshop 1 Crash Course in Reliability Centered Maintenance Reliability Centered Maintenance has got a reputation for being cumbersome to implement. However, the principles of RCM are very sound and should be known and applied by every maintenance professional. This workshop will cover the main principles and show when and why you should use modified RCM, modified RCM and how to use the principles in daily maintenance management.	Brian Davies, Idcon Inc
	Post Workshop 2 Implement a Precision Maintenance Program During his years with Champion International Mr. McKinnon developed a program to look after equipments basics such as alignment and balancing. This workshop will show you the nuts and bolts of this program and why every mill must have one. This workshop is suitable for managers, supervisors and craftspeople.	Ian McKinnon, Principal, Reliability Solutions LLC
	SMRP Certification EXAM The SMRP Organization (SMRPCO) has developed an industry recognized Certification for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals. For additional information you can go to www.smrp.org or you can send an email to certify@smrp.org.