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by ww2i
19 Sep 2026, 15:06
Forum: HSE Engineers
Topic: Fatigue Management
Replies: 1
Views: 1986

Re: Fatigue Management

For shift personnel, fatigue is best treated as a risk exposure, not simply as hours worked. The most useful approach is to combine roster-based fatigue exposure + actual working hours/overtime + fatigue indicators + critical-task exposure.
I would recommend having three levels of fatigue KPIs.
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by ww2i
19 Sep 2026, 14:59
Forum: Operation Engineers
Topic: Abnormal Conditions Management
Replies: 2
Views: 2870

Re: Abnormal Conditions Management

This should trigger two things:
1. Notification to SMEs to assess this exceedance
2. Risk assessment involving concerned
by ww2i
19 Sep 2026, 14:53
Forum: Maintenance Engineers
Topic: Maintenance of 3-way manual valves
Replies: 1
Views: 69

Re: Maintenance of 3-way manual valves

Generally, no maintenance plans are applied be it manual isolation valves of any type including three way valves.
This is what I know about my plant maintenance.
by ww2i
16 Aug 2026, 11:41
Forum: Maintenance Engineers
Topic: Time based vs Condition based Maintenance
Replies: 3
Views: 3837

Re: Time based vs Condition based Maintenance

thanks novice123.


Try to understand this with an example.
A centrifugal pump is currently overhauled every 12 months.
After reviewing five years of maintenance history:

80% of bearings show minimal wear at overhaul.
Vibration consistently increases 8–10 weeks before bearing failure.
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by ww2i
16 Aug 2026, 11:41
Forum: Operation Engineers
Topic: Management of applied mitigations
Replies: 4
Views: 2819

Re: Management of applied mitigations

I appreciate all your inputs.
But the limitations still exist at our site as I go through your responses.
by ww2i
16 Aug 2026, 11:40
Forum: Inspection & Reliability Engineers
Topic: Aluminium Platefin Mercury Corrosion
Replies: 3
Views: 2289

Re: Aluminium Platefin Mercury Corrosion

Yes some the old facilities have them with no mercury over the years of operation.
However, things have changed recently where we might be expecting a feed with carryover of mercury.
by ww2i
16 Aug 2026, 11:39
Forum: Operation Engineers
Topic: Line spading controls
Replies: 5
Views: 4227

Re: Line spading controls

Once identified during the spading list review that there are some spades still in place, that should have triggered any system to take care of any risk of taking the system in operation.
That could have been an MOC process but practically this is not possible to assess the risk in detail during a ...
by ww2i
16 Aug 2026, 11:36
Forum: Process & Control Engineers
Topic: Old bubble cap trays & modern sieve trays
Replies: 3
Views: 2125

Old bubble cap trays & modern sieve trays

Is it true that ancient bubble cap trays are better than modern trays?
And if yes, in which ways are they better?