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Asset Myopia: The Problem
with Short-Sighted Machine
Configurations
Many industrial
facilities remain
stubbornly short-
sighted about
the acquisition,
installation, and
operation of their
machines. "
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Matt Adams
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Noria Corporation
LUBRICANT HANDLING & APPLICATION
Factor: H2P
Myopia is a condition in which the
eye fails to refract, bend and focus
light properly, causing distant
objects to be blurry or unclear. e
familiar term, short-sightedness,
accurately describes a condition
that is common in industrial
plants across the globe: Misguided
Machinery Configuration (H2P).
Many industrial facilities remain
stubbornly short-sighted about
the acquisition, installation, and
operation of their machines. So
today I want to take a moment to
help you look ahead to the future
of your machines.
Machines are designed to play
a multitude of roles in different
operational contexts. Equipment
manufacturers can only customize
their machines' conf iguration
options as much as market demand
allows. Ultimately, it is the respon-
sibilit y of equipment owners
themselves to re-configure their
machines to correlate to the spec-
ified operational contexts where
they are used. While this step
is commonly overlooked in the
acquisition process, proper initial
machine configuration prior to
operation creates opportunities
for simpler preventive mainte-
nance tasks, improved inspections,
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