Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation
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Reliable Plant 2015 Rocks Cleveland Nearly 1,000 industry experts, leaders and decision-makers from around the world recently journeyed to Cleveland, Ohio, for Noria Corporation's 16th annual Reliable Plant Conference and Exhibition. The premier event for lubrication, oil analysis and reliability professionals saw delegates from 41 U.S. states and 28 countries. Attendees were able to choose from more than 75 learning sessions on a variety of topics, such as how to successfully build a reliability-centered culture, using key performance indicators to optimize your lubrication program, predicting equipment failures with condition-based maintenance and driving reliability with 1-minute daily inspections. "The learning sessions have been really good," noted Kevin King of Royal Manufacturing. "There have been a lot of great presenters and speakers. I have learned a lot. It has been a very valuable show." Case studies were presented by a number of industry leaders, including Duke Energy's Russell Flagg, Owens Corning's Roger Watson, DuPont's David Kesterson, Cargill's Ted Melencheck, Ashland Specialty Ingredients' Kenny Myers and Seminole Electric's Brian Thorp. "What I like about Reliable Plant are the professionals and experts that we get exposed to," said William Hada of Simmons Feed Ingredients. "We get to talk with people who are in the same situation that we are in. There are a lot of very knowledgeable people sharing diff erent ideas and things to help us improve our organization's reliability and uptime." The new certifi cate track program gave attendees a chance to follow a guided track of learning sessions and earn a certifi cate of completion for attending at least one session in each of the track categories. Participants also were provided with VIP lounge access and a round-table breakfast where industry experts discussed seven key factors that impact performance improvements. CONFERENCE Review