Reliability Consulting for Positive Displacement Pumps

Three triggers. First: rising trend on any key measurement (vibration amplitude up 30% over six months, wear metals climbing, IR megger declining). Second: a recent repair on the asset — post-repair baseline needs reconfirmation. Third: a process upset that may have exposed the equipment to conditions outside design (overload, contamination, thermal event). Any of the three justifies a 60-90 day check instead of waiting for the next scheduled quarterly review cycles round.

MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, planner-to-craft ratio. For Positive Displacement Pump Reliability & Maintenance specifically, the signals to watch are flow degradation, packing weep, pressure pulsation. A typical Reliability Consulting report on Positive Displacement Pump Reliability & Maintenance reports against the SMRP Body of Knowledge, SAE JA1011 (RCM) framework. Findings tie back to specific failure modes from the Positive Displacement Pump Reliability & Maintenance failure population: check valve failure, diaphragm wear, packing leakage.

The Positive Displacement Pumps failure population is dominated by check valve failure, diaphragm wear, packing leakage. Each leaves a different signature: flow degradation, packing weep, pressure pulsation. Reliability Consulting captures these via MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, planner-to-craft ratio and trends them over the quarterly review cycles schedule. Early-stage indicators appear before functional failure — the lead time runs program-level rather than asset-level on most modes.

Three triggers. First: rising trend on any key measurement (vibration amplitude up 30 percent over six months, wear metals climbing, IR megger declining). Second: a recent repair on the asset — post-repair baseline needs reconfirmation. Third: a process upset that may have exposed the equipment to conditions outside design (overload, contamination, thermal event). Any of the three justifies a 60-90 day check instead of waiting for the next scheduled quarterly review cycles round.