About the 6th Spanish Forum on Reliability and Predictive Maintenance

We consider the 6th Forum a success—an event that brought together experts who shared their experiences from different perspectives and across various industrial sectors.

On October 21, the 6th Spanish Forum on Reliability and Predictive Maintenance kicked off at the Trovador Building in Zaragoza.

The event, organized by Preditec/IRM, featured some very interesting presentations, among which we would like to highlight José Alfonso Antonino, a professor and researcher at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, for his presentation titled “Fault Diagnosis in Electric Motors Through Current Analysis.” He was voted best speaker by all attendees and awarded a travel Smartbox by Preditec/IRM.

Other presentations:

• Francisco Ballesteros Robles, Sales Support & Training Manager at Preditec/IRM: “The PdM is a fundamental pillar of RCM”
• Andrés Montemayor, Diagnostics Engineer, Iberdrola-TECNO, “Fan Diagnostics”
• David Faro, CEO, Preditec/IRM, “Improving business management efficiency through a holistic understanding of asset condition.”
• Rubén Armenta, Reliability Manager at the San Roque Site/Reliability Coordinator, CEPSA, “Benefits of RCM in the Petrochemical Industry”
• Javier Blasco, Professor and Director of the Rotating Master’s Program, University of Zaragoza, “Online Graduate Training in Rotating Equipment”
• José Miguel Acosta Pérez, Project Leader, SIM, “Application of Reliability Techniques to Generate Value at Different Stages of a Facility’s Life Cycle: Case Studies.”
• David Núñez, IT Manager, Insoat, “Asset Management as a Means to Achieve the Organization’s Strategic Goals: Integration into Business Processes”
• Javier Artal de la Iglesia, Head of Predictive Services and CMDT, Preditec/IRM, “Remote Monitoring of Critical Equipment: Experiences and Benefits.”
• Juan Carlos Galán, Sales Director, Preditec/IRM, “How to Specify Predictive Diagnostics Services”
• Cristina Méndez, Monitoring Projects Consultant, IDBox, “Integration, processing, and analysis of information to increase reliability in the industry”
• Ignacio Luis Francia, Maintenance and Reliability Technical Support for EMEA at Bunge, “Improvements in Maintenance KPIs (OEE, RAV/Maintenance Costs, Proactive Work, Assets, Networks, etc.) vs. Implementation of a Reliability Program and PDM Technologies”
• Rafael Quirós, ISO Cat-III Vibration Analyst, Bridgestone, “Optimizing the Maintenance Plan Through the Application of Predictive Techniques”
• Manuel Angós Ramón, Monitoring Project Manager, Preditec/IRM, “Web-Based Asset Monitoring with the AWM Platform”
• Juan Antonio Gutiérrez, Deputy General Manager, Abeinsa Operation and Maintenance, “The Online Equipment Condition Monitoring System as a Source of Knowledge for Optimizing Asset Management”
• Juan Antonio Criado, Founding Partner, Applitechgnosis, “Tribological Asset Management under RCT”
• José Alfonso Antonino, Professor and Researcher, Polytechnic University of Valencia, “Fault Diagnosis in Electric Motors Using Current Analysis”

A Sony smartwatch was also raffled off among all attendees; the lucky winner was Víctor Román.

The 6th Spanish Forum was an event where attendees and speakers were able to exchange experiences and network. Recordings of the presentations will be posted shortly. We look forward to repeating this experience, and we hope to see you at the next event, the 7th Spanish Forum on Reliability and Predictive Maintenance, in 2016.