Based on industry best practices, PAM is used by other nuclear plants with great success. Because equipment reliability is one of our four focus areas for 2010, having this tool available at Bruce Power will help us stay on top of current PMs, as well as pave the way for any future improvements
– By Amanda Steinhoff (originally posted via The Point) –
Bruce Power engineering now has another tool in its arsenal to help improve our equipment reliability. The PAM (proactive maintenance) manager application went live in March. This application will automate the Just-In-Time and Task Completion Craft Feedback processes, which will make it easier to review and perform preventative maintenance (PM) tasks. The new web application has a different look and feel, is easier to use, and gives a quick overview of what you need to know to make sure PMs are completed on schedule.
Based on industry best practices, PAM is used by other nuclear plants with great success. Because equipment reliability is one of our four focus areas for 2010, having this tool available at Bruce Power will help us stay on top of current PMs, as well as pave the way for any future improvements.
PAMmanager (Proactive Maintenance) is a web-based software product that facilitates Maintenance Basis Continuous Improvement through Craft Feedback and JIT Work Order Reviews. The application provides automated data gathering, organization, and integration required to perform an effective, thorough evaluation.
Primary users include PM/PAM Coordinators, System Engineering, and Maintenance personnel.
PAM Manager is designed to address continued optimization of Preventive Maintenance (PM) tasks’ scope and frequencies. The purpose of the PAM process is to continuously improve planned maintenance strategies. This is accomplished by the systematic feedback and evaluation of the material condition of plant equipment as found, adjusted and left during the performance of maintenance and the applicability and effectiveness of PM tasks and frequencies as they are performed.
Also included is the Just-In-Time (JIT) process that is designed to address prioritization, evaluation and optimization of maintenance tasks scheduled for performance in work week windows, in a timely, efficient and structured manner.
Bruce is Canada's first private Nuclear generator. Bruce is a partnership among Cameco Corporation, TransCanada Corporation, BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust, a trust established by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, the Power Workers’ Union and The Society of Energy Professionals.
The company's 2,300-acre site houses the Bruce A and B generating stations, which each hold four CANDU reactors. Six of those units are currently operational and combine to produce more than 4,700 megawatts, which is enough to power every fifth hospital, home and school in Ontario. We are also in the process of restarting the remaining two units at Bruce A, which will provide another 1,500 megawatts of emission-free electricity.