TOLEDO, Ohio, October 4, 2024 – SSOE Group (www.ssoe.com), an internationally ranked architecture and engineering firm, is proud to announce that Witt Parrish, PE, Senior Mechanical Engineer, will lead a Plant Engineering webcast alongside John Cray, Principal Consultant, Life Cycle Engineering on Wednesday, November 16, 2024, at 1 p.m. EST.
Parrish and Cray’s webcast titled “Predictive maintenance: What is condition monitoring, and is it a good choice?” will discuss how to avoid costly, unplanned downtime by leveraging condition monitoring in a reliability or predictive maintenance. Given the rapid entrance of lower-cost, easier-to-install sensors, engineers and plant managers should expect to see a continued shift away from traditional calendar-based and manually managed usage-based maintenance toward more condition-based or predictive maintenance. It’s more accurate, less evasive on operations, and now has a viable return on investment—even for smaller, less technology-savvy manufacturers.
Professionals attending this event will learn what condition monitoring is, also known as predictive maintenance, and the most prevalent technologies, techniques, and benefits. They will understand the most common failures and how condition monitoring can help alleviate those issues. They will also hear about upfront costs and challenges on the design side and the importance of designing for reliability from the beginning. Additionally, they will learn how to collect data, analyze trends, detect anomalies, and determine a measurable return on investment to provide actionable information by reviewing case study examples to learn best practices. Attendees can earn one Certified Professional Development Hour (PDH) upon successful completion of an exam.
Proven Expertise
Parrish has 16 years of experience designing HVAC and mechanical systems for manufacturing, industrial, food and beverage, DOE / DOD, commercial, and healthcare facilities. He draws from a wide variety of experience to provide the best solution to meet his client’s needs including HVAC for critical environments such as cleanrooms, dry rooms, sanitary spaces, and hazardous rooms. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states. Additionally, Parrish is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
Mechanical systems are at the core of any facility and integral to all manufacturing processes. SSOE’s mechanical engineering experts are uniquely qualified in the design of systems for all facility types and processes associated with food and beverage production, industrial and commercial spaces, and complex processes inherent to semiconductor and battery manufacturing. The firm’s mechanical engineering personnel closely coordinate with SSOE’s full complement of multidisciplinary teams to satisfy the most stringent standards and cleanliness requirements involved in pharmaceutical, battery, semiconductor, and food production, as well as those of the general building envelope. SSOE prides itself on system optimizations and value-added designs that lower operating and total installed costs.
For more information on this webinar and to register for this complimentary course, click here.
