The question and answer forums promote information sharing amongst industry peers, with clients able to access these handy forums around the clock through a portal on the AJ Stack Solutions (AJSS) website. Backing the forum will be the AJSS team, collectively bringing over 100 years of experience in rotating machinery design application and troubleshooting.
This is just one of the many services that AJSS offers clients in the pipeline, oil and gas, manufacturing, mining, and power generation industries. The focus of the services is to guide clients to reduce project costs, minimise technical, commercial and personnel risk, and improve performance and plant availability.
The AJSS team is highly skilled, widely experienced and committed to assisting clients to extend the life of their assets and reduce maintenance costs. The team is headed by Principal Arthur Stack, who brings both direct experience and a strong network of industry contacts built through 26 years spent at Solar Turbines and 10 years as a gas turbine commissioning engineer, as well as well-rounded business acumen gained from a professional business degree and related diplomas. Supporting partner Tom Chapman also has many years of experience at Solar Turbines and Cummins Engine Company, and brings years of engineering and research experience to the team, having applied his background in physics to the art of condition monitoring and logical troubleshooting. Other contributing associates have backgrounds in instrumentation, programmable logic controllers (PLC) programming and environmental engineering.
AJSS’ portfolio includes:
- Rotating equipment technical support;
- Plant and installation audits, technical oversight and safety risk assessment;
- Equipment condition monitoring, data and performance analysis;
- Development of maintenance strategies – reliability centered maintenance (RCM) studies;
- Root cause analysis/failure investigation;
- Troubleshooting support;
- Emergency logistical management;
- Technical representation – third party inspection; and,
- Rotating equipment acceptance testing representation.
AJSS also provides the following training, audits and safety reviews:
- Tailored training courses that are custom-built for client needs in power plant operations, compressor station operations, turbine operations, maintenance strategies and condition monitoring and machine diagnostics.
- Independent project safety reviews, which offer a unique perspective on opportunities for improvement in enough time to implement a targeted action plan.
- Technical Quality Site Auditing Program, whereby AJSS will send a specialist to site and, using a prepared audit template which covers security; health, safety and environment (HSE); and maintenance quality, will evaluate and mark the site rating against regulations and industry best practices. Clients can anonymously compare their score against other sites in the same industry, providing them with a benchmark for where they stand in relation to their industry peers. The comprehensive AJSS Audit Output Report will also list positive observations, areas of concern and list recommendations on how these areas of concern can best be addressed.
For more information visit www.ajss.com.au
