Reliability Gang Podcast

Send us Fan Mail A 25-year engineering skills gap doesn’t get fixed with slogans, and it definitely doesn’t get fixed by buying shiny new tech while the basics fall apart. We’re joined by Wayne Stannett, founder of Regit in Norfolk, to talk honestly about what it takes to rebuild vocational engineering training that produces people you can trust on real plant, not just people who can pass an exam....

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever thought, “We’ve got condition monitoring, we’ve got a CMMS, so why are we still firefighting?”, you’re not alone and you’re not imagining it. We talk about the uncomfortable gap between doing “the right activities” and actually getting reliability results, and why so many plants stay trapped in reactive maintenance even when the data is screaming for change. We brea...

Send us Fan Mail Breakdown culture is expensive, exhausting, and strangely normal in a lot of factories. We wanted a straight-talking conversation about what actually shifts the dial, so we sat down with Dan Bridges to trace his reliability journey through soft drinks manufacturing and the hard lessons that come with it. If you’ve ever watched a team do “regimented” maintenance only to see the sam...

Send us Fan Mail AI is moving at breakneck speed, but the plant floor still runs on trust, habit, and hard-earned routines. We sit down with Vinit to unpack the real challenge behind “digital transformation” in reliability: designing tools that work for an experienced workforce that values buttons, PDFs, and proven processes, while also meeting the expectations of early-career engineers who want f...

Send us Fan Mail Your CMMS probably knows more about your plant than any one person does, but most of that information is buried in reports, menus and half-completed work orders. While we were at Accelerate 2026, we sat down with Jay Hack to look at four practical ways generative AI is being used to make maintenance and reliability work easier, faster and more accurate. The first was the ability t...

Send us Fan Mail Vibration analysis can be the difference between planned work and an expensive surprise, but only if you collect the right data in the right way. After a week packed with fresh ideas from Fluke’s Accelerate event in Austin, we sit down and get practical about what vibration monitoring can detect, what it struggles with, and why so many programmes fail on strategy rather than techn...

Send us Fan Mail The engineering skills gap is already shaping what factories can deliver, how reliable our assets can be, and how quickly new infrastructure can scale. We’re joined by Parker, president of Fluke, and we dig into what we’re hearing from the next generation of technicians and engineers and what leaders can do right now to make these careers easier to discover and harder to ignore. A...

Send us Fan Mail You can have all the data in the world coming out of your condition monitoring programme… vibration data, OGI surveys, thermography images, air leak reports… and still not improve reliability. And it usually comes down to one simple thing. No one can actually see what’s going on end to end. In this episode, we talk properly about that. The gap between finding issues and actually f...

Send us Fan Mail Mentorship beats tools. Full stop. I’ve been on the road with Maintain Reliability across food factories, metal plants and logistics sites, and the pattern is the same everywhere. Companies invest in systems before they invest in judgement. They gather more data before they build the confidence to act on what they already know. Then they wonder why the breakdowns keep coming. The...

Send us Fan Mail What if the problem isn’t your data at all but the way you’re trying to use it? Too many plants are stacked with sensors dashboards and alerts yet they are still fighting the same fires every week. I see it constantly. Technology gets layered on top of a weak maintenance strategy and everyone is surprised when nothing really changes. In this conversation I speak openly about an un...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered how a “high-efficiency” motor can start wasting energy and damaging bearings before it’s even been switched on? We did too. So we tested it. Using offline motor circuit analysis alongside online motor current signature analysis , we inspected brand-new IE4 motors still sitting in their crates. What we found changed the conversation completely. Critical impedance imba...

Send us Fan Mail Reliability doesn’t fail because the maths is wrong. It fails because of people. That’s where we begin this straight-talking conversation with Steve Morris, the driving force behind Mainstream. For more than 30 years he has been building something different: a movement that puts real maintenance leaders on stage, replaces the hero firefighter with predictable performance, and keep...

Send us Fan Mail When most people think reliability, vibration analysis is the first thing that comes to mind. But what about the electrical side of your motors. That’s where a lot of hidden damage is happening and it’s often ignored. In this episode we get into shaft current. It’s been around since variable speed drives first hit the scene but it’s still not well understood and definitely not wel...

Send us Fan Mail The reliability landscape is rapidly transforming, but are organizations truly ready for this evolution? In this thought-provoking episode, we reunite after our individual "side quests" working with different customers to discover we've both encountered the same concerning pattern across manufacturing facilities. While technology advances at breakneck speed—from pix...

Send us Fan Mail What does it really take to keep 81 manufacturing sites around the world running at world-class reliability standards? In this episode, I sat down with Pablo, the Reliability Champion at SKF, the world’s leading bearing manufacturer, to find out. And this chat was packed with gold. Pablo opened up about how SKF have built something seriously special. Their Maintenance Excellence s...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I sat down with Joseph Anderson from Reliability X for one of the most honest and refreshing conversations I’ve had on reliability. We didn’t just talk tools, data, and KPIs… we talked about what really matters: people. Joseph shares his own journey, from what he calls being a “defect initiator” (yep, he says he would’ve fired himself back then!) to becoming a lea...

Send us Fan Mail What’s the real value of reliability in your organisation? It’s a simple question—but one that’s often overlooked before businesses jump into big investments in technology or strategy. And yet, it’s the question that sits at the heart of effective asset management. Over the years, working closely with a wide range of organisations, we’ve seen a common pattern: many skip the most i...

Send us Fan Mail What if the key to making electric motors more reliable isn’t a complex new technology but a better understanding of the fundamentals of electrical engineering? In this episode, we sit down with Mark Gurney, a reliability and electrical engineering expert, to hear his journey from troubleshooting issues at biogas plants to leading a full-scale reliability program at an Australian...

Send us Fan Mail Curious about where condition monitoring is headed and how it’s changing the way we approach maintenance? In this episode, we dive into the strategic decisions shaping our industry and explore how adapting to new technologies can elevate operations. Broadcasting from our brand-new podcast studio, we’ll talk about how spontaneous conversations often lead to our best ideas—and how s...

Send us Fan Mail Step into a world where agriculture meets precision engineering with our special guest host, Harry Crane, affectionately known as "Mr. Solve." This episode promises to transform your understanding of maintenance practices as we uncover how Harry transitioned from the fields to become a pivotal part of our business’s Solve division. His role has been crucial in the establ...

Send us Fan Mail What if cutting-edge maintenance technology could revolutionise the biogas industry? Discover the transformative impact of condition-based monitoring as we take you through our collaboration with Future Biogas. Our journey celebrates a surge in listener engagement and introduces exciting future plans, including our move to a new studio at Maintain HQ. This transition will enable u...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for an enlightening conversation with Bertrand from Acoem, who expains how the Falcon Vibration analyser uses Accurex technology. Imagine diagnosing machine defects without needing historical data—this is what Accurex achieves through its innovative use of AI and vibration measurements. Broadcasting straight from France, Bertrand offers an insider's look at how Accure...

Send us Fan Mail Back to basics with VA Best Practice by understanding the strategic placement of sensors and the critical role of industry standards like ISO standards. We promise you'll walk away with insights into how to avoid the pitfalls of slipping standards and cost-cutting measures that could lead to missed defects and lost customer trust. Our discussion takes a deep dive into the und...

Send us Fan Mail How can you transform your plant maintenance strategy with the latest in vibration analysis and condition monitoring? Join us as we uncover the secrets behind leveraging wireless sensors to revolutionize maintenance practices. We’ll explore criticality assessments and failure mode analysis to ensure you choose the right technologies for your needs. Plus, meet Will, our new Technic...

Send us Fan Mail Hi #reliabilitygang ! In this podcast we take you through all the services and offerings SOLVE has to offer, as we start to offer more at Maintain we thought it would be a good idea to take you through all the services that we do in our solve division. Precision maintenance is the mantra at Maintain and as we start to try and close the loop on our recommendations in the DETECT sid...