Building Reliability in Pulp and Paper Mills: Reliability-Centered Maintenance in Practice
Building Reliability in Pulp and Paper Mills: Reliability-Centered Maintenance in Practice
Virtual Event
Friday, March 20, 2026 to Friday, March 20, 2026
12PM - 1PM (ET)
Description:
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Co-sponsored by the Project Management/Project Engineering Committee and the Young Professionals Division, this four-part series delivers a practical, integrated approach to improving safety, reliability, and performance in pulp and paper mills. The sessions progress from effective capital project execution, to maintaining mechanical integrity of fixed equipment, to applying Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) principles, and conclude with a panel discussion that connects these disciplines into a unified reliability program. Together, the series equips attendees with actionable strategies to enhance asset availability, mitigate risk, and optimize lifecycle costs. This session introduces foundational Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) principles that stabilize operations by aligning maintenance strategies with asset functions, risks, and consequences. Participants will explore the evolution of maintenance practices, common failure patterns, and why most failures are not age-related. Practical examples demonstrate how applying P–F intervals, failure-finding techniques, and the distinction between inherent and required reliability can improve safety, compliance, and lifecycle cost without over-maintaining assets. Keywords: Reliability-Centered Maintenance, Failure Patterns, P-F Interval, On-Condition Tasks, Protective Devices, maintenance, engineering, reliability Learning Outcomes: Upon satisfactory completion of this seminar, participants should be able to:
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Moderator: Elisha Ewing
Elisha is a recent graduate from Western Michigan University's Paper Engineering program. She is a process engineer at Smurfit Westrock's Mahrt Mill in Cottonton, AL and is currently working in the Chemical Recovery department. Outside of her mill life, she enjoys reading, meeting new friends, and making many trips back to Michigan to visit friends and family. Before you ask - no, she does not miss the cold, but she does miss the snow at Christmastime!
Speaker: Jay Shellogg
Jay Shellogg is a Civil Engineer with 4 years consulting engineering experience and 16 years of experience at a large pulp & paper mill. His work for the first 5 years in pulp & paper industry was as a Sr. Environmental Engineer and the last 11 years spent in maintenance as a Sr. Maintenance Engineer, then as Reliability Maintenance Superintended, and holding various other Maintenance Superintended roles. In late 2005, Jay was tasked with the project lead for budgeting and implementation of a reliability solution at his mill. Since 2015, Jay as a member of the Aladon Network and RCM2™ & RCM3™ Practitioner leads a team of reliability professionals who seek to foster a better understanding of what true reliability look likes. Jayshellogg@strategicmaint.com, www.strategicmaint.com.
