Articles
Getting Started
Welcome to the home of condition monitoring; CBM CONNECT! The site is designed to provide you with educational articles, videos, and podcasts...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Interviews
Toe Position Monitoring System for Tumbling Mills
In this SME interview, Geoff Soper from the Apt group talks about the innovative toe position monitoring system for tumbling mills from SPM Instrument, which is made to optimize the comminution process and concentrator plants.
- Geoff Soper
- Apt Group
Case Studies and Stories
Electrical and Current Signature Analysis of Electric Motors and Driven Equipment
The paper identifies the approach for electrical and mechanical conditions through direct and belt coupled applications and how driven equipment, and loads are evaluated through those coupling types. We will focus on two types of technologies including a 3-phase voltage and current ESA and a single-phase CSA system. The focus will be on CSA but will distinguish what the addition of voltage as part of the measurement will provide.
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
The Todd and Noah Podcast
Power Circuit Tips – Todd and Noah Show
Up next on Todd and Noah’s series of tips, they review multiple case studies regarding the power circuit area, the resistance and resistive balance, positive and negative temperature coefficient and more.
- Todd Gunderson Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Two Minute Tips
Why Rotor Blade Failures in Steam Turbines Demand Attention: A Data-Driven Perspective
Steam turbines are the workhorses of thermonuclear power plants and large ships, but their efficiency and safety hinge on one critical component: the rotor blade. Last-stage rotor blades (LSRBs) are prone to failure due to prolonged exposure to high-speed wet steam (HSWs). These failures aren’t just costly—they can lead to catastrophic accidents, with fractured blades causing cascading damage to other components running at high speeds.
- Khalid Farooq Khattak
- Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited
Two Minute Tips
Avoiding Bearing Failure Through Proper Grease Management
More than 60% of bearing failures are due to lubrication, and grease failures contribute more than the oil. Whenever the bearings are replaced in the housing, mostly the housing is fully packed with the grease without keeping empty space and started operating the bearing after the housing end cover is sealed.
- Pratap Kambley
- Caravan Reliability Services
Two Minute Tips
Understanding Critical Speed in Rotating Machinery
This article explains the concept of critical speed in the world of mechanical engineering and key points such as natural frequency, resonance and avoidance.
- Motaz Abdelsalam Mohamed
- Mobius Institute
The Todd and Noah Podcast
Forensic Review Case Studies – Todd and Noah Show
In this episode, Todd and Noah take a dive into their second set of forensic review case studies, revolving around understanding process knowledge and the system knowledge used to diagnose motor issues.
- Todd Gunderson Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Two Minute Tips
Vibration Monitoring for Paper Machines
Every minute of unplanned downtime for a paper machine represents lost revenue. Maintenance and reliability engineers monitor vibration to avoid costly repairs and breakdowns by detecting early warnings of faults such as imbalance, misalignment, looseness, and lubrication issues.
- Peter Eitnier
- Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies
