Case Studies and Stories
Evaluating a Fan and VFD System with Motor Current Signature Analysis
Both Electrical and Current Signature Analysis (ESA/MCSA) can be used to evaluate conditions of a system and assist in preemptively mitigating defects while optimizing system efficiency based on their specific functions. In the case of this article we will focus on a simple single-phase MCSA tester and a fan system with a variable frequency drive that had a synchronous belt installed...
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
Hamestring Pump Station- Identifying Root Cause
In late 2023, Jacobs implemented an annual Artesis Motor Circuit Analysis PDM for the 7 - 350 HP Pumps at our Hamestring Pump Station in Fayetteville. Three of these are VFD driven...
- Tumay Karaver
- Artesis Technology Systems
How Improved Lubrication Practices Helped This Air Compressor Save Energy
John Sander discusses how lubrication practices have saved costs and reduced emissions in an air compressor, a knitting plant, and a glass and ceramic producer…
- John Sander
- Lubrication Engineers
How to Reduce the Hidden Costs and Dangers Lurking Throughout Your Steam System – Continuous, Batteryless Steam Trap Monitoring
This paper will discuss the costs and risks inherent in every steam trap system. We will then explain why two common “solutions” simply don’t solve the problem as well as they could. Finally, we will suggest an easy-to-deploy, cost-effective answer: A continuous monitoring system that uses batteryless sensors to deliver real-time alerting through the cloud, without the need for manual inspection — ever.
- Brian Alessi
- Everactive
How to Analyse a Bearing Condition
This case study is done in association with a global rail company where VibCloud is utilised for ongoing locomotive monitoring for many years now. Case study demonstrates how to analyse vibration in order to determine bearing condition.
- Petar Spaseski
- iTnnovate
How Condition-Based Monitoring (CbM) Technology Makes Desalination More Energy Efficient
What if we could drink from the ocean? The implications for agriculture, sustainability and global quality of life would be staggering, but so would the demands for energy. Desalinization technology is power hungry, and implementation often comes at a high cost of time and resources..
- Analog Devices
- Analog Devices, Inc
SPM Condition Monitoring Solution for Roller Press
SPM Instrument helps customer around the world to increase the assets availability and reliability. The case study shows SPM HD technology capable of capturing machinery defect at very early stage. The production prolonged for 7-9 months with SPM solution. The technology helps customer to improve the maintenance strategy and provide enough time to plan and act for achieving higher profitability.
- Thamo Yellappan
- Eastwest Online (M) Sdn Bhd
Digital Maintenance Plan Avoids More Than £25,000 in Wasted Costs for Yelo
Yelo’s manufacturing plant was custom-built to enable it to produce the highest quality vegetable oil and animal feed using only mechanical processes.
Asset availability and reliability is critical to the business and the management team understood that adopting a ‘run-to-failure’ reactive maintenance approach would be both costly and inefficient.
- Frederic Thomas
- AVT Reliability
A Most Unusual Problem Solved by Reliability-Focused Common Sense
The vibration and oil data for the gearbox in this Gypsum stirrer was normal. But we knew something was wrong. A borescope camera showed us something astounding...
- Matthew Fallow
- Asset Quality