Case Studies and Stories
High Performance Engine Oil and Xamine Oil Analysis Program
With consistent, accurate monitoring of the condition of your oil – whether in an engine, gearbox, circulating system or mainline power generation turbine...
- Angus Macdonald
- Lubrication Engineers International Ltd
Deep Below the Earth’s Surface In A South African Platinum Mine
The motor is used to lower the water table in a Platinum Mine in South Africa. If the motor fails, the water table would rise and end production...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Detecting Vortex Rope in a Francis Turbine Operating at Partial Load
The dynamic behavior at part load has been a major problem for low head and medium head Francis turbines...
- Emre Orhon
- Pro-Plan Ltd. - Istanbul Turkey
Best Practice in Gearbox Monitoring
Vibration monitoring on gearboxes is not obvious. Brand new gearboxes do have vibrations. Therefor putting alarm detection based on overall vibration levels often leads to false alarms or missed fault detection...
- Jos Sas
- Allied Reliability Group
Optimizing Your Lubrication Program With Ultrasound
Why is Ultrasound so easy to use to assist with your lubrication program. We can use ultrasound to optimize your preventative schedule, but also to completely use ultrasound to determine when and how much you need to grease...
- Peter Boon
- UE Systems Inc.
A Hoist Application in the Mining Industry
A hoist or winder is a mission critical application found in underground mines. The hoist is used either to transport ore to the surface or personnel to or from the mine shaft. There are three types of hoists...
- Tim Sundstrom
- SPM Instrument
Boliden Garpenberg Mine
In January 2011, New Boliden decided on a major expansion of operations at the Garpenberg mine in central Sweden, aiming to successively increase production from 1.4 million to 2.5 million tons annually...
Electric Motor Fault
In this article we are going to take a look at a fault on an electric motor and then attempt to explain why the vibration changed in the way that it did...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Implements IRISS Custom Solutions
Having a circuit breaker fail that powers very expensive and critical experiments at the laboratory can be potentially disastrous...
- Jason Brinker
- IRISS Inc.