Five Minute Facts
Condition Monitoring Technologies – Pros and Cons of the Top Five
There are several different technologies that can be used, alone or in combination, to monitor the condition of your machinery from a predictive maintenance (PdM) perspective. The criticality of the machine affects the number of such inspection-type technologies that are applied to a given failure mode. The more critical the machine and the more critical the failure mode, the more redundancy you will want in the inspections.
- Timothy Weilbaker
- Allied Reliability, Inc.
Trending DC Field Inductance in an Aluminum Mill Coil Motor
A critical 600 hp motor was redesigned to 750 hp and was running at 900 hp, which created excessive heat. To avoid catastrophic failure, motor was tested every three weeks. The Megohmmeter reading was normal, so how did they know there was a problem? Watch this video and learn.
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
RAM Study During Different FEED Phases
Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) is a decision-support tool. Let’s go through some occasions in which RAM is implemented in different lifecycle stages of a facility…
- Rami Al-Shneiber
- Aramco
How Can RAM Help This Compression Unit?
A compression unit consists of several components and can experience many types of asset interruptions, all of which impact your availability. Our RAM model can predict the facility production deliverability…
- Rami Al-Shneiber
- Aramco
Troubleshooting a Failed Induction Motor
The vibration team suspects a problem with a critical motor at a large pulp and paper facility. Watch this video and learn how the MCEMAX was used to diagnose a significant rotor fault and avoid a $120,000 cost.
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Introducing RAM for Evaluating Performance and Resilience
Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) is a decision-support tool to optimize CAPEX and OPEX and drive business decisions. It is used by operating facilities to…
- Rami Al-Shneiber
- Aramco
Replace The Motor Or The VFD?
On start-up a fault code was received on a VFD operating an exhaust fan at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. Was it the motor or the VFD?
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
How To Identify Rotor Defects Using Average Inductance
Learn the benefits of trending average inductance on an electrical motor to find rotor bar issues. This case study involves a motor which could not be replaced due to its unique design. Investigating the rotor bar health in a timely manner saved the automotive manufacturer approximately $350,000.
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
What is MCA?
MCA™ is a field proven very easy to use and safe method of evaluating the condition of electrical equipment while the equipment is deenergized. The basic premise of MCA:
- Mark Koch
- ALL-TEST Pro, LLC
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