Five Minute Facts
Representing Your Data
Before we can represent the data, we need to ensure that we capture appropriate data. The data that we need is amplitude at a particular frequency...
- Dennis Swanepoel
- WearCheck
How to Choose A Capped Bearing
In this Five Minute Fact, we will discuss how a capped bearing differs from an open bearing. Capped bearings do not have a visible opening so why choose them?..
- Akhil jeet Rathore
- Indorama Petrochemicals & Fertilizers
“Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should”
We at IRISS cannot stress the importance of safety for electrical personnel enough and that why we created the IR Windows and Ultrasound Ports to help protect those doing electrical inspection by minimizing risk in this CBM data collection task.
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
How to Ensure Successful Acceleration Enveloping
Acceleration enveloping is the sophisticated signal processing technique that helps to pinpoint bearing failure at an early stage. Below is a guide of how to successfully implement it...
- Chris Hansford
- Hansford Sensors
Use CBM to Stay Ahead of the Electrical D-I-P-F Curve
The D-I-P-F curve goes from design and implementation to potential and functional failure. When your plant is ordering new electrical assets, it’s a good idea to find out if you can get the switchgear designed to be ready for infrared and ultrasound analysis. Is there an OEM out there…
- Paul Goodbody
- IRISS
Procedures
The development of inspection guidelines or procedures are crucial to the success and sustainability of infrared programs. They can improve safety, consistency and support the continuity of your program. This brief tip will introduce the benefits of creating and utilizing infrared procedures. Also examples of the concept of generic and specific guidelines that can be used on different equipment categories will be shown.
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Calculating Eccentricity Frequencies
Eccentricity Frequencies, as related to electric motors, simply means that the rotor is not radially or axially centered in the stator magnetic field. This instructional video demonstrates how to calculate these frequencies..
- Don Donofrio
- The Snell Group
Challenges of Modern-Day Data Collection on Electrical Equipment
We must create the means for collecting on-demand real-time condition-status data on mission-critical electrical distribution systems and components. Data is the way forward. There is a skill shortage in our industry…
- Paul Goodbody
- IRISS
Ultrasound: Is the Sound Good or Bad?
How many of you have walked through your plants and heard a strange noise coming from somewhere? You may have noted that it didn’t sound good. When you hear those noises…
- Christopher Hallum
- UE Systems Europe B.V.