Five Minute Facts
Seven Signs Your V-Belts and Sheaves are Misaligned
Misalignment is a major problem when it comes to premature wear and failure of your machines’ V-Belts and sheaves...
- Mike Olszewski
- Reliability Concepts
Addressing the Issue of Soft Foot
Soft foot refers to distortion occurring at the base of a rotating machinery. This happens when at least one machine foot is not the same height as the others...
- Mike Olszewski
- Reliability Concepts
Modern Vibration Analysis – Following Bearing Damage Progression to Failure Mode
The time frame on which the spectrum analysis is based is very short, catching only the exact moment when one rolling element passes the specific position...
- Ron Kittle
- SPM Instrument Inc
How Do You Diagnose Unbalance?
Technically speaking, unbalance—some people say imbalance—exists when the mass center line and the geometric center line do not coincide. What does that mean and why is it important...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Rotor Casting Voids
Casting voids do exist, however it wasn't until the late 1980's when we started to notice these with new technology...
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
Recognizing 5 Common Types of Misalignment
There are five main types of misalignment that can plague belts and sheaves on your equipment...
- Mike Olszewski
- Reliability Concepts
Statistical Alarms
This is part of a series of short presentations on setting alarms on vibration data...
- Alan Friedman
- Mobius Institute
Secrets of Spectrum Analysis -Amplitude Accuracy
When thinking about the term “accurate” in the traditional sense, that’s an elusive concept...
- Scott Dow
- SPM Instrument
Secrets of Spectrum Analysis -Frequency Accuracy
The importance of accurate frequencies simply cannot be overstated...
- Scott Dow
- SPM Instrument