Five Minute Facts
Performing Electrical Signature Analysis on Complex Machinery
What if you need to perform ESA on a motor with a lot of currents and a lot of bearings? Howard Penrose gives an overview of how to begin and what to look for…
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
Developing a Successful Motor Maintenance Program – Part 3
What makes your electric motor maintenance program a winner? Answer: A Troubleshooting program along with Trending and Quality Control. Watch this video to see how one part of the program, Troubleshooting, helps you reach your goal of a winning program in your facility.
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
The Business Case for Predictive Maintenance
When making a business case for predictive maintenance, you must first ask what management want. You should then ask what the employees want. Jason Tranter explains…
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Accelerometer Performance in Wireless Condition Monitoring
Are you implementing wireless condition monitoring in your plant but worried about accelerometer performance? Ed Spence discusses numerous issues, including battery life…
- Ed Spence
- The Machine Instrumentation Group
How Wireless Monitoring Impacts Safety and Security
Are you considering wireless monitoring for your plant but worried about security issues? David Howard addresses those concerns and also discusses how wireless monitoring can improve the safety of your plant, including during pandemics…
- Dr. M. David Howard
- Erbessd Instruments
Networks and Data Destination for Wireless CM
Ed Spence, founder and manager of the Machine Instrumentation Group, discusses networks and data destination for wireless condition monitoring, including a gateway network I/O for select vendors…
- Ed Spence
- The Machine Instrumentation Group
Vibration Basics: Acceleration, Velocity, and Displacement
Vibration can be expressed by three main ways: acceleration, velocity, and displacement. Ron Newman defines all three of these and discusses why they are important and when to use each one…
- Ron Newman
- PRUFTECHNIK
What is an Arc Flash & Arc Blast?
An Arc Flash is an energy discharge of light and heat that forms when a fault occurs in an electrical circuit. The arcing results in a tremendous amount of energy being released as current flowing through ionized air. An Arc Blast, separate from an Arc Flash, is a supersonic shockwave produced when the uncontrolled arc vaporizes the metal conductors.
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Developing a Successful Motor Maintenance Program – Part 2
What makes your electric motor maintenance program a winner? Answer: A Trending Data program along with Troubleshooting and Quality Control. Watch this video to see how one part of the program, Trending, helps you reach your goal of a winning program in your facility.
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation