Two Minute Tips
Creating Measuring Points Easily
Creating new measuring points can be a time consuming task. See these useful tips to find out what can be done to speed up the process.
- Daniel Sandqvist
- SPM Instrument AB
Space Heaters
Depending on the environment and criticality of your electric motor, space heaters should be strongly considered if you want to ensure maximum reliability and expected motor life.
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
The Evolution of Condition Monitoring
Condition monitoring is often thought to be a waste of time, due to the shear cost of equipment and training required to ensure that maintenance staff are competent in using the equipment correctly and are able to interpret the vibration spectrum.
- AVT Reliability
Motor Storage
Proper motor storage is critical if we hope to achieve normal life expectancy from our electric motors. Not only is proper motor storage important for good motor health, it may be required to maintain a warranty on motors that we purchase..
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Demands on Vibration Sensors
Understand how MEMS-based accelerometers are helping meet the demands on vibration sensors into today’s Condition based Monitoring Applications. This 2 minute tip will highlight key features and benefits of MEMS-based accelerometers in comparison to piezosensors commonly used for CbM...
- Thomas Brand
- Analog Devices, Inc
Motor Magnetic Center
Running a motor uncoupled will pull the motor rotor into a magnetic center, often marked on the shaft to ensure that the rotor is lined up on the magnetic center when it is coupled to the load. .
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Monitor Assets from Anywhere at Anytime
Remote working is a benefit of digital condition based maintenance that traditional approaches cannot compete with. Not only is it more effective, but it also helps lower individuals carbon foot print, by reducing unnecessary travel, says Frederic Thomas, Managing Director of AVT Reliability®..
- Frederic Thomas
- AVT Reliability
Keeping Track of Starts
Heat is often the final variable causing pre-mature aging and breakdown of your insulation system. Another component of your electric motor, overlooked for heat related failure is the rotor.
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Detecting and Diagnosing Imbalance in a System
Next-generation sensors based on MEMS technology, combined with advanced algorithms for diagnostic and prognostic applications, expand opportunities to measure a variety of machines and improve the ability to effectively monitor equipment, improve uptime, enhance process quality, and increase throughput. This 2 minute tip reviews imbalance faults and their characteristics to provide insights into some of the key system requirements that must be considered when developing a condition-based monitoring solution.
- Pete Sopcik
- Analog Devices, Inc