Two Minute Tips
How Would I Perform an Electrical Asset Inspection Using a Custom Maintenance Inspection Window?
As part of the maintenance team at your company, you already know that electrical components and assets need to be inspected regularly while under full load. Your company’s condition based maintenance procedures call for inspections of the energized electrical assets in a safe and guarded condition using...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Artificial Intelligence vs Vibration-Based Diagnostics
What is important to know is that vibration monitoring techniques that are widely used at present generate the domain of informative features of equipment defects in a form that is extremely problematic for automatic systems. The main issue is...
- Pawel Lecinski
- CMRP
Six Signs Your Acoustic Lubrication Program is on Track
Poor lubrication practices account for as much as 40% of all premature bearing failures. When ultrasound is utilized to assess lubrication needs and schedule grease replenishment intervals, that number drops below 10%. What would 30% fewer bearing related failures mean for your organization?
- Allan Rienstra
- SDT International
Understanding the Difference Between Preventive and Predictive strategies
Preventive and predictive maintenance may achieve the same goals (healthy assets), but only one keeps costs reined in while improving maintenance as a business value driver.
- Frederic Baudart
- Fluke
Electric Motor Reliability Trifecta – Training Cont’d
Keeping the focus on Trending, in Trending Part 1 we discussed qualitative trending and focused on the change in appearance. This week we switch from qualitative to quantitative trending...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
How to Mount a Vibration Sensor
The mounting of a vibration sensor directly impacts its performance. Incorrect mounting may give readings that relate not only to a change in conditions but also to...
- Chris Hansford
- Hansford Sensors
Stator Mechanical Faults Using Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA)
A stator mechanical fault is created when the stator core becomes loose within the motor frame, or if the windings are loose between the stator slots. A loose stator core or winding over a period of time will cause...
- Mark Koch
- ALL-TEST Pro, LLC
What Causes Electrical System Failures?
There are several contributors to electrical system failures: Loose connections, Moisture, Line disturbance, Defective or inadequate insulation...
- Paul Goodbody
- IRISS
Electric Motor Reliability Trifecta – Trending
For this tip we focus on qualitative trending of data. Remember trend is your friend and by qualitative trending we are talking about a change in the appearance of the data rather than an amplitude value change.....
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
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