Two Minute Tips
How Does High Frequency Help Bearings?
The ability to detect high frequency is inherently important if dealing with pulses and with friction…
- Tom Murphy
- SDT
Evaluation of Wound Rotor Motor with Electrical Signature Analysis
The primary difference between an induction motor and a wound rotor motor is that the rotor has windings, slip rings and a variable resistance in order to vary speed or soft start an application...
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
Power Circuit: What and Why?
The power circuit provides the avenue or path that allows your supply voltage to reach the motor. The power circuit comprises all the cabling, connectors, switches...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
What’s So Useful About Ultrasound?
In this quick tip, we discuss the four useful keys of using ultrasound analysis and discuss what ultrasound is...
- Tom Murphy
- SDT
Machine Info Needed Prior to Measurement
Before a CM program can take place, certain information needs to be recorded on a machine assembly…
- Tim Sorensen
- ACOEM
Power Quality: What and Why?
Voltage quality can be degraded in several ways. You can have high or low voltage in reference to the motor nameplate, including transient spikes of voltage...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Sample Port Purging
This quick two minute tip discusses best sampling practices and what is included in a sampling kit, and how to purge a sample port…
- Nolan Williamson
- Novelis
Elimination of Obvious Soft Foot
What is obvious soft foot? Obvious soft foot is when all four feet are not sitting in a common plane…
- Mac MacCormack
- Vibralign