When to go Wireless, and When Not

When it comes to condition monitoring, wireless technology is becoming ubiquitous for sensing applications. But many analysts still have a tried and tested portable monitor in their arsenal, so this begs the question, why should wireless sensors be used, and is there still a place for the more traditional route-based option?

David Procter
Sensoteq

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Condition Monitoring Management & AI

Powerful Predictive Maintenance Strategies for Your Plant

When it comes to predictive maintenance, there are several basic and powerful strategies that can be deployed in parallel. Contrary to longstanding popular opinion, you do not always need to perfect Strategy A before moving on the Strategy B…

Silvio dos Santos and Julia Piva
SEMEQ

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Condition Monitoring Management & AI
Oil Analysis + Wear Particle

Motion Amplification 101: Spectra and Waveforms

With motion amplification software, your cursor becomes a virtual sensor. When looking at regions of interest (ROIs), you can drag and drop so that the software can calculate the waveform and spectrum from the x and y coordinates…

Paul Barna
RDI Technologies

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Condition Monitoring Management & AI
Lubrication

How Grease Works and Saves You Energy

Greases are thickened lubricants, meaning they do not flow. So how does grease reduce friction? John Sander explains…

John Sander
Lubrication Engineers

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Condition Monitoring Management & AI
Oil Analysis + Wear Particle

Calculating the Costs of Ignoring Oil Analysis

Oil analysis can tell us a lot about the condition of a machine, and we ignore its potential at our peril…

Roy Giorgio
AssetWatch

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Lubrication

Standardize All of Your Grease Guns

Paul Dufresne explains why every plant should standardize all grease guns. Grease guns are a front-line defense in the war on friction…

Paul Dufresne
Reliability Playbook, in Partnership with Lubrication Engineers

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Thermography
Ultrasound
Vibration Analysis

Sensor Fusion: The Path to Proactive Plant Maintenance and Operational Excellence

A powerful approach for improving plant maintenance programs is the integration of multiple sensing technologies to improve coverage of machines and different failure modes. This can be further complemented by effective analysis of the data from all the different sources. When using multiple sensors like this, it is called Sensor Fusion...