Webinars
Ultrasound – A New Option for Permanent Monitoring
For 30 years, we have been producing customized ultrasonic transducers and sensors at our headquarters in Halle (Saale) / Germany with an output of currently 50.000 ultrasonic probes per year. We supply our customers with tailor-made and application specific solutions for a variety of industries and testing applications. Advancements in IIOT technology opened up the potential to include high-frequency ultrasound sensors into new and existing permanent mounted condition monitoring solutions.
- Brian Kavanagh
- SONOTEC
Sampling Towards A Cleaner, Greener Machine
Maintaining oil cleanliness is vital to the performance of lubricated equipment. Oil contamination accelerates the rate of component wear and leads to premature component failure. In a globally competitive market companies that can maintain machine reliability and uptime will be able to keep their costs at a more competitive level, see increased savings and run a greener operation. Discover how maintaining proper machine lubrication by reducing contamination and increasing oil cleanliness, through oil sampling, oil analysis, and filtering can help you achieve machine efficiency and improve your facility’s carbon footprint. Why? Efficient machines reduce your carbon footprint because they consume less energy and oil.
- Bernie Hall
- Checkfluid
Demystifying Ultrasound – A Showcase of Cool Animations and Simulations
An effective ultrasound program can reduce operating costs and detect a wide range of fault conditions in everything from rotating machinery to valves and steam traps, including vital electrical equipment and compressed air systems. But have you ever wondered how it works and why these assets generate ultrasound? Well, we have developed visually spectacular 3D animations and interactive simulations that we use in our training courses that make these topics easier to understand and fascinating to learn about - even for those who do not collect the data or run the program. So, get your team together and strap yourself in for this presentation from the founder of Mobius Institute and the designer of most of these training aids.
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Gain Deep Insights into Bearing Health with Ultrasound
Before taking full advantage of ultrasonic technology, many of us go to great lengths to identify a failing condition in our anti-friction bearings. We look for either the smallest change in movement or a slight increase in surface temperature to tell us that something is not working properly. Could there be a more obvious measurement that will tell us that not only is something wrong, but more importantly, that will also help prevent the failure from occurring in the first place? Yes, and using ultrasonic equipment and analysis, it is so obvious! It is in the bearing’s name - Friction!
- Adrian Messer
- UE Systems
Fault Zone Series – Power Circuit Testing and Troubleshooting Considerations
High resistance connections, unbalanced voltages and currents, and a variety of other problems can occur from Power Circuit issues. From the Transformer through the distribution system to the stator connections at the motor, this presentation will perform a deep dive into testing and troubleshooting of the electric motor Power Circuit.
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Boost Lubrication Work Task Efficiency with Point of Care Oil Analysis
Using in-service oil analysis to improve machinery reliability is well understood since waiting for off-site results and diagnostics incurs delays that impact day-to-day, lubrication-related reliability tasks.
- Daniel Walsh
- AMETEK Spectro Scientific
Untangling IoT for Condition Monitoring
New IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) wireless solutions for Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM) seem to appear on the market so frequently it’s hard to keep track of them all. Many of these new systems bring with them new technologies such as AI and machine learning, MEMS sensor technology and automated diagnostics – technologies that present the reliability and maintenance engineer with both challenges and opportunities.
The new capabilities offer the promise of wireless data collection and near continuous time monitoring while saving you valuable time. You would like test some of these systems, but it’s a substantial investment in time, energy and money. This talk will help you better understand some of the features and functions of wireless CBM, discussing some technology dependencies and a few other things to think about when considering piloting a system.
- Ed Spence
- The Machine Instrumentation Group
Driving PdM efforts from Managing Failures to Increased Reliability through Integration
PdM strategies have grown in equipment coverage and effectiveness for going on 50 years. The program’s strategy is designed to find early stage failures to proactively manage problems versus being controlled by them. Our ability to integrate PdM results with other plant systems and data has increased dramatically over the past decade. This new capability has broaden our visibility across all of our plant assets, providing an improved path towards recognizing repeating patterns, both mechanically and operationally. This webinar will detail the next generation of PdM program design, adding improved integration with plant systems.
- John Pucillo
- Predictive Service
The Workforce Gap & The Silver Tsunami
The Silver Tsunami; grey hair retirements washing away knowledge, experience and skills. In this webinar, we will discuss how the gap is expanding, what companies are doing and a framework to help resolve the issue.
- Karl Hoffower
- Failure Prevention Associates