Vibration Analysis
Articles
Vibration: A Very Broad Technology
Vibration technology has a lot of adjustability from a frequency analysis perspective. You can adjust your frequency coverage...
- Don Sanger
- IVC Technology
Two Minute Tips
My Spectrum Does Not Indicate Misalignment so My Machine is Aligned, Right?
If the spectrum (and phase readings) indicate misalignment, then the machine will be misaligned...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Five Minute Facts
How Do You Diagnose Unbalance?
Technically speaking, unbalance—some people say imbalance—exists when the mass center line and the geometric center line do not coincide. What does that mean and why is it important...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Two Minute Tips
One Technology Is Not Enough
There is no doubt that technologies such as vibration analysis, oil analysis, ultrasound and infrared are very powerful. They can tell you a great deal...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Interviews
Can the Cloud Protect You From Cyber Intrusion?
In Part II of this series, CBM CONNECT dives deeper into Cyber Intrusion with Howard. Is it safer to rely on Cloud services to store your data? If companies like Yahoo and Equifax are getting hacked, how can you protect yourself?
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
Articles
How to Measure Tribology Using a 100 kHz Sampling Rate Vibration Analyzer
We can use vibration analysis to see what goes on in the interface between moving surfaces and, therefore, catch potential problems there...
- Ray Garvey
- Ametek
Two Minute Tips
Why Do I Need to Use Phase Analysis?
The vibration spectrum can provide a clear indication of certain fault conditions...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Case Studies and Stories
Boliden Garpenberg Mine
In January 2011, New Boliden decided on a major expansion of operations at the Garpenberg mine in central Sweden, aiming to successively increase production from 1.4 million to 2.5 million tons annually...
10 Minute Talk
Keeping Out Environmental Contaminants
In dusty or wet vibration monitoring applications, sealing of the sensor itself as well as sealing of the cable to the sensor is of prime importance in order to avoid contamination of the signal. But how sealed is it? Is there a way to quantify “sealed”?
- Meredith Christman
- PCB Piezotronics
