Vibration Analysis
Five Minute Facts
Gear Induced Vibration Study With HD ENV Technology
Learn about HD ENV technology and how it allows early detection of gear faults in a gear box coupled with a gas turbine for energy generation.
- Ettore Di Pasquale
- SPM Instrument Srl
Case Studies and Stories
Case Study: Cooling Tower Vibration Monitoring
Cooling towers are a critical component in many process facilities and contain several pieces of rotating machinery that contribute to their operation. Motors, gearboxes, fans and shafts require vibration monitoring to provide technicians with early warning signs of impending failures that could lead to catastrophic breakdowns.
- Peter Eitnier
- Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies
Two Minute Tips
Using Baseline for Analysis
When you measure on your machine, the results may vary even if no defects are present. That is just normal behavior. This video will discuss how using baselines in analysis can be beneficial in keeping machines healthy.
- Stefan Furness
- SPM Instrument AB
Two Minute Tips
Accelerometer Maximum Cable Length Calculator
When cables between the power supply and the accelerometer are short, less than 100 feet or 30 meters, circuit capacitance usually has no significant effect on the vibration data signals. Long cables may introduce sufficient capacitance into the sensor circuit to allow vibration signal distortion and produce spurious signals.
- Peter Eitnier
- Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies
Two Minute Tips
Why Use 1000Hz-800Hz Lines When You Have a Choice?
Most people use 1000Hz as the standard setting, but nobody asks why. Why not make your life easier by having 1Hz resolution rather than 1.25 or 0.625 Hz? Lines is ALWAYS a selected value but FMax can be user defined or selectable.
- Matthew Moore
- Moore Reliability Limited
Five Minute Facts
Accelerometer mounting techniques impact the accuracy of vibration measurements
Guidance for vibration practitioners on evaluating and determining the ideal location and mounting method of vibration sensors for each machine and vibration source to be monitored. Specific guidance is given for permanent accelerometer installations, route-based data collection, high-frequency vibrations, low-clearance locations, and electrical isolation.
- Peter Eitnier
- Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies
Five Minute Facts
Time Waveforms Take Us Inside the Machine
Time Waveforms give us a summary of all of the vibration that it records during the time that it is recording. It tells us exactly what happens from moment to moment. Jason Tranter will explain more in detail what happens based on the information that is recorded.
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Two Minute Tips
Frequency is Everything
In the world of vibration analysis frequency is everything. Frequencies are generated by many sources within a machine.
- David Procter
- Sensoteq
White Papers
Vibration Monitoring and Analysis- The Cornerstone of Successful Predictive Maintenance
With competitive and financial pressure mounting for production facilities, uptime has become the gold standard of operations. Reliability is at the cornerstone of uptime, yet it continues to be a challenge for manufacturing operations everywhere.
- Kris Deckers
- I-care Group
