Five Minute Facts
Compressor Runs 30,000 Hours Without Needing Oil Change
After 30,000 hours of operation, our Atlas Copco model air compressor required no oil change and experienced no lubrication-related downtime. That’s nearly four times longer than the OEM-recommended interval for this compressor, providing significant savings in time and money. Find out how we did it.
- John Sander
- Lubrication Engineers
White Papers
Diagnosis of Hidden Faults at an Early Stage
Artesis Predictive Maintenance Solutions are applied in a variety of industries and applications for improved manufacturing plant reliability and availability. One of these applications is Positive Displacement Blowers, where Artesis is used most frequently.
- Tumay Karaver
- Artesis Technology Systems
Two Minute Tips
An Alarm was Triggered. Now What?
If you have a condition monitoring or CM program in place, chances are you are aware of how it can help your maintenance in the long run via saved time and/or resources. But what do you do when the dreaded alarm occurs?
- Rich Merhige
- AME Solutions
Five Minute Facts
Video Vibration Analysis: an Invaluable Tool
Video Vibration Analysis has proven to be an invaluable tool for reliability professionals to assist in visualizing common faults like:
-misalignment
-imbalance
-resonance
-looseness, and more.
- Theresa Girard
- ERBESSD Instruments
Interviews
Best Practices and Troubleshooting for Permanently Installing Accelerometers
Today we sit down with Peter Eitnier, the Senior Applications Engineer for Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies. He will be going into detail on best practices and troubleshooting for permanently installing accelerometers. Vibration sensors and acelerometers should be mounted, in general, as close as possible to the bearings. The shaft turning speed is the driving force for both the machine itself, and the vibration signal.
Listen now to hear more!
- Peter Eitnier
- Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies
Case Studies and Stories
Failure Detection using Ultrasound–Case Study: Slow-Speed Bearing on Oven Motor
Vibration analysis has long been the instrument of choice to use for bearings and other rotating equipment. More commonly, ultrasound is being used in conjunction with vibration analysis to help technicians confirm the condition of mechanical assets.
- Peter Boon
- UE Systems Inc.
Five Minute Facts
Fluid Condition Monitoring
Oil analysis is one of the earliest detectors, if not the earliest, of performance changes in your equipment. It provides meaningful and accurate information on lubricant and machine condition, which is an essential component of keeping equipment reliable.
- Bernie Hall
- Checkfluid
Interviews
What is Micropoly?
Amy Lachman, the President of PhyMet, inc. discusses how Micropoly came to be, and the benefits of mixing oil with polymers versus other methods of lubrication.
- Amy Lachman
- MicroPoly
Two Minute Tips
Creating a Color-Coded Lubricant Standard
When you have multiple lubricants in a factory with hundreds or even thousands of lubrication points, mistakes will happen. Introducing the wrong lubricant into an application leads to unplanned downtime and costly repairs.
- Preston Rubottom
- Lubrication Engineers
