Two Minute Tips
Understanding the Difference Between Preventive and Predictive strategies
Preventive and predictive maintenance may achieve the same goals (healthy assets), but only one keeps costs reined in while improving maintenance as a business value driver.
- Frederic Baudart
- Fluke
Case Studies and Stories
The Journey to World-Class Storage & Handling – Basic American Foods
When Scott Fischer, Maintenance Manager, joined Basic American Foods, he recognized that the Blackfoot Basic American Foods plant was in need of a dedicated lubricant storage and handling process and products to support his reliability program goals.
- Mark Barnes
- Des-Case
Five Minute Facts
“Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should”
We at IRISS cannot stress the importance of safety for electrical personnel enough and that why we created the IR Windows and Ultrasound Ports to help protect those doing electrical inspection by minimizing risk in this CBM data collection task.
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
Two Minute Tips
Electric Motor Reliability Trifecta – Training Cont’d
Keeping the focus on Trending, in Trending Part 1 we discussed qualitative trending and focused on the change in appearance. This week we switch from qualitative to quantitative trending...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Two Minute Tips
How to Mount a Vibration Sensor
The mounting of a vibration sensor directly impacts its performance. Incorrect mounting may give readings that relate not only to a change in conditions but also to...
- Chris Hansford
- Hansford Sensors
Two Minute Tips
Stator Mechanical Faults Using Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA)
A stator mechanical fault is created when the stator core becomes loose within the motor frame, or if the windings are loose between the stator slots. A loose stator core or winding over a period of time will cause...
- Mark Koch
- ALL-TEST Pro, LLC
Five Minute Facts
How to Ensure Successful Acceleration Enveloping
Acceleration enveloping is the sophisticated signal processing technique that helps to pinpoint bearing failure at an early stage. Below is a guide of how to successfully implement it...
- Chris Hansford
- Hansford Sensors
10 Minute Talk
Installing Wireless Monitoring on Overhead Cranes
Compared to most applications, wireless monitoring of overhead cranes is quite challenging. We need high-speed sampling for fault detection. And because this is a low-speed application…
- Kris Deckers
- I-care Group
Two Minute Tips
What Causes Electrical System Failures?
There are several contributors to electrical system failures: Loose connections, Moisture, Line disturbance, Defective or inadequate insulation...
- Paul Goodbody
- IRISS
