Five Minute Facts
Vibration Monitoring Is Critical For Food And Drink
Explore why vibration monitoring is critical for the food and drink industry in this short 5 minute fact...
- Chris Hansford
- Hansford Sensors
Two Minute Tips
How to Make a Case for an Asset Criticality Assessment
Using an asset criticality assessment allows teams to rank machinery by its impact to production, ensuring reliability and availability of assets...
- Frederic Baudart
- Fluke
White Papers
The Importance of Good Maintenance Practices Based on Condition Monitoring
Pruftechnik’s service team was contacted by our client when the online vibration monitoring system in their machine’s dryer inlet fan reached an alarm value of 12mm/sec rms. After our team conducted thorough analysis of the data, they suspected that the severe vibration was caused by...
- Shoukat Ali Izhar
- PRUFTECHNIK S.E.A. Pte Ltd
10 Minute Talk
Tank Levels
The reliability of tank level indicators has improved significantly over the past few decades. This tip will discuss how taking advantage of differences in thermal capacitance of tank contents allows for fast and effect tank level inspections.
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Five Minute Facts
Ultrasound Rescues a Super Dryer for Wood Chips
As we were listening to the eighth bearing, we heard a faint ticking sound. The display indicated 2 dB. The guys on site were not worried, as it was only 2 dB. I rephrased this to say…
- Christopher Hallum
- UE Systems Europe B.V.
Two Minute Tips
How Technology Helps With Condition Monitoring
Efficient condition monitoring requires the use of technology and the right software. The right software will consolidate data for facility managers giving them the data needed to implement more efficient condition monitoring programs, it also allows......
- Warren Wu
- UpKeep
Interviews
All About Hydraulic Oil
In this interview, Nathan Walker talks to us about hydraulic oil. Hydraulic oils are the second most important lubricants in our industry, after engine oils. Hydraulics work by...
- Nathan Walker
- Lubrication Engineers
Two Minute Tips
Thermal Convection
Many electric motors use thermal convection to keep the motor cool. The greater the surface area of contact, the greater heat transfer ability.......
- Bill Kruger
- ALL-TEST Pro
Five Minute Facts
The Basics of Rigs: the Vital Role They Play in Exploration
Offshore, or marine, rigs are based on sea and onshore rigs are based on land. We select the type of rig based on the geological location and how deep we need to drill. The major concept of rigs is...
- Nishanthan Senkuttuvan
- Osborne Engineering Limited
