Five Minute Facts
Which Tool or Sensor Is Best for Monitoring Pumps?
Different vibration devices are designed to fulfill different purposes. Whether using handheld tools or remote sensors, vibration monitoring can tell you a lot about a machine’s health…
- John Bernet
- Fluke
Five Minute Facts
Most Common Types of 1x Peaks and What They Mean
Vibration technicians stumble upon a high 1x peak once a week. In this short video, you will find the most common causes of a 1x peak...
- Reinier Kalp
- Wearcheck Africa
Two Minute Tips
The First Step to Creating a World-Class Oil Analysis Program
When you start implementing an oil analysis program, you need to decide which equipment in the plant to sample...
- Evan Zabawski
- TestOil
Two Minute Tips
Don’t Forget the Walk Around
For over two decades, PdM (Predictive Maintenance) technicians use best practices to walk around equipment seeing, smelling, and listening before they open their PdM toolbox...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Interviews
Advances in Airborne and Structure-Borne Ultrasound Over Two Decades
In this interview with US Army veteran Drew Walts, CBM CONNECT discusses the advances in airborne, and structure-borne ultrasound, along with the importance of the critical angle of an electrical fault…
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
10 Minute Talk
Multiple Faults with an Induction Scrubber Motor
Loss of production can be big if the scrubber is down. See how to solve a high-resistance connection and a resistance-to-ground problem...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Five Minute Facts
When Do You Need ODS?
The study of a machine's motion is called Operational Deflection Shape (ODS). This study should be done when the machine is in a steady-state or normal operation. Find out the different types and why you would use ODS...
- Dennis Swanepoel
- WearCheck
Two Minute Tips
Concepts of Phase
Phase is the relationship between two events and is measured at a specific frequency. In this two-minute tip, you will learn how to compare two phases...
- Anders Hultman
- SPM Instrument AB
Case Studies and Stories
HD Technologies: Press Roll Bearing Damage Detection
At a Romanian paper mill called Vrancart S.A., the online system Intellinova Compact with HD condition monitoring technology is installed to monitor the press section of paper machine K25. This case study involves the detection of bearing damage on one of the press rolls, showing the development of the damage over a period of about six weeks…
- Dobromir Dobrev
- SPM Instrument Bulgaria EOOD
