Five Minute Facts
Common Sources of High-Resistance Connections
Electric motor testing is an excellent tool for identifying resistance unbalance. This instructional presentation will provide the most common locations for electrical connection anomalies...
- Don Donofrio
- The Snell Group
10 Minute Talk
Water Contamination in Oil
Why is water considered an evil? How does water enter machines? In this Nine Minutes of Knowledge, you will see how to keep water out and save your mechanical machines...
- Steven Lumley
- WearCheck
Two Minute Tips
Alignment Check vs. Alignment
One question that arises regularly in training is about doing alignment checks. Is it okay to just check the alignment? This quick tip will address the reasons for alignment check...
- Stan Riddle
- Acoem USA
10 Minute Talk
Why Condition Based Maintenance Inspections for Electrical Assets?
Electrical inspections must be performed on energized equipment to accurately ascertain the health of the equipment. Traditional inspections of energized equipment are time consuming, risky and costly for...
- Rudy Wodrich
- IRISS
Two Minute Tips
Testing Thermodynamic Disc
When testing steam traps, we first need to make sure our temperature and pressures are set before we use any type of ultrasound. A good disc trap should cycle 4-10 times per minute; a warn disc trap will cycle ...
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
Five Minute Facts
The Deception Caused by Convection
Convection can have a big impact on what an infrared thermographer sees with a thermal imager, whether outdoors or indoors. This instructional presentation will show a specific case study on the power of convection...
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Two Minute Tips
Inductive Imbalance in a Wound Rotor Motor
Testing wound rotor motors can be tricky depending on what and where you are testing. In this quick tip, see what rotor motors are used for and how to perform a test...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Interviews
Time Waveform Analysis Best Practices
How do you collect time waveforms in the best way? And why is time waveform analysis so important? Listen to CBM CONNECT’s interview with Christer Larsson to find out…
- Christer Larsson
- SPM Instrument
Two Minute Tips
Forgotten Alignment Tools
What if a spanner falls on your laser equipment screen? How will you get a proper reading? In this quick tip, you will see why you should never forget the old reliable tools...
- Dennis Swanepoel
- WearCheck
