Five Minute Facts
It Takes More Than Technical Proficiency to Produce Results
How many times have you called an equipment problem well ahead of time but the equipment still fails in service due to no maintenance follow-up?
- Dick Hancock
- 24/7
Two Minute Tips
Gearbox Oil Essentials
Industrial gearboxes are expected to perform under conditions of high heat and heavy loads; and in environments often contaminated with dirt...
- John Sander
- Lubrication Engineers
Five Minute Facts
Gearbox Condition Monitoring – Understanding Dynamic Behavior vs Gear Surface Condition
We'll take a look at some helical cut gears and discuss the behavior of the gear in a variety of conditions...
- Ron Kittle
- SPM Instrument Inc
Two Minute Tips
Determining Thermal Growth Misalignment
How can you avoid misalignment by determining thermal growth values of rotating equipment using Live Trend?
- Aimi Tarmizi
- PRUFTECHNIK
Interviews
The Big Five
What are "the big five" animals in Africa? How does this relate to maintenance? Clyde explains the connection between the two in this interview...
- Clyde Volpe
- Vibration Institute of Australia
Articles
The Importance Behind The Addition of Annex D In IEEE Standard 43-2013
The standards working group behind the present edition of IEEE Std 43 made significant changes in the overall standard, including modifications to temperature normalization to 40°C. This was done to accommodate the many changes and observations in insulation chemistry and combinations over the past decades...
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
Two Minute Tips
Procedure to Diagnose Machine Imbalance
Join us in a plant that has a fan that is behaving abnormally, which is characterized by high noise and high vibration...
- Sven Fleischer
- Easy-Laser AB
Two Minute Tips
CM Basics: Finding Unbalance/Misalignment in a Spectrum
This video quickly walks you through where to find unbalance and misalignment in the spectrum, how to identify it in the spectrum and what could cause these two situations...
- Brian Shanovich
- ACOEM
Two Minute Tips
Bridge the Gap Between Your CBM Results and the Plant Work Order System
Including a reference ID from your SAP, Oracle, or Maximo system in the asset or component level name in your CBM reporting makes it easier...
- Dick Hancock
- 24/7
