Five Minute Facts
What Size Particles Do the Most Harm?
For many people, the key test to determine if there are damaging particles in the oil is to flied between their fingers or look at an oil sample. It is amazing how much you miss. This video will explain which particles do the most damage. Spoiler alert, they are very, very small...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Articles
Ultrasound Provides Inspection Insight
On a recent plant visit, solutions provider Bob Dunn with I&E Central, Inc. used the SDT 270 ultrasound instrument and a contact sensor to inspect and capture waveforms on a series of valves on an automated manufacturing machine...
- Bob Dunn
- I&E Central, Inc.
Five Minute Facts
Oil Analysis Trending vs. Alarm Limits
Many static alarm limits are based on statistical analysis of a common grouping of machines under similar operating conditions...
- Evan Zabawski
- TestOil
White Papers
Maintenance Inspection Windows on Transformers
Transformers are everywhere feeding various voltages into our homes and businesses. When a transformer fails in a commercial or industrial environment, that failure can disrupt a significant portion of your facility operations...
- Rudy Wodrich
- IRISS
Two Minute Tips
Test Your Ultrasound Knowledge!
Wondering how much you know about Ultrasound? Take the free quiz to find out...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Five Minute Facts
Introduction to IRISS Ultrasound EMSD’s
Learn how to use the Sonus XT with the IRISS VP12 US, VPDS and the S60 CAT Phone with the Sonus Vue APP...
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
Two Minute Tips
Gearbox Best Practices
The number one cause of failure in any mechanical application is contamination. Every industrial plant has a sizable investment in both its equipment and the lubricant that is purchased to protect that equipment...
- Preston Rubottom
- Lubrication Engineers
Two Minute Tips
Rotor Evaluation Using MCEMAX® – Fp Frequency
Pole-pass frequency (Fp) sideband evaluation is one of the more established methods of rotor evaluation utilizing the current signature analysis test...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Two Minute Tips
Rotor Evaluation Using MCEMAX® – The 5th Harmonic
Six independent methods of rotor evaluation can be used from the MCEMAX technology to analyze the condition of a squirrel cage AC induction motor...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
