Case Studies and Stories
A Hoist Application in the Mining Industry
A hoist or winder is a mission critical application found in underground mines. The hoist is used either to transport ore to the surface or personnel to or from the mine shaft. There are three types of hoists...
- Tim Sundstrom
- SPM Instrument
Two Minute Tips
Shaft Alignment Know-How: What’s Misalignment?
Misalignment means you have too much offset and angularity...
10 Minute Talk
Wound Rotor Motor Fault
Wound rotor motors, theoretically they are the same as far as induction. The access to the motor is significantly increased with round rotor motors and it allows an interesting trouble shooting approach.
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Two Minute Tips
Shaft Alignment Know-How: Bolt-Bound
Learn about the options of achieving alignment when in a bolt-bound or base-bound condition.
Two Minute Tips
Shaft Alignment Know How: Repeatability
We have all heard the old carpenters’ saying: measure twice, cut once...
Two Minute Tips
Precision Maintenance: Why do it? Alignment and Balancing Procedures
Why is precision maintenance so important? The reasons are clear...
- Alan Luedeking
- LUDECA
Articles
Vibration: A Very Broad Technology
Vibration technology has a lot of adjustability from a frequency analysis perspective. You can adjust your frequency coverage...
- Don Sanger
- IVC Technology
Two Minute Tips
My Spectrum Does Not Indicate Misalignment so My Machine is Aligned, Right?
If the spectrum (and phase readings) indicate misalignment, then the machine will be misaligned...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Five Minute Facts
How Do You Diagnose Unbalance?
Technically speaking, unbalance—some people say imbalance—exists when the mass center line and the geometric center line do not coincide. What does that mean and why is it important...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
