Bearing Failure
Five Minute Facts
How to Ensure Successful Acceleration Enveloping
Acceleration enveloping is the sophisticated signal processing technique that helps to pinpoint bearing failure at an early stage. Below is a guide of how to successfully implement it...
- Chris Hansford
- Hansford Sensors
Two Minute Tips
HD Technology: The Bearing Failure Process
When we look at a new, healthy bearing under a microscope, we can see tiny surface imperfections, micro-cracks, or hard inclusions. Now imagine that the rollers are passing this point year after year...
- Tim Sundstrom
- SPM Instrument
Five Minute Facts
Use HD Technology to Detect Bearing Damage
Loss of production is a problem for any site, but the cause can be detected and corrected early with HD technology. In this case study, bearing damage in a pump of a cooling system was detected and corrected before...
- Ettore Di Pasquale
- SPM Instrument Srl
Five Minute Facts
Performance vs Risk
This five minute fact discusses why it is important to have a good quality measuring system for condition monitoring of mechanical components…
- Johan Arvidsson
- SPM Instrument AB
10 Minute Talk
Understanding the Mechanical Process of Bearing Failures with Respect to Modern Vibration Analysis
This presentation deals with how failures can be avoided in wind turbines and bearings and provides animations…
- Ron Kittle
- SPM Instrument Inc
White Papers
Modern Vibration Analysis Technology Applied to the Four Stages of Bearing Failure
Within the vibration community, it is commonly accepted to describe a spalling process in a bearing in four stages; from the first microscopic sign to a severely damaged bearing...
- Ron Kittle
- SPM Instrument Inc
Two Minute Tips
5 Effects of Misalignment
This video will go over the five most common negative effects misalignment can have on your facility’s machinery...
- Stan Riddle
- Acoem USA
Five Minute Facts
How the Cement Industry Can Catch Bearing Failure Early
Signal processing technique acceleration enveloping is widely used in the cement industry where bearings are vulnerable to premature failure due to aggressive working environments...
- Martin Armson
- Hansford Sensors
Articles
Using Ultrasound to Improve Lubrication Practices
Keeping a handle on lubrication is easy, right? All one needs to do is make sure the right lubricant is used in the right amount and at the right time. Not so fast; if only it were that simple...
- Adrian Messer
- UE Systems
