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Two Minute Tips
Different Bearing Types
Understanding the ins and outs of your most common types of bearings and what they are best used for in your plant...
- Stan Riddle
- Acoem USA
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
Large Electric Motor Reliability: What Did the Studies Really Say?
One of the most frequently quoted studies related to electric motor reliability is a 1983 Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) project performed by General Electric...
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
Webinars
Low Speed Bearing Vibration Monitoring Application in Wind Turbines
The onshore and offshore wind market is growing rapidly. Maintenance costs of wind energy systems are still high. Business operators are demanding solutions to reduce those costs. To address these technological challenges, an endurance test bench has been developed...
- Sophia Sieg-Zieba
- CETIM
Articles
Slow Speed Bearing Monitoring & Other Condition Monitoring Applications
As maintenance and reliability professionals, we are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that the assets that we are responsible for are operating the way that they were designed and installed for...
- Adrian Messer
- UE Systems
Five Minute Facts
Modern Vibration Analysis – Following Bearing Damage Progression to Failure Mode
The time frame on which the spectrum analysis is based is very short, catching only the exact moment when one rolling element passes the specific position...
- Ron Kittle
- SPM Instrument Inc
White Papers
Communication and Accountability are the Keys to Success in Condition-Based Maintenance
The goal of equipment condition monitoring is to increase equipment availability, increase product yield and quality, and reduce maintenance cost by...
- Forrest Pardue
- 24/7
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
Why Do I Need to Use Phase Analysis?
The vibration spectrum can provide a clear indication of certain fault conditions...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
