Duke Energy Takes Advantage of IIoT for Predictive Maintenance Applications

This case study investigates Duke Energy’s quest to replace its monthly, manual data collection practices with daily, remote data collection and monitoring.

Alex West
IHS Markit

Two Minute Tips

Vibration Analysis

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

White Papers

Alignment + Balancing

Gas Turbine Alignment in Less Than an Hour

TransCanada Turbines Test Cell repairs and services gas turbines in a unique test facility. The turbines are used primarily for compression, power generation and marine applications. After repair and servicing, the Test Cell undertakes performance tests of the turbines...

Grant Dennler
PRUFTECHNIK

Five Minute Facts

Condition Monitoring Management & AI

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

Webinars

Vibration Analysis

Revolution in Fluid Film Bearing Monitoring

In this live webinar, the basics behind fluid film bearings and the current and new monitoring solutions are explained. For the last 40 to 50 years, the industry standard to monitor bearing wear or machine problems on the most process critical and expensive equipment in each plant, has been the proximity probe.....

Dries Van Loon
NanoPrecise

Case Studies and Stories

Vibration Analysis

HD Technologies: Press Roll Bearing Damage Detection

At a Romanian paper mill called Vrancart S.A., the online system Intellinova Compact with HD condition monitoring technology is installed to monitor the press section of paper machine K25. This case study involves the detection of bearing damage on one of the press rolls, showing the development of the damage over a period of about six weeks…

Dobromir Dobrev
SPM Instrument Bulgaria EOOD

Five Minute Facts

Ultrasound

The Benefit of Time Signal vs FFT for Slow-Speed Bearing Testing

Slow-speed bearings under 300 RPM take a long time to accumulate data when using vibration analysis. Ultrasound can be used as the front-line tool to determine quickly what is occurring...