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White Papers
Purchasing Gear Lubricants: Be Careful When Playing the Numbers Game
As the old saying goes, “Figures don’t lie, but liars do figure.” This is not to suggest that gear lubricant sales representatives are liars, but rather that too often neither the sales rep nor the purchaser completely understands what the numbers on a technical sheet or price list really mean...
- John Sander
- Lubrication Engineers
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
Understand It. Improve It!
Are you getting the most from your vibration monitoring program? Are you getting the return on investment you deserve?
- Alan Friedman
- Mobius Institute
Articles
Optimizing Vibration Programs
When we think of Reliability and ensuring that assets perform when required, the tendency is to migrate towards those technologies and software programs that promise early detection, an efficiency of data collection and robustness of data analysis...
- Chris Armitage
- GenesisSolutions, An ABS Group Company
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
Two Minute Tips
Shaft Alignment Know-How: What’s Misalignment
Shaft Alignment Know-How: What's Misalignment...
Case Studies and Stories
Hydra Main Propulsion Gearbox
Once upon a time, there was a ship called the Hydra. They were suspicious that the gears or bearings in the main gearbox were failing and asked a vibration analyst to perform a test. The analyst turned to me for help...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Case Studies and Stories
Analytical Ferrography Forensics II
A steel mill uses this motor to drive a double reduction gearbox on a roughing mill at an input speed of 450 rpm. The motor has babbitt sleeve bearings...
