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Two Minute Tips
Warning Signs of Pump Cavitation
Pumps are critical pieces of equipment in a large variety of industrial settings. Although they are routinely monitored as part of a facility’s CBM program, the data captured in this way isn’t always enough to identify the signs of early-stage pump cavitation. Vibration data can provide valuable insight into the pump’s condition, and with the right monitoring setup can help you identify developing cavitation before serious damage or failure occurs.
- Elise Brannon
- Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies
Case Studies and Stories
Reducing Costs with ESA and MCA™ Technology
More than 300 million electric motors are used in infrastructure, large buildings, and industry globally. These motors account for about 2/3rds of the industrial power consumption. Electricity is required in almost all areas of the plant to provide the driving force that either operates the equipment that produces the products or provides the services that the plant’s equipment was built to perform..
- Mark Koch
- ALL-TEST Pro, LLC
White Papers
Why MEMS Accelerometers Are Becoming the Designer’s Best Choice for CbM Applications
A small number of semiconductor manufacturers have overcome the noise, bandwidth and g-Range shortcomings commonly associated with MEMS sensors used in Condition-based Monitoring (CbM) by producing several medium and high-performance MEMS vibration sensors with the latter being comparable to piezo accelerometers.
- Chris Murphy
- Analog Devices, Inc
Two Minute Tips
Demands on Vibration Sensors
Understand how MEMS-based accelerometers are helping meet the demands on vibration sensors into today’s Condition based Monitoring Applications. This 2 minute tip will highlight key features and benefits of MEMS-based accelerometers in comparison to piezosensors commonly used for CbM...
- Thomas Brand
- Analog Devices, Inc
Learning Paths
Monitoring Failure Mechanisms
This course explains common failure mechanisms, types of equipment to which each applies, and recommends non-intrusive monitoring techniques to discover components in various stages of progressive failure.
- Ray Garvey
- Innovative Transition LLC
White Papers
Leveraging IoT for Condition-Based Maintenance
Let's start with the basics. What is condition-based Maintenance? Condition-based maintenance (CBM) is a maintenance strategy that ...
- Jay Cooper
- Des-Case
White Papers
Vibration Monitoring for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Vibration monitoring has been employed for some time now; indeed, we can be certain that it has been in use for almost two thousand years...
- Chris Hansford
- Hansford Sensors
Case Studies and Stories
Best Practice in Gearbox Monitoring
Vibration monitoring on gearboxes is not obvious. Brand new gearboxes do have vibrations. Therefor putting alarm detection based on overall vibration levels often leads to false alarms or missed fault detection...
- Jos Sas
- Allied Reliability Group
Articles
Go Beyond Condition Monitoring; Condition Improvement
We all know what a great job vibration analyst’s perform. They are all that stands between a manageable plant and the chaos and mayhem that can result from machines failing unexpectedly...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
