IRISS
White Papers
Using Electrical Maintenance Safety Devices to Bridge the Skills Gap
With an impending skills gap among technical workers, proactive maintenance plans must also be safe, efficient and easier to implement …
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Five Minute Facts
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...
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
Webinars
Condition Based Strategies for Electrical Asset Reliability
Condition based maintenance strategies are replacing the antiquated, dangerous and costly time-based, open-panel electrical inspections. Companies are looking at utilizing the benefits of condition based maintenance strategies in their equipment reliability programs to increase... Find out in this free webinar.
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
10 Minute Talk
Why Condition Based Maintenance Inspections for Electrical Assets?
Electrical inspections must be performed on energized equipment to accurately ascertain the health of the equipment. Traditional inspections of energized equipment are time consuming, risky and costly for...
- Rudy Wodrich
- IRISS
Two Minute Tips
Testing Thermodynamic Disc
When testing steam traps, we first need to make sure our temperature and pressures are set before we use any type of ultrasound. A good disc trap should cycle 4-10 times per minute; a warn disc trap will cycle ...
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
10 Minute Talk
Case Study: ROI for Adopting a Condition Based Maintenance Strategy
Traditionally inspections are done over open panel for the last 40 years, but during last 10 years alternative and safer ways have been mandated. Find out how adapting an ROI is the best way to eliminate fatalities...
- Rudy Wodrich
- IRISS
Five Minute Facts
Know Your Emissivity
Emissivity is a measure of a material’s ability to emit infrared energy. The emissivity of a surface is the ratio of the energy radiated from it to that from a blackbody at the same temperature and wavelength and under the same viewing conditions...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Five Minute Facts
Does an IR Camera Work With Your Infrared Windows?
Someone comes into your facility with an infrared (IR) camera to take measurements through an IR window. How do you know their camera will work...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Two Minute Tips
Don’t Forget to Label Your Infrared Inspections Window
Although you may be the engineer responsible for installing the IR window, you may not be the one using it. Record all required target data inside the panel, as this will make sure that the same data is recorded using…
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
