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Case Studies and Stories
Electrical Signature Analysis Performed on Vertical Turbine Pump Motors in Municipal Application
Originally put into operation in 1999, Pump Station P-19A supplies drinking water to the City of Henderson, which is the second largest city in Nevada. In January 2015, Motor 5 exhibited signs of overheating...
- Bill Kruger
- ALL-TEST Pro
10 Minute Talk
HD Technology Saves an Extruder Gear Pump
A gear pump was used in a plastic extruder, where the gear’s head pumps the plastic mold from the barrel into the pelletizer. The extruder was already fitted with a condition monitoring system, but in early 2016 our customer decided...
- Rick Verbij
- SPM Netherlands
10 Minute Talk
Diagnosing and Correcting Resonance in a Vertical Seawater Pump
This case involves a vertical cooling seawater pump in a power plant. The speed is 600 rpm, and it had no noise or operational issues. The current was normal, but they received…
- Ali Al-Shurafa
- Saudi Aramco
Two Minute Tips
Condensate Water Pump Resonance Caused by a Bearing Defect
This case involves a motor-driven vertical condensate water pump. A couple of weeks after commissioning, we noticed a severe increase in vibration…
- Ali Al-Shurafa
- Saudi Aramco
10 Minute Talk
How Does Motion Amplification Work?
Motion amplification uses a camera and a collection system. We use the pixels of the camera as vibration sensors—each pixel becomes a vibration sensor. The idea here is that...
- Stuart Walker
- Reliability Maintenance Solutions Ltd
Two Minute Tips
Detecting Pump Faults Using Motion Amplification
I’ve used motion amplification in industry intensively over the last two years. We’ve had some great successes with it, and it’s changed the way I do my work. We used this technology on cooling water pumps that are…
- Stuart Walker
- Reliability Maintenance Solutions Ltd
Five Minute Facts
Visualizing Vibration
We're so used to measuring the heartbeat of the machine (the frequency), and the amplitude and severity of vibration. Here, we're going to use a technology called motion amplification to analyze how the machine moves visually...
- Dean Whittle
- Reliability Maintenance Solutions Ltd
Two Minute Tips
Thrust Development on a Typical Overhung Centrifugal Pump
Because of the differential pressure across the impeller, there is going to be x differential force, and the force is going to push the impeller and the shaft...
- Ali Al-Shurafa
- Saudi Aramco
Two Minute Tips
Bad Vibes From A Centrifugal Pump
During periodic measurements on a centrifugal pump for an industrial client, we saw a significant increase in the trend value of our high-frequency vibrations, which is a problem...
- Tim De Block
- Fyraco Solutions
