reliability
Two Minute Tips
How Do You Decide How Often Measurements Should Be Taken?
Regardless of the condition monitoring technology, you must decide how often measurements...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Two Minute Tips
Criticality Analysis is Critical
How do you decide which assets should be monitored?
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Two Minute Tips
Simple Tools
The definition of Predictive maintenance (PdM) is techniques...
- Paul Dufresne
- Reliability Playbook, in Partnership with Lubrication Engineers
10 Minute Talk
Infrared On Mechanical Assets To Improve Reliability
In this short video, we will discuss typical mechanical problems, mechanical infrared applications, and best practices for rotating components.
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Case Studies and Stories
Energized Motor Testing Reveals Improper VFD Settings
This 55-kilowatt, 400-volt motor is controlled by a variable frequency drive (VFD). This motor drives the centrifugal fan that sends air into a natural gas combustion burner...
- Ettore Di Pasquale
- ALL-TEST PRO
Case Studies and Stories
What is 3 Minutes of Motor Testing Worth to You?
A motor distributor in the Netherlands provided a 17 Kilowatt, 400-Volt motor to a local hospital in 2015. The hospital rented a portable crane to install the motor onto the roof of the building. The motor is used to operate a fan that is mounted on the hospital’s roof...
- Richard Scott
- ALL-TEST PRO
Case Studies and Stories
Deep Well Vertical Pump Analysis using Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA)
There are many advantages that vertical pumps provide over horizontally mounted pumps and when they operate properly they generally provide many years of reliable, maintenance free operation. However, in almost any plant with a large inventory of vertical pumps they will have one or more of these pumps that are considered “bad actors”...
Case Studies and Stories
Data Center Implements Infrared Inspection of Critical Switchgear
One of the most common metrics for measuring efficiency in facilities that host data centers for financial, insurance and telecommunications facilities is a power usage effectiveness (PUE)...
- Rudy Wodrich
- IRISS
Articles
Utilizing Infrared Thermography on Mechanical Assets to Increase Reliability
Some people think of mechanical infrared as a catch-all for anything that’s not electrical or a building. Some typical mechanical problems include excessive conduction (refractory), mechanical fatigue (heavy equipment), excessive friction (bearings), inadequate friction (belt drives)...
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
