SPM Instrument
Five Minute Facts
Use HD Technology to Manage the Risk of Bearing Faults
Overall vibration catches bearing damage very late, when there may be 0.1% of the bearing lifetime left. Traditional vibration, let’s say systems with poor signal-to-noise ratio...
- Rick Verbij
- SPM Netherlands
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
HD Technology Shines in an Ultra-Low-RPM Application
The support wheel bearings in a calciner case had an ultra-low rpm: 3.4–3.9. The customer had been utilizing a traditional vibration analysis system for a number of years, but they lacked a pre-warning time and faced high risk…
- Rick Verbij
- SPM Netherlands
Five Minute Facts
What Is Shock Pulse?
The shock pulse method was invented in the late 1960s. In rolling element bearings, there is a phenomenon where electric waves, or elastic waves, or shock pulses, or impact signals, are...
- Rick Verbij
- SPM Netherlands
Two Minute Tips
HD Technology: The Bearing Failure Process
When we look at a new, healthy bearing under a microscope, we can see tiny surface imperfections, micro-cracks, or hard inclusions. Now imagine that the rollers are passing this point year after year...
- Tim Sundstrom
- SPM Instrument
Two Minute Tips
Concepts of Phase
Phase is the relationship between two events and is measured at a specific frequency. In this two-minute tip, you will learn how to compare two phases...
- Anders Hultman
- SPM Instrument AB
Webinars
How High-Quality Data Can Be Used For Process Optimization And Risk Management
Perhaps you have been wondering what the real difference is when it comes to high-end and low-end condition monitoring solutions? In this webinar, you'll learn how you can use condition monitoring data in machine learning and process optimization...
- Tim Sundstrom
- SPM Instrument
Five Minute Facts
Time Synchronous Averaging Explained
Standard averaging is not the best method for synchronous faults in the case of gear conditions. Adjusting the number of averages per sample affects …
- Derek Harrod
- Fluke Reliability
10 Minute Talk
HD Triggering
In this presentation we will discuss HD Triggering and how to overcome the challenges which include variable speeds, loads, process changes and…
- John Loane
- SPM Instrument UK Ltd
