Tracking
Two Minute Tips
Vibration Tracking – The Looking Glass Technique – See the Invisible
Incredible as it may seem, the vibration (or at least a large part of it) can be detected through video recording with incredible resolution. Saving a huge number of hours in studies that before were time consuming if not impossible to do. All of this using Vibration Tracking.
So, what is the Vibration Tracking? And better yet, what is it for?
- Dr. Thierry Erbessd
- Erbessd Instruments
White Papers
Gaps in Your Electric Motor Reliability Program
Businesses invest millions of dollars in what they believe will be a fail-safe maintenance program for their electric motors. Regular tests are scheduled for each motor; engineers dutifully record the data when required and then move on to the next motor.
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Five Minute Facts
“Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should”
We at IRISS cannot stress the importance of safety for electrical personnel enough and that why we created the IR Windows and Ultrasound Ports to help protect those doing electrical inspection by minimizing risk in this CBM data collection task.
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
White Papers
Technology Based Crane Monitoring and Diagnostics
Overhead cranes are often a single source cause of downtime in any manufacturing facility, especially when discussing those performing services in a steel mill’s melt shop. Often, these assets do not have redundancy that would allow for one to be taken....
- Stephen Bailey
- IVC Technologies
White Papers
Bridging the Maintenance Gap to Condition-Based Maintenance Part II
EMSDs, along with data analysis and a new approach to maintenance called condition-based maintenance, can exploit the information age to not only bridge the knowledge gap, but to also improve the efficiency, safety, reliability and cost of electrical system maintenance…
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
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.
Two Minute Tips
Corona, Tracking, and Arcing
The use of ultrasound for electrical inspection of energized electrical assets has become a big application for…
- Adrian Messer
- UE Systems
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
Case Studies and Stories
A Hoist Application in the Mining Industry
A hoist or winder is a mission critical application found in underground mines. The hoist is used either to transport ore to the surface or personnel to or from the mine shaft. There are three types of hoists...
- Tim Sundstrom
- SPM Instrument
