vibration
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
How Does the World’s Largest Paper Mill Work?
Paper Machine #6 is one of the largest paper machines in the world. The machine speed is 1500 mpm and it has more than 250 rollers, meaning more than 500 bearings. To monitor it all, we use...
- Muhammad Trendo
- Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper Perawang
Two Minute Tips
Where Should You Focus Your CM Services?
We have many technologies available, such as vibration, ultrasound, infrared, and oil analysis. Now, we need to select which technology to use with each piece of equipment...
- Nishanthan Senkuttuvan
- Osborne Engineering Limited
Interviews
Editorial Board Spotlight – K.N.V “Subbu” Subrahmanyam
In this interview, we speak with Subbu about his start in the lubricant analysis field, and get his point of view about key tools and changes in the reliability, lubrication, and wireless vibration analysis industries…
- KNV Subrahmanyam
- Single Peak Lube Technologies
Interviews
Editorial Board Spotlight – Tim De Block
In this interview, Tim De Block shares how he got started in the vibration field, along with the possibilities for growth with PDM and what the future looks like for the condition monitoring industry…
- Tim De Block
- Fyraco Solutions
Case Studies and Stories
Duke Energy Takes Advantage of IIoT for Predictive Maintenance Applications
This case study investigates Duke Energy’s quest to replace its monthly, manual data collection practices with daily, remote data collection and monitoring.
- Alex West
- IHS Markit
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
Misalignment in Vibration Patterns
This quick tip will discuss routine vibration check, root cause analysis and diagnosis of imbalance on rotating machines. We demonstrate balance norms and references...
- Sven Fleischer
- Easy-Laser AB
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
