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Welcome to the home of condition monitoring; CBM CONNECT! The site is designed to provide you with educational articles, videos, and podcasts...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
White Papers
Reading and Understanding Key Accelerometer Specifications
There are many ways to evaluate an IEPE (Integrated Electronic PiezoElectric) sensor, or accelerometer, either on its own merits or in comparison to similar competitive models found on the market. The most obvious is a paper comparison, using the spec sheet as a guide. Other options include acquiring the contending sensors and putting them to the test or obtaining word-of-mouth inputs, each of which will likely result in a different conclusion. The most common starting point, however, is a spec sheet appraisal.
- Peter Eitnier
- Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies
Five Minute Facts
Introducing RAM for Evaluating Performance and Resilience
Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) is a decision-support tool to optimize CAPEX and OPEX and drive business decisions. It is used by operating facilities to…
- Rami Al-Shneiber
- Aramco
Five Minute Facts
Could You Benefit from Precision Sampling?
Did you know that changing sampling methods to best practice valve sampling can have a significant impact on corporate profitability? That's because the success of an oil analysis program begins with the oil sample sent into the lab. Incorporating condition monitoring alongside valve sampling has shown to contribute to more compliance, better oil analysis results, and increased program savings. Discover the ways you could benefit from best practice oil sampling.
- Bernie Hall
- Checkfluid
Case Studies and Stories
Plukon Food Group’s Insurability Improved Through Standardising and Centralising Thermographic Inspections
With nearly thirty branches, Plukon Food Group is one of Europe’s larger food companies. The food sector is an industry that has to deal with countless risks that seriously threaten the insurability of such companies.
- Chris Kramer
- I-Care
Case Studies and Stories
How to Reduce the Hidden Costs and Dangers Lurking Throughout Your Steam System – Continuous, Batteryless Steam Trap Monitoring
This paper will discuss the costs and risks inherent in every steam trap system. We will then explain why two common “solutions” simply don’t solve the problem as well as they could. Finally, we will suggest an easy-to-deploy, cost-effective answer: A continuous monitoring system that uses batteryless sensors to deliver real-time alerting through the cloud, without the need for manual inspection — ever.
- Brian Alessi
- Everactive
Five Minute Facts
How Does the Infravision Application Work and How is a Thermographic Inspection Done?
Thermographic inspections offer many advantages as it helps to ensure a safe working environment and an increase in uptime. It also provides companies with accurate insights into the risks that undermine the continuity of their production lines (and the possibility to actively reduce these risks).
- Chris Kramer
- I-Care
Five Minute Facts
Replace The Motor Or The VFD?
On start-up a fault code was received on a VFD operating an exhaust fan at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. Was it the motor or the VFD?
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Two Minute Tips
The Proven Usefulness of Data In Industry
Data, and the insights mined from this data, are extremely valuable for industry. With proof of concept and results, all projects show drastic increases in yield, uptime, efficiency, etc.
- Rik van Ballaert
- I-care
