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Articles
  • Alignment + Balancing
  • Condition Monitoring Management
  • Lubrication
  • Motor Testing
  • Oil Analysis + Wear Particle
  • Thermography
  • Ultrasound
  • Vibration Analysis

Getting Started

Welcome to the home of condition monitoring; CBM CONNECT! The site is designed to provide you with educational articles, videos, and podcasts...

Webinars
  • Motor Testing

Electrical and Current Signature Analysis of Electric Motors and Gearboxes

In this live webinar, we will discuss how ESA is used to evaluate electric motors, couplings and gearboxes of several types including speed reducers, increasers and cooling tower boxes. Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA) technology is used to review incoming power quality and the machine through the entire powertrain........

Two Minute Tips
  • Vibration Analysis

Mill Gearbox With Broken Teeth

In this case we have a gearbox with broken teeth. The gearbox bearings were showing a bit of vibration at running speed with harmonics. The vibration levels were unusually high...

  • Salah Attia
  • ALS Industrial
Case Studies and Stories
  • Vibration Analysis

Hear Failure from Miles Away

Experienced maintenance professionals can understand if a machine is healthy or not by walking up to it and using their senses – hearing, touch, smell, and sight. But this skill doesn’t scale when there are more plants than experts. This case study – a TechINSIGHT – shows how IoT maintenance solutions are helping machine analysts be in multiple places at once...

Two Minute Tips
  • Alignment + Balancing

Introduction to the Poor Man’s ODS

The Poor Man’s ODS will be a five-part series; today's tip is Part One: the introduction to the Poor Man’s ODS. ODS stands for operation deflection shape analysis; this is a study of how a machine is moving in relation to a fixed reference point…

Two Minute Tips
  • Motor Testing

Electric Motor Reliability Trifecta: Quality Control (Part 1)

Trifecta refers to picking the top three finishers in a horse race, and it can be worth a lot of money. Applying that to motor reliability, what are the top three applications of test technology to ensure you win big in reliability? In this tip we will be exploring quality control...

Interviews
  • Condition Monitoring Management

Editorial Board Spotlight – Nolan Williamson

In this interview, we speak with Nolan about his start in the condition monitoring field, and his point of view about key tools and changes in reliability and condition monitoring industries…

Interviews
  • Vibration Analysis

Editorial Board Spotlight – Dennis Swanepoel

In this interview, we speak with Dennis about his start in vibration analysis. Dennis shares his passion for the industry and a few inside secrets…

Two Minute Tips
  • Condition Monitoring Management

Making Data-Driven Decisions with Connected Reliability

Improve maintenance by connecting disparate systems to provide data to teams. Integrative technologies and software, including condition monitoring data with computer maintenance management system (CMMS) software, provide maintenance and reliability (M&R) professionals with an overall view of maintenance activities.....

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