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

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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...

Nine Minutes of Knowledge
  • Condition Monitoring Management

Condition-Based Inspection Models for Electrical Equipment

Condition-based inspection models utilize condition-based monitoring technologies to inspect electrical equipment assets. One technician can do three jobs in two minutes. These methods include…

  • Paul Goodbody
  • IRISS
Five Minute Facts
  • Ultrasound

Ultrasound: Is the Sound Good or Bad?

How many of you have walked through your plants and heard a strange noise coming from somewhere? You may have noted that it didn’t sound good. When you hear those noises…

White Papers
  • Alignment + Balancing

Torsional Issues: Stop Guessing and Measure the Problems Directly

Failure mechanisms such as misalignment, balance, or lubrication issues can cause machinery failure. Many of these problems can be identified using standard non-destructive testing (NDT) methods including vibration analysis, infrared thermography, and tribology....

Case Studies and Stories
  • Motor Testing

Increased Revenue Results from Expanded Testing Capabilities

Growing companies typically make investments in state-of-the-art tools and equipment so that they may expand their capability to serve their customers. One such company, Koontz-Wagner Services, has been able to capitalize upon several opportunities since acquiring new energized and de-energized motor testing equipment last year...

Two Minute Tips
  • Vibration Analysis

What Are the Root Causes of Wear in Industrial Machinery?

Taking appropriate action is almost impossible if you don’t know what the root cause of the failure is. Generally speaking, there are a handful of causes that are found to be responsible for most of the damage to – and failure of – industrial machinery...

Case Studies and Stories
  • Vibration Analysis

Vibration Analysis report of Broken/Cracked Rotor Bar

In March of 2016, the vibration for Turbo Blower 2 was normal, but the motor temperature had increased. Ten days later, however, it was running rough with periodic noise...

  • Muhammad Trendo
  • Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper Perawang
Five Minute Facts
  • Condition Monitoring Management

Tips for Retaining Institutional Knowledge and Managing Cultural Diversity

Every day, knowledge walks out the door in the form of retiring workers. Companies that develop creative ways to entrench institutional knowledge into the organization before it disappears gain a competitive advantage...

Five Minute Facts
  • Ultrasound

Add Ultrasound to Your Toolbox

What is in your toolbox? Before we talk about ultrasound, we have to look at the bigger picture. How many times have people gotten excited about a certain technology and...

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