Getting Started

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

Two Minute Tips

Motor Testing

Troubleshooting the Rotor and Air Gap on a De-energized Motor

Today we look at troubleshooting techniques and considerations on a de-energized motor for the rotor and air gap fault zones. One of the measurements taken during the five-minute MCE® standard test is inductance, and with the three phases of inductance, inductive imbalance is calculated.

Noah Bethel
PdMA Corporation

White Papers

Ultrasound

SONAPHONE DataSuite Software: Management of Ultrasonic Data in a Power Station

This white paper will present and shed more light on how ultrasonic technology is used and the benefits offered by DataSuite in the context of a power station...

Steffen Moeck
SONOTEC

Nine Minutes of Knowledge

Lubrication

Lubrication: Contamination Control

How clean are the lubricants at your plant? Are you sure? Geoff Manley gives some tips on contamination control…

Geoff Manley
Lubrication Engineers Pty Ltd

Five Minute Facts

Vibration Analysis

Resonance & Natural Frequency

Have you ever been trying to balance a fan and its vibration doesn't go down, no matter what you do? Do you know what resonance is?

Dr. Thierry Erbessd
Erbessd Instruments

Nine Minutes of Knowledge

Condition Monitoring Management

Rolling Stand Vibration Analysis Using an Online System

Bearing malfunctions between manual vibration readings led Brian Borg to choose an online system for rolling stand vibration analysis…

Brian Borg
InfraBuild Steel (formerly Liberty Steel)

Nine Minutes of Knowledge

Lubrication

Storing and Dispensing Lubricants: Some Do’s and Don’ts

Due to lubricants’ high impact on reliability, a step change must be made in the way lubricants are viewed. Let’s look at some pictures of what to do and what not to do when it comes to storing and dispensing…