Articles
Your Asset Reliability Program is Only as Reliable as Your Sensor
Over the last few years, we’ve seen an increased emphasis on digital transformation by industrial operators. Large operational and machine health datasets have become a focal point to feed our optimization activities.
- Chris Kramm
- Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies
5 Key Factors for Selecting a Suitable Lubricant
Earlier, general-purpose lubricants used to be enough to meet the lubricating needs of a given application. In the past, a person's experience and expertise were the primary factors in choosing a lubricant.
- Peter Jacobs
- CNC Masters
The First Step in AI Based Predictive Maintenance
With the increasing demand of IIoT in the age of digitalization, data-driven maintenance optimization of industrial equipment is one of the most trending topics among maintenance professionals. At the beginning, data gathered by various sensors placed on the machines or embedded in the machine itself are pre-processed.
- Anil Ulusoy
- Sensemore.io
Military-approved Portable Oil Analysis Lab Now Available
AMETEK Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil and fuel analysis instrumentation and software, has released a unique portable oil analysis laboratory that has delivered proven operational benefits for the US Military.
- Spectro Scientific
- Spectro Scientific
Cost Avoidance Within the Infrared World
Who does cost avoidance? What is it? Where would you apply it? Why would you worry about it? These are the questions that one should ask themselves. Most of the time is spent doing the physical work and analyzing that data to determine the condition or health of the equipment rather than thinking what our group did to save the company money. This article explains the methodology we used and why you should care about cost avoidance.
- Patricia Warner
- Cummins Inc.
Easy Motor Testing Procedures
Professionals in the industries of manufacturing, power generation and water rely on electric motors to complete their objectives. To remain efficient, it is essential that motor-based systems stay in peak operating condition.
Check Sheets- Something is Missing, I Think…
Have you ever completed an infrared survey and wondered if you’ve missed something that should have been inspected? Do you know the special safety instructions to open certain electrical cabinets? Has management ever asked you when was the last time that you’ve inspected a specific cabinet and you couldn’t answer them? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you need to develop a check sheet for the equipment that you inspect.
- Patricia Warner
- Cummins Inc.
Towards Better Understanding of Sidebands Generation
In vibration analysis terminology, Amplitude Modulation just like in telecommunication results when a certain frequency component is amplitude-modulated according to a specific time-dependent function. Amplitude modulation is very common phenomenon in machinery vibration.
- Jaafar Alsalaet
- SFC CO LTD
What is Vibration Analysis?
Any time a piece of machinery is running, it is vibrating.
Industrial vibration analysis refers to a process for measuring the vibration levels and frequencies of machinery and then using this information to assess the “health/condition” of the machine and its components.
- Ken Starry
- IVC Technologies