Commercial and Industrial Power System Losses and Mitigation through Neutral and Ground

Even in discussions related to power harmonics most engineers, let alone reliability and energy professionals, understand the potential losses through the system. When it comes to harmonic content in neutral and ground in single and three phase systems, and the related losses, there has been limited attention...

• Howard Penrose
• MotorDoc LLC

Systems Energy and Emissions Analysis with Electrical Signature Analysis

There are several ways to view the impact of maintenance practices using ESA and electrical measurements, the first is the use of simple overall kilowatt readings from a power analyzer or relay monitoring system; the second is the before and after readings from an ESA device that identifies kilowatt data by defect.

• Howard Penrose
• MotorDoc LLC

Cutting Fluids in Machining: Difference Between Coolants and Lubricants

Many times, metals come with well-cut sizes and shapes. But how does it happen? Cutting metals into desired properties is called machining.

• Vincent Hua
• TSINFA

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.

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

Crossword: Condition Monitoring

• Alexa Cogburn
• Mobius Institute

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

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