Articles
Slow Speed Bearing Monitoring & Other Condition Monitoring Applications
As maintenance and reliability professionals, we are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that the assets that we are responsible for are operating the way that they were designed and installed for...
- Adrian Messer
- UE Systems
When to Use Custom Shims to Correct Soft Foot
One of the most common problems with alignment of machinery is a condition known as soft foot. This is when one or more of the machine feet are not making solid contact with the mounting base...
- Mike Olszewski
- Reliability Concepts
Guidelines for Proper Belt Installation including Sheave Pulley Alignment
Belts are a critical part of the design and function of belt-driven equipment. The majority of belts never reach their intended design life due to improper selection, storage, and installation...
- Trent Phillips
- Novelis
Lubrication Process Transformation
The Mosaic Company is a leader in crop nutrition and aims to help the world grow the food it needs. Reliability is essential to the company’s mission, and lubrication is a crucial part of its condition monitoring program...
Applications for Motor Current Signature Analysis
The fundamental purpose behind the original development of MCSA technology was the detection of rotor bar faults. Rotor bars are difficult to assess using traditional test methods, including vibration analysis...
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
The Ideal Vibration Analyst
The condition monitoring technologies, vibration analysis, in particular, are challenging to master. That is an understatement. Focusing on vibration analysis, it is a sad fact that “anyone” can set up a program, take readings, view spectra, and say that they are running a vibration monitoring program...
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Vibration: A Very Broad Technology
Vibration technology has a lot of adjustability from a frequency analysis perspective. You can adjust your frequency coverage...
- Don Sanger
- IVC Technology
In-Rush Start-Up Current Test Prevents Catastrophic Pump Failure
The nameplate information for the 2B circulating water pump showed 4,000 V, 3,000 HP, 409 FLA, and 355 rpm. It had 240 slots and 196 bars. While this is not normal information to include on the nameplate, especially on older motors, it is good information for the specialist to have...
How to Measure Tribology Using a 100 kHz Sampling Rate Vibration Analyzer
We can use vibration analysis to see what goes on in the interface between moving surfaces and, therefore, catch potential problems there...
- Ray Garvey
- Ametek