Case Studies and Stories
Hear Failure from Miles Away
Experienced maintenance professionals can understand if a machine is healthy or not by walking up to it and using their senses – hearing, touch, smell, and sight. But this skill doesn’t scale when there are more plants than experts. This case study – a TechINSIGHT – shows how IoT maintenance solutions are helping machine analysts be in multiple places at once...
- Brett Burger
- National Instruments
Duke Energy Takes Advantage of IIoT for Predictive Maintenance Applications
This case study investigates Duke Energy’s quest to replace its monthly, manual data collection practices with daily, remote data collection and monitoring.
- Alex West
- IHS Markit
B3 Electric Improves Safety, Builds Reputation, Saves Time
An electric service provider benefited from including condition-based maintenance principles, tools, and software into their maintenance program. Learn more by reading the two-minute tip today...
- Gregory Perry
- Fluke Corporation
Automotive Manufacturer Compares In-House Third-Party Motor Testing. Guess Which One Saved the Most Time and Money?
Catching motor problems before they fail saves your plant headaches, not to mention a ton of money they would have lost through unplanned shutdowns. View the lessons learned by manufacturers who needed reliability programs...
HD Technologies: Press Roll Bearing Damage Detection
At a Romanian paper mill called Vrancart S.A., the online system Intellinova Compact with HD condition monitoring technology is installed to monitor the press section of paper machine K25. This case study involves the detection of bearing damage on one of the press rolls, showing the development of the damage over a period of about six weeks…
- Dobromir Dobrev
- SPM Instrument Bulgaria EOOD
Save Energy in Steam and Condensate Systems
The oldest paper mill still operating in Germany detects defective steam traps with digital ultrasonic testing technology…
- Stephanie Moczigemba
- SONOTEC GmbH
Predictive Maintenance Team Saves Steel Mill Time and Money with Thorough Motor Testing
The steel mill’s in-house predictive maintenance team inspects the overhead cranes on a quarterly basis. When the predictive maintenance team was alerted...
- Richard Scott
- ALL-TEST PRO
Improve Electro-Mechanical Reliability Using Electrical Signature Analysis
Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA) is a predictive maintenance (PdM) technology that uses the motor’s supply voltage and operating current…
- Richard Scott
- ALL-TEST PRO
Ultrasound Lends Reliability to Flexible Couplings
Simon, a condition monitoring specialist from a local oil refinery, contacted my office for advice about predicting failures on flexible couplings...
- Allan Rienstra
- SDT International