Nine Minutes of Knowledge
Oil and Gas Applications of Piping
I'd like to focus now on oil and gas applications, where we've had a lot of success with structures and piping. Because motion amplification is non-contact, it allows us to look at these large petrochemical plants offshore and onshore...
- Stuart Walker
- Reliability Maintenance Solutions Ltd
Improving Condition Monitoring in Public Service Buildings
Some people are surprised to hear about condition monitoring being applied in a library. In the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, we have 60 or more pumps, around 100 AHUs, and around 11 transformers and generators. We started the condition monitoring program in...
- Eslam Abdelmohsen
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
How to Implement Your PDM Program
We began taking measures to overcome some of the difficulties we'd found. For example, for the aluminium motors, we fabricated some cubes to attach the sensors. All our devices are...
- Eslam Abdelmohsen
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Five Towns Underground Leak Detection Survey: Using Infrared and Ultrasound
Five Towns is a large 55+ community with 1701 condo units and 6 pools. The maintenance manager detected a leak, and the test came back inconclusive. See how the leak was fixed using infrared and ultrasound systems...
- Drew Walts
- IRISS
Categories of Infrared Cameras
Choosing the correct infrared camera can be a bit overwhelming. It is important to know the differences between infrared cameras on the market today. In this video we will break down infrared cameras into different categories to determine your needs…
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
The Power of Two: Infrared and Ultrasound CBM Technologies
Combining ultrasound and infrared testing methods is the safest and most un-intrusive way of testing that allows inspectors to easily see, hear, and record areas of concern that have been difficult to detect before...
- Adrian Messer
- UE Systems
Transmission Measurements and Selective Radiance
Emissivity, reflections, and transmission rates for IR windows can cause confusion and frustration without the proper knowledge, experience, training, and skills. This quick tip will simplify the very complex subject of IR window transmissions…
- Rudy Wodrich
- IRISS
Multiple Faults with an Induction Scrubber Motor
Loss of production can be big if the scrubber is down. See how to solve a high-resistance connection and a resistance-to-ground problem...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Establishing Infrared Inspection Frequencies
You have an infrared camera. You’re ready to implement an infrared program. You know what assets you want to inspect. How do you establish an effective inspection frequency for your program? This short presentation will take you through the many, many aspects that must be considered when establishing inspection frequencies. Annual inspections do not support reliability. One set frequency for all assets is not the answer either. Take a few minutes to see what industry best practices suggest…
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group