10 Minute Talk
Suspect Resonance? Check What the Machine Is Sitting on
The motor in this case study was brought in for a routine PM during the plant’s scheduled downtime. During the run test, they experienced very high vibration, but nothing else was abnormal…
- Ali Al-Shurafa
- Saudi Aramco
Diagnosing and Correcting Resonance in a Vertical Seawater Pump
This case involves a vertical cooling seawater pump in a power plant. The speed is 600 rpm, and it had no noise or operational issues. The current was normal, but they received…
- Ali Al-Shurafa
- Saudi Aramco
How Does Motion Amplification Work?
Motion amplification uses a camera and a collection system. We use the pixels of the camera as vibration sensors—each pixel becomes a vibration sensor. The idea here is that...
- Stuart Walker
- Reliability Maintenance Solutions Ltd
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
HD Triggering
In this presentation we will discuss HD Triggering and how to overcome the challenges which include variable speeds, loads, process changes and…
- John Loane
- SPM Instrument UK Ltd
Understanding the Mechanical Process of Bearing Failures with Respect to Modern Vibration Analysis
This presentation deals with how failures can be avoided in wind turbines and bearings and provides animations…
- Ron Kittle
- SPM Instrument Inc
The Vibe Port: Unique Wireless Vibration and Temperature System Saves 150,000 Tons of Lost Production
The Vibe Port is unique because it is designed to allow communication from any brand of sensor back to any data collector platform with no intermediate software required...
- Nathan Osborn
- GVS
AC or 4-20mA Vibration Sensors
Using an AC Sensor in signal conditioning module, the signal is converted to a 4-20mA for an increasing vibration...
- Martin Armson
- Hansford Sensors
Keeping Out Environmental Contaminants
In dusty or wet vibration monitoring applications, sealing of the sensor itself as well as sealing of the cable to the sensor is of prime importance in order to avoid contamination of the signal. But how sealed is it? Is there a way to quantify “sealed”?
- Meredith Christman
- PCB Piezotronics