Two Minute Tips
Rosemary’s Car: How NOT to Treat Your Machines
Sometimes routine maintenance gets overlooked, as in the case with my friend’s car…
- Roy Giorgio
- AssetWatch
The Role and Benefits of Motion Amplification in Reliability
Motion amplification is great for complex systems, such as those used in oil and gas, and it sits higher on the DIPF Curve than many other technologies. Motion amplification allows us to measure large and small fields of view, and it is totally non-contact for maximum safety…
- Paul Barna
- RDI Technologies
When to go Wireless, and When Not
When it comes to condition monitoring, wireless technology is becoming ubiquitous for sensing applications. But many analysts still have a tried and tested portable monitor in their arsenal, so this begs the question, why should wireless sensors be used, and is there still a place for the more traditional route-based option?
- David Procter
- Sensoteq
Powerful Predictive Maintenance Strategies for Your Plant
When it comes to predictive maintenance, there are several basic and powerful strategies that can be deployed in parallel. Contrary to longstanding popular opinion, you do not always need to perfect Strategy A before moving on the Strategy B…
- Silvio dos Santos and Julia Piva
- SEMEQ
Motion Amplification 101: Spectra and Waveforms
With motion amplification software, your cursor becomes a virtual sensor. When looking at regions of interest (ROIs), you can drag and drop so that the software can calculate the waveform and spectrum from the x and y coordinates…
- Paul Barna
- RDI Technologies
How Grease Works and Saves You Energy
Greases are thickened lubricants, meaning they do not flow. So how does grease reduce friction? John Sander explains…
- John Sander
- Lubrication Engineers
Calculating the Costs of Ignoring Oil Analysis
Oil analysis can tell us a lot about the condition of a machine, and we ignore its potential at our peril…
- Roy Giorgio
- AssetWatch
Standardize All of Your Grease Guns
Paul Dufresne explains why every plant should standardize all grease guns. Grease guns are a front-line defense in the war on friction…
- Paul Dufresne
- Reliability Playbook, in Partnership with Lubrication Engineers
Sensor Fusion: The Path to Proactive Plant Maintenance and Operational Excellence
A powerful approach for improving plant maintenance programs is the integration of multiple sensing technologies to improve coverage of machines and different failure modes. This can be further complemented by effective analysis of the data from all the different sources. When using multiple sensors like this, it is called Sensor Fusion...
- Alan McCall
- Sensoteq