Motor Testing
Hybrid Analytics: The Value of Machine and Human Supervision
Big Data is a power to be harnessed. For the nearly three decades since the concept of Big Data entered the public consciousness, researchers, programmers and data scientists have struggled with the best way to leverage the information and take full advantage of it...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Machine Train: Pumps and Fans
Continuing the focus on the machine train analysis tools of the Emax Current Demodulation technology, we will discuss pumps and fans.
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Low Power Factor
Motors are designed to operate between 50 and 100% of rated load…
- Richard Scott
- ALL-TEST PRO
Machine Train: Belts
Continuing the focus on the machine train analysis tools of the EMAX Current Demodulation technology, this tip discusses belts...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Troubleshooting a Failed Induction Motor
Listen to how the MCEMax was able to diagnose a rotor fault creating a cost avoidance of over $120,000 for this large pulp and paper facility...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Machine Train: Gears
This quick tip focuses on the machine train analysis tools of the EMAX Current Demodulation technology starting with gears...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Lessons Learned from Modern Motor Testing
This corn wet milling facility, which processes about 14,000 bushels of corn each day, pulled this 10HP motor from one of their conveyor belts...
- Richard Scott
- ALL-TEST PRO
The Application of Modern Medium Voltage Variable Frequency Drives
Pumps, fans, and compressors account for over 60% of loads in industrial and processing industries, while medium voltage motors over 200 horsepower account for 1% of the motor population and 45% of electric motor energy consumption...
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
Special Application Motors: DC Motor
There are three types of DC motors: Series, Shunt, and Compound. They are similar in the components they have, but dissimilar in the way the field coils are connected...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation