White Papers
CENTRIFUGAL FANS AND VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES: Risks and Mitigations
Variable frequency drives (VFDs) have become a preferred method of process control for electric motor driven equipment ranging from vertical water pumps to centrifugal air fans. The following is a basic discussion of risks of using a VFD with direct driven centrifugal fans and methods of mitigating those risks to maintain equipment reliability.
- David Sheffler
- IVC Technologies
Case Studies and Stories
How to Analyse a Bearing Condition
This case study is done in association with a global rail company where VibCloud is utilised for ongoing locomotive monitoring for many years now. Case study demonstrates how to analyse vibration in order to determine bearing condition.
- Petar Spaseski
- iTnnovate
Five Minute Facts
Get Sampling Compact Gearboxes & Gearmotors
Many small gearboxes are considered to be replaceable but the downtime they cause cannot be replaced. Oftentimes these gearboxes, though small, are critical to an operation. For example, a breakdown in a conveyor gearbox, burnt out the conveyor belt and brought a large mining site to a halt at a cost of $21,000,000 USD. Learn what tools you can use to perform 2-minute visual checks and oil analysis that can give you information to stay on top of your equipment reliability and manage risk.
- Bernie Hall
- Checkfluid
Interviews
Machine Sentry® MSF-1 – Smart Condition Monitoring Sensor
In this interview, David talks about Smart Condition Monitoring, how it works, what applications support sensors, and how you would get the data for the sensor...
- David Stevens
- AVT Reliability
Five Minute Facts
Fault in Stator of Re-Wound Motor
Do you know the condition of your spare motors? The replacement motor on a critical conveyor belt trips on its first startup. The tools on hand couldn’t identify the problem. Watch this video to see how they resolved the problem.
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Two Minute Tips
Triaxial Accelerometer Considerations
Triaxial accelerometers are a useful combination of three sensing pellets, each taken from a single-axis accelerometer and oriented in a new package to cover all three Euclidean axes, that can quickly evaluate a machine’s condition. Obtaining data from just a single measurement axis can certainly clue you into developing machine faults and their severity, but monitoring all three axes, especially at both ends of the machine, gives the clearest picture of overall machine health.
- Peter Eitnier
- Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies
Five Minute Facts
Detecting Bearing Faults Using Condition Monitoring Software
There are many faults that cause a rotating component to breakdown and fail, some of the most common being misalignment, unbalance and soft foot. One of the most common faults that cause a component to breakdown are bearing defects.
Why would a company carry out condition monitoring programs?
- Alan Hemphill
- AVT Reliability
Interviews
Machine Sentry, Making Condition Monitoring Easy
In this interview, Oliver will discuss how to make condition monitoring easy this interview will also discuss how vibration can be used and collected.
- Oliver Pogmore
- AVT Reliability Ltd
Interviews
Meet MOBIUS CONNECT Ambassador: Ramy Kamal
Ramy Kamal works as a Condition Monitoring Department Supervisor in Atlasco Egypt for more than 7 years. He started his career with vibration Analysis through Mobius Training CAT I which make him move in this career and became an expert in Vibration Analysis. He is also certified in Machinery Lubrication and Ultrasound. As a Brand Ambassador for MOBIUS CONNECT, Ramy....
- Ramy Kamal
- Atlasco Egypt
Remote Reliability…Vision of the Future - Live Webinar
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm EST
Proactive Oil Analysis- Live Webinar
Thursday,May 20, 2021 | 10:00am – 11:00am CDT
