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Two Minute Tips
  • Motor Testing

Troubleshooting a Running Motor

This tip discusses troubleshooting the motor and machine train with the motor still running. The fault zones specific to the physical motor are the stator, rotor and airgap....

Two Minute Tips
  • Alignment + Balancing

Four Ways Soft Foot Affects Machinery

Soft foot is a condition that occurs when rotating machinery is positioned incorrectly ─ specifically, when one or more of the “feet” of a machine’s base, frame, or soleplate are not making the same point contact as the others...

Two Minute Tips
  • Vibration Analysis

Surface Morphology of Railroad Tracks

Surface morphology is a detailed study of a surface. We studied the surfaces of railroad tracks and found that using analytical imaging helps us see what we cannot see with our naked eyes…

  • Ashish Arora
  • Institute of Noise & Vibration
Five Minute Facts
  • Alignment + Balancing

How to Cut Your Time in Measuring For Misalignment Issues

PRUFTECHNIK sensALIGN technology upgrades ancient angularity and offset measurement practices..

Five Minute Facts
  • Alignment + Balancing

Verification & Validation

Three different rotor kits with particular balancing equipment will be considered here...

  • Jose Mendez Adriani
  • Central University of Venezuela
Five Minute Facts
  • Condition Monitoring Management

3 Misconceptions in the Condition Based Maintenance World

Today I want to talk to you about 3 misconceptions in the condition monitoring world. I picked three topics: vibration analysis, oil analysis, and the Internet of Things...

Two Minute Tips
  • Alignment + Balancing

What is Soft Foot and Why Should We Care About It?

Soft foot occurs when rotating machinery is positioned in place on its base, frame, or soleplate, and one or more of the “feet” are not making good contact...

Case Studies and Stories
  • Lubrication

Poor Lubrication – Brass Cages Are Boon

An antifriction bearing generally has 4 major components. In this case study we will discuss how brass cages are better in a highly dusty & contaminated poor lubrication condition...

  • Akhil jeet Rathore
  • Indorama Petrochemicals & Fertilizers
Two Minute Tips
  • Oil Analysis + Wear Particle

Setting Acid Number and Base Number Limits

There is a rule-of-thumb that oil should be condemned at double its new oil Acid Number, or at half of its new oil Base Number. The problem with this rule is that is has too many exceptions to be valid. Rather than identify the valid instances, it is better to understand how to derive a correct limit for any application..

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