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  • Ultrasound

Ultrasound Lends Reliability to Flexible Couplings

Simon, a condition monitoring specialist from a local oil refinery, contacted my office for advice about predicting failures on flexible couplings...

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  • Condition Monitoring Management & AI

Continuous Condition Monitoring with Vibration Transmitters and Plant PLC’s

Predictive maintenance techniques have proven to be effective strategies to reduce unexpected machinery failure...

  • Meredith Christman
  • PCB Piezotronics
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  • Vibration Analysis

Modern Vibration Analysis Technology Applied to the Four Stages of Bearing Failure

Within the vibration community, it is commonly accepted to describe a spalling process in a bearing in four stages; from the first microscopic sign to a severely damaged bearing...

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  • Ultrasound

Preventing Failures at Sea

How can ultrasound technology be used on off shore vessels to prevent catastrophic failures?

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  • Lubrication

Putting the Simple Back into Viscosity

Simply stated, viscosity is defined as the internal resistance of a fluid to flow. That doesn’t sound too difficult, does it?

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  • Condition Monitoring Management & AI
  • Vibration Analysis

RDI’s Motion Amplification: Finding a Better Way to Detect Premature Failures

Nathan Osborn, GVS and Andrew Gale, Optical Motion Technologies answer all of your questions about motion amplification. Best practices? Trouble shooting? How does it integrate into a CM program? Find out here...

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  • Thermography

Maintenance Inspection Windows on Transformers

Transformers are everywhere feeding various voltages into our homes and businesses. When a transformer fails in a commercial or industrial environment, that failure can disrupt a significant portion of your facility operations...

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  • Motor Testing

Large Electric Motor Reliability: What Did the Studies Really Say?

One of the most frequently quoted studies related to electric motor reliability is a 1983 Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) project performed by General Electric...

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The keys to success in condition-based maintenance
  • Condition Monitoring Management & AI

Communication and Accountability are the Keys to Success in Condition-Based Maintenance

The goal of equipment condition monitoring is to increase equipment availability, increase product yield and quality, and reduce maintenance cost by...

  • Forrest Pardue
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