Condition Monitoring
Two Minute Tips
Tags Assigned Allow the Alarm Levels to be Dynamic
Tags assigned to each point allow the alarm levels to be dynamic depending on the product being rolled and various speeds and loads. So when the volume is up I might take a look at the rpm to give or take 10 rpm. So you can filter that two or three ways but the combination's endless.
- Brian Borg
- InfraBuild Steel (formerly Liberty Steel)
Two Minute Tips
How to Choose the Right Locations to Measure with Ultrasound
By nature, high-frequency sound is very low-energy, so it tends not to travel far from its source. On a motor-and-pump setup, for instance, we’d ideally like to take our readings…
- Robert Kalwarowsky
- Rob's Reliability Project
Case Studies and Stories
How to Include the Not-Approachable Equipment in CBM
It is always a challenge in the field of condition monitoring to monitor the machines which are not approachable, and that makes them prone to frequent failures.
- Akhil Jeet Rathore
- Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Ltd
Articles
General Computer Program for Two-Plane Balancing of Rigid Rotors
This technical article develops a universal computer program for the two-plane balance of rigid rotors, by means of a unified treatment of the system and the convention for the phase measurement, which can be used by any general balancing equipment...
- Jose Mendez Adriani
- Central University of Venezuela
10 Minute Talk
Implementation of Best Practices in Condition Monitoring
Rolling stand vibration analysis - Issues with data collection Mill stands have had manual vibration data collection conducted monthly since 2010 and although this method was beneficial in finding issues such as alignments, looseness, bearing and gear wear We were still having delay events caused by faster-moving defects in between manual readings.
- Brian Borg
- InfraBuild Steel (formerly Liberty Steel)
Two Minute Tips
Artificial Intelligence vs Vibration-based Diagnostics
What is important to know is that vibration monitoring techniques that are widely used at present generate the domain of informative features of equipment defects in a form that is extremely problematic for automatic systems. The main issue is...
- Pawel Lecinski
- CMRP
10 Minute Talk
Four Electrical Failure Modes
Electrical failure modes can be divided into four main categories. This tip will briefly discuss these categories and their associated thermal patterns to help the field thermographer better understand and identify thermal anomalies found in the field...
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Two Minute Tips
Can Ultrasound Provide the Same Diagnostics as Vibration?
If you are used to vibration analysis, you may be wondering whether ultrasound analysis allows you to diagnose faults as well. Adrian Messer explains…
- Robert Kalwarowsky
- Rob's Reliability Project
Articles
Getting Started
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- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
