Inspection Routes: Plan Ahead
Preplanned routes improve efficiency by serving as a roadmap for thermographic-inspection...
Determine A Vertical Pump’s Natural Frequency
What’s the best way to determine the natural frequency of your vertical pumps?
Vibration Points to Piston Pump Failure
Research project uses vibration analysis to accurately predict failure of new and rebuilt variable...
Smarten Up About Rotor Analysis
ON THE FLOOR
Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.
FMEA or RCM: Is There a Difference?Q: Should I do a FMEA or RCM to resolve a machine issue? A:The short answer is that it depends on several things, primarily frequency of occurrence and severity of the failure mode. I frequently am asked, what’s the difference between doing an FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis) and an RCM (reliability-centered maintenance) evaluation?
‘Hear’ Problems And Reduce Costs
As awareness of predictive technologies in manufacturing facilities has grown, ultrasonics has...
What’s Up with Wireless Thermal Imaging?
With the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), remote monitoring of equipment is becoming more...
Measure Motor Temperatures Correctly
Utility Finds Revenue Stream with Operations and Maintenance...
OSIsoft and Petasense Create Partnership for Machine Health...
Leverage Wireless Communication for Vibration Monitoring
Transmitting vibration data through wireless networks makes continuous monitoring of rotating...
Pump ‘Cavitation’ Might Not Be
The word “cavitation” should be quite familiar to those who work around pumps. As Stan Riddle of...
Note These Causes of Motor Failure
Brushing up on important root causes now can prevent headaches later.
