As more and more wind turbines are coming out of warranty, the industry is focusing on making sure that the assets they have in place are in proper running form.  If it is the gearbox, the generator, and/or the rotor blades, they need to be inspected and/or checked. In the case of the rotor blades, [...]

Is your equipment considered a slow running speed machine?  If so, what speed do you consider slow? Is it 30 RPM? 60 RPM? 100? 200? 600? No matter what you consider slow speed, the two most critical points to consider for slow running equipment are: 1) Does your vibration sensor (accelerometer) have the appropriate frequency [...]

We recently ran a poll to find out what the Top Machine Faults are for the attendees of the IMC-2012 International Maintenance Conference. Here are the results, which came from maintenance and reliability professionals who attended our Learning Lab: Misalignment: 32% Bearing Failure: 31% Unbalance: 18% Looseness: 16% Other: 3%   The good news is [...]

Vibration analysis is the best all-around technology for diagnosing and predicting problems in rotating machinery. Over the years I have seen time and time again where adopters of this technology have saved themselves and their companies countless man hours and thousands of dollars by getting to the root cause of a problem early on. By [...]

Thank you for joining us for our Webinar The Field Balancing Mine Field by Greg Lee. We hope you found the presentation to be valuable and very informative. If you missed our Webinar, you can view the recorded version at any time. Watch now! Here are Greg’s answers to your questions: Q: Do you have [...]

PRUEFTECHNIK Canada Service Team recently conducted a balancing job for 5 exhaust and circulation fans using the VIBXPERT II data collector and analyzer. We are glad to share the details and successful outcome of  this job.   Unbalance is the most common cause of increased levels of vibrations. For several years, the vibration behavior of the fans had been [...]