The safety strap which is included with the analyzer should be checked for condition prior to each use. Most safety straps use Velcro and the Velcro is there for your safety. The strap is designed to separate to prevent injury should your cables become tangled in the rotating shaft or some other moving part of [...]

An accelerometer is often used with a magnet to couple the sensor to the machine. The coupling between the magnet and machine is critical to ensure quality vibration data is acquired. Placing the magnet onto the machine can create an impact which can shock the sensor for several seconds. Collecting data during this time can [...]

Is your vibration analysis program or other Condition Monitoring technology simply predicting failures or also identifying the causes of the failures? Vibration analysis is a very useful tool for identifying failure modes in equipment. Bearing failures, unbalance, misalignment, belt issues and many other problems can be easily identified with vibration analysis. However, the value of vibration [...]

Most facilities have multiple Condition Monitoring technologies like vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, etc. However, most plants do not use these CM technologies to jointly identify, confirm and report equipment issues. Do not underestimate the value of using the results generated from these technologies together. Have you ever had a Maintenance Manager or other manager [...]

Fault frequency information is very important in vibration analysis and reliability efforts.  This information allows the analyst to correlate vibration data to specific components in the equipment that may be in some stage of failure. Correctly addressing these failure conditions will increase equipment reliability resulting in greater uptime, increased capacity, improved product quality, better safety, [...]

iPURCHASE, A supplement from IMPO MAGAZINE • March 2012 Companies are attempting to operate leaner and more efficiently every day, with predictive maintenance still serving as a driving force. With a variety of tools on the market, there is something for every operation, large or small. There is so much technology available to manufacturers and [...]