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A Difficult Alignment Made Easy

June 28, 2018

Guest Post by Bob Dunn from I&E Central, Inc. I had the opportunity to use the Easy-Laser XT440 to assist a customer in aligning a machine that had perpetually given them problems, with bearings always running hot. They had recently aligned the machine with dial indicators, but when we checked, it was off by .007, and […]

Are you Listening to the Heartbeat of your Equipment?

June 28, 2018

In most cases, when equipment is in failure mode, it begins to make sounds that are not commonly heard during normal operating conditions. Once this sound is heard a defect (at least one) is already present in the equipment. Using our vibration tools can assist in detecting the defect before that sound is heard with […]

3 Practical Tips for Ultrasound Leak Detection

June 28, 2018

There are 3 techniques that can facilitate your work in the field: the shielding technique, the covering technique, and reflection management. 1. Shielding technique This technique greatly reduces the influence of interfering leaks. It consists in using a piece of cardboard or foam(*)… to create a barrier between the “parasitic” leak noise and the location […]

Three Things That Kill Your Reliability And What You Can Do About Them Now

June 28, 2018

As Published by Solutions Magazine March/April 2018 issue by Ana Maria Delgado, CRL and Shon Isenhour, CMRP CAMA CCMP, Founding Partner at Eruditio LLC During the many root cause analysis (RCA) investigations we facilitate and coach, we notice some themes that continue to manifest themselves in the findings. Often, they are grouped under the heading […]