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Which Wireless Vibration Sensors Can You Trust?
Wireless vibration sensors are an enabling technology driving the biggest improvements in asset reliability since the advent of route-based vibration monitoring. These sensors are one of the most important components of predictive maintenance programs because their measurements are foundational to directing corrective maintenance tasks and ultimately reduce plant downtime. Excitement over this new opportunity has flooded the predictive maintenance market with inexperienced companies and poorly designed sensors, many of which are error-prone...
Failure Analysis Tools: Choosing the Right One for the Job
by Thomas Brown
There are a variety of failure analysis and problem-solving methods used to analyze equipment and process failures. The different methods are described and compared so maintenance and reliability professionals can select the right failure analysis or problem-solving tool to produce the best solution at the lowest cost...
Use Caution in Dirty Environments
Equipment that is run in an extremely dirty environment such as in a forge or foundry needs extra care to avoid contamination. Always try to keep equipment sealed and avoid unnecessary opening of the reservoirs. Install quick disconnects in your tanks and on your fill vessels for filling or topping up hydraulic tanks. All equipment should have mainstream sampling taps installed for uptime or running sampling. This will result in a true indication of the condition of your oil, avoiding any bottom sampling.
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