Improving the reliability of your production assets requires a combination of people, processes and tools. For maintenance technician to diagnose issues during rounds portal machinery health analyzers play an important. We've shared how in posts such as Running Bump...
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Running Bump Test Helps Spot Machinery Resonance
Operating rotating equipment at resonant frequencies can damage or destroy the equipment and create dangerous situations for nearby personnel. Understanding where these frequencies may exist is critical to safe and reliable operations. In this 4:51 YouTube video,...
Diagnostics to Detect Rotating Machinery Misalignment
Let's continue our route-based maintenance video series with a look at diagnostics to detect misalignment issues on rotating machinery. In this 5:53 YouTube video, Misalignment Detection: Cross Channel Phase and Fault Frequencies, Emerson's Drew Mackley demonstrates...
Detecting and Analyzing Mass Speed, Force, and Impact
When performing vibration measurements during route-based maintenance activities, different vibration measurements uncover different issues with plant machinery. In this 4:20 YouTube video, PeakVue Analysis, Emerson's Mark Granger demonstrates some of these...
Detecting and Analyzing Impact Energy on Rotating Equipment
Let's end this very busy week with a video which may be of interest if reliability and the management of plant assets falls within your set of responsibilities. In this 3:45 YouTube video, Impact Analysis with PeakVue and Autocorrelation, Emerson's Mark Granger...
Improving Safety and Efficiency in Route-Based Maintenance
When it comes to manually collecting vibration data on rotating equipment in your facility, getting it safely and efficiently is important—especially if there is a large number of assets. In this 3:54 YouTube video, CSI 2140 Speed Test, Emerson's Mark Granger and Drew...
How Durable is Your Portable Vibration Analyzer?
In a post last summer, Portable Vibration Analyzer-Human Centered Design Style, we highlighted the latest advancements in handheld vibration analyzers. Since that time, Emerson’s Drew Mackley has been showing the device to reliability professionals around the...
Users Discussing Portable Vibration Analyzer Experiences Webinar Series
If you're a maintenance professional or have responsibility for the reliability of your plant assets, I want to share that the Asset Optimization team is conducting a series of "Ask the Expert" webinars on the CSI 2140 vibration analyzer. The neat part is that these...
Hearing Machinery Reliability Issues
Sometimes your ears can identify problems with rotating machinery before investigate any further. In this 5:11 YouTube video, Audio with Parameter Alarms and Trends, Emerson's Mark Granger shows how, in addition to providing immediate colored parameter alarms bar...
Mobile Device Task-Based Procedures for Vibration Analyzers
The growing impact of smart phones and tablet technology continue to impact our everyday lives, including our world of process automation. I heard from some friends on Emerson's Machinery Health Management team of a new mobile site, the CSI 2140 Mobile Procedure. It...
Triaxial Vibration Collection in Route-Based Machinery Monitoring
Many plants perform route-based, machinery condition monitoring with portable vibration analyzers. The most common vibration sensor used is a single-axis accelerometer mounted to a 2-pole magnet, which can easily attach to a variety of surfaces including curved ones....
Portable Vibration Monitoring Innovation Recognition
A key component of reliable operations is the health of the rotating machinery within a process manufacturing or production process. Monitoring the vibration levels on this machinery is an important component in an effective reliability-centered maintenance program. I...
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