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Guide to machine faults and how to get to root cause
90 percent of machine faults fall into four main categories: misalignment, imbalance, looseness, or bearing wear. Using root cause analysis can help you identify where a problem began and what caused it.
Demystifying Failure Modes: Matching Machines and Failure Modes
The Fluke 810 Vibration Tester locates and identifies the four most common types of mechanical faults and allows for quick and easy assessments of overall machine health.
3 ways to improve motor health with vibration testing
One would be hard-pressed to find a facility manager who doesn’t want maintenance operations to run as smoothly as possible. Detecting signs of motor components failure becomes easier when combined with a preventive vibration program.
Understanding the practicality of graded asset health
Identifying the severity of a problem by looking at data can be difficult. Color-coded, varying severity alarms enable maintenance managers to make better data-driven decisions.
What is an Industrial Vibration Sensor?
Maintenance professionals may not realize how using vibration sensors can improve facility efficiency. Learn about which industrial sectors can benefit from vibration sensors.
Top 5 benefits of vibration monitoring
Screening is an economical way to monitor assets by automating data collection. Learn more about the benefits of implementing vibration monitoring in your plant.
When and how to use and set up vibration monitoring on assets
Breaking down the process and rationale for successfully adding these sensors for condition monitoring
From screwdrivers to testers: Vibration analysis comes of age
Most machines have rotating parts, and rotating parts vibrate. Measuring how and how much those parts vibrate can tell you a lot about the health of a machine.
Techs are tuned in to benefits of wireless testing
Wireless testing survey results with comments and insights from Fluke tool users
Taking a Wireless Approach Gets to the Root of the Problem Faster
Follow the experiences with wireless test tools of electrician Chipper Stohl of AECI, as he works primarily in emergency troubleshooting and repair, with some installation and maintenance.
Software reveals power of data to more maintenance managers
CNX 3000 wireless test tool field trial by electrical contractor AECI in industrial facilities: trouble call applications
Inspect moving machinery by putting the 'freeze' on
New stroboscope helps frontline mechanical troubleshooting teams precisely measure machine rotation and oscillation without shutting down the equipment.
Vibration and the Fluke 810
Sometimes vibration in industrial equipment is a symptom or even a cause of trouble; other times, it is part of normal machine operation.
Understanding Vibration Monitoring and Analysis
Vibration testing for condition-based maintenance, to reduce costs and production losses. Mechanics of testing, analyzing roller bearing faults.
Most common causes of machine vibration
Vibration can result from a number of conditions, acting alone or in combination. Keep in mind that vibration problems might be caused by auxiliary equipment, not just the primary equipment.
Preventing machine failure by detecting the first signs of trouble
Preventing machine failure by detecting the first signs of trouble