To facilitate the initial learning curve, a labeling system was implemented to help technicians collecting data identify bearings that were part of the initial survey. These descriptors were
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Amplitude modulation is defined as the multiplication of one time-domain signal by another time-domain signal. The signals may or may not be complex in nature, i.e., either or both signals
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The leakage means that some of the steam initially supplied to the turbine does not pass through the HP blading to the reheater and back to the IP turbine, but instead goes directly to the IP