If you follow an organized process, the time spent analyzing spectra will be far more effective. Here is a brief review:

1. Ski-slope check: Quickly check for ski-slope in case it was a bad measurement. Check the time waveform to see if you can determine what went wrong during the measurement.

2. Noise floor check: Noise can indicate that impacting or rubbing

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Work Execution Management

Maintenance and Material Interface

Increasing the crafts person's ability to quickly identify the correct parts and materials for a repair can greatly improve your maintenance productivity and quality. Taking the time to build a

Asset Condition Management

Infrared Tip: Electrical Load

As the load on an electrical component rises, so does the temperature. An even load on each phase of a three-phase system, should result in a uniform thermal pattern on all three phases. Tip ...

Asset Condition Management

Resistance-to-Ground Discharge Time

It is common practice to perform resistance-to-ground (RTG) measurements to verify the integrity of the Insulation System in a motor. It is also common practice to re-test a motor, when there are

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Work Execution Management

Work Types Tell the Tale

Everyone is sure their maintenance resources are busy. But how are they really utilized? Are they maintenance related activities or non-maintenance activities? Are maintenance resources really ...

Work Execution Management

Reduce Delays with Maintenance and Material Planning

One of the biggest contributors to maintenance efficiency and effective use of craft time is the ability to get the correct parts and materials to the work site at the same time as the craft person.

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Us Versus Them

"Us vs. them" thinking and behaviors unfortunately are facts of life. To minimize them, both sides must be willing to make changes and meet in the middle. But as the leader, you must take the

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Work Execution Management

Unplanned Maintenance Kills The Budget

If you have managed a maintenance or project budget you will have experienced the pressure that unplanned maintenance causes in trying to meet budget. Often a lot of planning has gone into To ...

Asset Condition Management

How Important is Transmissivity?

If a thermographer does not properly calibrate their camera to compensate for transmission attenuation the results could be catastrophic misdiagnosis. But what if the thermographer does not know

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How to Purchase the Right Maintenance and Reliability Books for Your Use

Many people buy maintenance and reliability books because of an author or because it "looks good" without thinking about what are your expectations of that book.

There are authors such as myself,

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Work Execution Management

Replace or Re-implement?

As the holidays rapidly approach us, many organizations are "shopping" for a new Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Have we outgrown our current system? Has our business model

Asset Condition Management

Performing Crane Infrared Inspections

Infrared Thermography inspections of Overhead Cranes can detect and prevent numerous problems that can result in costly downtime. In some industry, the unexpected failure of a crane component can

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