Chris Perry, of Shermco Industries, recently conducted an “Off-line and On-line Motor Testing” course for the Oklahoma Predictive Maintenance Users Group.
With a focus on predictive maintenance technologies and procedures, the two-and-a-half day lecture and hands-on course, designed for plant maintenance technicians and electricians, covered basic motor theory and operation, off-line and on-line motor testing, testing analysis and safety during testing.
“Predictive maintenance is all about maximizing up-time by smartly and strategically implementing and utilizing effective, tested and up-to-date equipment evaluation procedures,” said Perry. “Without proper testing and testing analysis, no predictive maintenance program can be completely successful, which ultimately affects equipment reliability and limits maximum up-time.”
OPMUG provides maintenance professionals throughout Oklahoma and the surrounding states a forum to share and gather firsthand knowledge about predictive maintenance. Members of OPMUG include professionals from the utility, manufacturing, refinery, municipality, government, service, educational and predictive maintenance industries.
ABOUT SHERMCO
Shermco Industries is a provider of safe, reliable testing, repair, professional training, maintenance and analysis of rotating apparatus and electrical power distribution systems and related equipment for the light, medium, and heavy industrial base nationwide. Founded in 1974 in Dallas, the company is comprised of two strategic business units; Machine Services Division and an Engineering Services Division.
With a corporate location in Irving, Texas, a sales office in Brussels and service centers in Austin, Tulsa and Sweetwater, Shermco Industries has over 250 full-time employees. The company is a member in good standing with the Electrical Apparatus Service Association, American Wind Energy Association and the International Electrical Testing Association. For more information about Shermco Industries, visit their website at http://www.shermco.com.
