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AME Named FL’s Authorized Distributor for Pruftechink Laser Alignment & Vibration Analysis Equipment

PRUFTECHNIK recently selected AME/Advanced Mechanical Enterprises as Florida's authorized distributor for PRUFTECHNIK laser alignment & condition monitoring equipment.

Asset Condition Management

WäRtsilä‘s Asset and Lifecycle Management Agreement Lets GasLog Concentrate on Its Core Business

The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a maintenance agreement with Monaco-based GasLog LNG Services, covering eight LNG carriers operating on Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines. The agreement ensures the certainty and predictability of fleet operations by engaging Wärtsilä in the maintenance and optimisation of the vessels’ engines.

Asset Condition Management

Schaeffler Buys autinity systems GmbH

Schaeffler has taken over autinity, an IT company that specializes in machine data recording and evaluation. Condition monitoring of machinery and equipment as well as digital networking in production are of great interest to both Schaeffler’s internal and external customers.

Asset Condition Management

Verdigris Launches API Giving Customers Access to Energy Data that Powers Smart Buildings

Verdigris, an IoT company in the energy sector, today announced a new set of APIs to power smart buildings. The APIs allow customers to integrate energy usage data within their own platforms, and leverage Verdigris' artificial intelligence to deliver meaningful insights from noisy energy data.

Asset Condition Management

Part I of II: Ultrasound for Safety… If Not for Anything Else!

All through the late 1980s and 1990s, ultrasound was literally the all-purpose tool. Vibration and infrared (IR) were too expensive for most organizations to afford. Yet, you could purchase an infrared thermometer gun for $100 and an ultrasound instrument kit for between $750 and $7,000 and perform a multitude of applications on motor bearings, gear boxes, pumps for cavitation, leak detection (pressure/vacuum), steam traps and acoustic lubrication (introduced in early 1990s). You could hook up an ultrasound instrument to a vibration analyzer and utilize the contact or magnetic sensor on bearings to easily detect an outer race defect, sometimes missed by earlier vibration boxes unable to go above 20,000 Hz. Into the mid-1990s, ultrasound inspectors added electrical switchgear and substation inspection for arcing, tracking and corona discharge. A new era of ultrasound inspection had begun, dealing with SAFETY.

Asset Condition Management

Vibration Case Study: “Crack"ing the Root Cause

At Inter Pipeline Ltd. (IPL), a petroleum transportation, storage and natural gas liquids processing company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, a cracked weld on the suction side of a three-inch, schedule 80 balance line of a four-stage MSD mainline pump was discovered during routine monthly vibration routes. As a result, all seven identical pumps were inspected in situ using magnetic particle examination.

Asset Condition Management

New Miniature Infrared Temperature Sensor Series From Process Sensors Corporation

Process Sensors Corporation is pleased to introduce the latest addition to its unparalleled selection of non-contact infrared temperature sensors, the PSC-SSS-PM Series. These versatile miniature models boast features that are a dramatic improvement over their predecessors.

Asset Condition Management

The Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide Gas on Electrical Components

Having a reliable predictive maintenance program at your facility is crucial to the health of your machinery. One cannot stress enough the cost saving benefits of detecting an issue early and being able to repair it versus the cost of fixing it after a catastrophic failure has taken place. For electrical components, infrared thermography is a great technology to incorporate into any predictive maintenance program.

Asset Condition Management

Industrial Internet Adoption: Senior Leadership Sought

For a successful condition monitoring program, you have to have an overall Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) plan. Sure, you can put monitoring devices on your equipment and extract significant value, but without an overarching plan, over time you will spend unnecessary capital funds, run into scalability issues, and underestimate the impact IIoT will have on your organization.

Asset Condition Management

ThingWorx® Studio Brings Highly Immersive Augmented Reality Interactions to the Industrial Enterpris

ThingWorx Studio, powered by Vuforia, introduces advancements for attaching digital content to everyday objects and surfaces as well as support for Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore

Asset Condition Management

PTC Announces a Major New Release to Vuforia Augmented Reality Platform

Vuforia 7 Introduces Ground Plane Detection, Next-Generation Object Recognition and Support for Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore

With Vuforia, developers are able to write a single AR app that will run on the most devices. PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced the upcoming release of the newest version of its award-winning Vuforia® platform for AR development, Vuforia 7. Vuforia 7 will introduce major advancements in the ability to attach digital content to more types of objects and environments, and a new capability for delivering enhanced AR experiences on a wide range of handheld devices.

Asset Condition Management

PTC Announces Vuforia Chalk App for Augmented Reality Communications

Breakthrough Remote Assistance App Now Available for iPhone and iPad

Vuforia Chalk delivers a ground-breaking communication experience enabled by the Vuforia AR Platform and Apple’s ARKit technology that was introduced with iOS 11. It allows people in different locations to share a live view of the same environment, and draw simple annotations called Chalk Marks. Chalk Marks appear anchored to objects and surfaces in the environment, as if drawn on the objects and surfaces themselves.

Asset Condition Management

Are You Wasting Time and Money on Quick Repairs?

Comments that we have heard in all types of industry are “We always have the time or money to do the repair over, but never time or money to do it right”. Many times when equipment fails there is an incredible rush to get the machine back online due to some production requirement. This usually leads to repairs that are inadequate or incomplete. It is important to remember that as long as your lock is on the machine it is not going to go back into service until you remove that lock. It could take as little as an additional 30 minutes to allow the machine to be repaired completely, but instead the job is rushed and a few weeks or a couple of months later the same machine is being repaired for the same reasons again. Production controls the purse strings that is a given, but generally product quality and maintenance cost can be better controlled by allowing for a complete repair not a partial fix. A couple of examples that come to mind are on belt driven machines. Many repair techs simply roll V-belts on and off for removal or installation. Have you ever noticed a V-belt running upside down? In most cases it is due to the cords in the backing of the belt being broken. This is usually caused from rolling the belts on or off the sheave. If “power band belts” are used the cost of those belts are usually higher than the sheaves that the belts are running on. It is a paradox that brand new belts will be installed on worn out sheaves. When the sheaves are replaced most of the sheaves are affixed to the shaft with a taper lock hub. How many people use an indicator to ensure that the sheaves are square to the shaft and not just tighten the hub with an impact wrench? How many are taking the time to precision align the equipment after replacing belts or sheaves? Poor alignment or incorrect installation are the most common causes of abnormal wear of sheaves and pulleys. There are others examples, but hopefully this drives the point home. Repairs need to be done in a timely fashion in cooperation with production to minimize downtime and reduce any effects on quality.

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Asset Condition Management

Acoustic Lubrication Guidelines

The RELIABILITY Conference - 35:05
by Jim Hall, The Ultrasound Institute

In this presentation, we will cover the ”Acoustic Lubrication Guidelines for Rolling Element Bearings in Electric Motors.” Most technicians began lubricating bearings by simply grabbing a grease gun and pumping grease into a bearing until they thought it was enough, or possibly they would see grease exiting from the bearing or motor casing. Acoustic Lubrication allows the end-user to see and hear changes that indicate when a bearing has enough grease without having over-lubricated the bearing. In this workshop, we will discuss instruments and hardware used to perform this application. Case histories will be discussed as well as an acoustic lubrication demonstration either through a live presentation or from video.

Asset Condition Management

LUDECA debuts the Easy-Laser® XT660 SHAFT Alignment & XT190 BELT Alignment Systems for the US Market

The XT660 is the next evolution in the award-winning Generation XT platform. It builds on the ground-breaking cross-platform technology that was launched last year with the XT440 SHAFT system.

Asset Condition Management

Reliabilityweb.com Exclusive Product Debut

LUDECA debuts the Easy-Laser® XT660 SHAFT Alignment and XT190 BELT Alignment Systems for US Market

LUDECA is proud to announce the new Easy-Laser® XT660 laser shaft alignment system for the United States market. The XT660 is the next evolution in the award-winning Generation XT platform. It builds on the ground-breaking cross-platform technology that was launched last year with the XT440 SHAFT system. You can use your own iOS/Android phone or tablet as a display unit, or purchase the watertight, shockproof rugged XT11 display unit. Or why not do both? The choice is yours! The Easy-Laser® XT Alignment App is free to download, both now and in the future, making it easy to update your tool to the latest features at any time.

The XT660 now offers dot laser measurement technology. You can perform measurements on larger machines and over longer distances. Advanced measurement capabilities, such as continuous sweep and multi-point are now available. The rugged measuring units with integrated Bluetooth® wireless have very long operating times; up to 24 hours!

Easy-Laser® XT660 paves the way for new features with the Generation XT platform. You can export custom PDF alignment reports to a USB flash drive or via Wi-Fi directly to email for documentation of the alignment work. These new features also apply to the XT440 SHAFT alignment system.

LUDECA is also proud to announce the Easy-Laser® XT190 BTA digital laser tool for belt drive alignment. It can be used “stand-alone” with its built-in display, as add-on to the XT660 SHAFT system or you can download the free Easy-Laser® XT Alignment App for your phone or tablet. Digital readings allow greater precision and make it easier to meet the alignment tolerances. You can follow the adjustment of the machine in real time with an interactive 3D view displayed in the App, making it easy to track live horizontal and vertical positional adjustments on the machine.

Learn more about the Easy-Laser® XT660 SHAFT

http://ludeca.com/products/easy-laser-xt660-shaft-alignment

Learn more about the Easy-Laser® XT190 BTA

http://ludeca.com/products/easy-laser-xt190-belt-alignment

Asset Condition Management

Predictive Lubrication: Which Bearings will Benefit from Correct Lubrication Today?

The RELIABILITY Conference - 48:11
by Tom Murphy, Author

There is a close analogy between the historical changes in maintenance strategies that have taken place in the past and the current changes taking place in the world of lubrication.

In maintenance we moved over decades from breakdown to planned to predictive. We moved from maintaining assets regardless of condition, just based upon time, to maintaining assets based upon health.

Now in lubrication, we can move from breakdown (grease it because it is screaming) through planned lubrication (grease with a set amount on a set date) to predictive lubrication, lubrication on condition.

It is generally quoted that over 40% of bearings are killed by over lubrication. Logically this must lead to the conclusion that breakdown and planned lubrication practices are not working very well.

This presentation explores the use of ultrasound in the creation of predictive lubrication strategies – using measurement to identify those bearings that need lubricating and then using the same measurement method to ensure that the bearing is optimally lubricated.

asset condition management

AME Named FL’s Authorized Distributor for Pruftechink Laser Alignment & Vibration Analysis Equipment

WäRtsilä‘s Asset and Lifecycle Management Agreement Lets GasLog Concentrate on Its Core Business

Schaeffler Buys autinity systems GmbH

October - November 2017

Verdigris Launches API Giving Customers Access to Energy Data that Powers Smart Buildings

Part I of II: Ultrasound for Safety… If Not for Anything Else!

Vibration Case Study: “Crack"ing the Root Cause

New Miniature Infrared Temperature Sensor Series From Process Sensors Corporation

The Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide Gas on Electrical Components

Industrial Internet Adoption: Senior Leadership Sought

ThingWorx® Studio Brings Highly Immersive Augmented Reality Interactions to the Industrial Enterpris

PTC Announces a Major New Release to Vuforia Augmented Reality Platform

PTC Announces Vuforia Chalk App for Augmented Reality Communications

Are You Wasting Time and Money on Quick Repairs?

Acoustic Lubrication Guidelines

LUDECA debuts the Easy-Laser® XT660 SHAFT Alignment & XT190 BELT Alignment Systems for the US Market

Reliabilityweb.com Exclusive Product Debut

Predictive Lubrication: Which Bearings will Benefit from Correct Lubrication Today?

Skyfront Sets World Record for Drones with 4 Hour and 34 Minute Flight

New Fluke Online Courses Teaches Core Digital Multimeter Skills for Electrical Maintenance