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Identifying Common Issues and Misconceptions in Infrared Imaging

IMC-2016 Learning Session - 44:29
by Daryl Androli and Rick Bueltel, Missouri River Energy Services

Imaging of electrical panels has been, and continues to be, one of the most commonly used infrared applications. Checking workmanship, improving quality/reliability, lessening risk and diagnosing potential problems are all staples of infrared imaging. Specific issues include, but are not limited to, breaker placement, overloading, wiring configuration, loose connections, neutral wire issues, and grounding. The potential damages generated by such issues will also be identified and discussed. As an infrared technician or thermographer, you could encounter a wide variety of lower voltage panels in a multitude of applications and misapplications.

When imaging these panels, are we really providing our employer or customer a high quality product or are we taking the easy way out? This presentation focuses on how to improve the overall quality of providing infrared service. Employers appreciate diligent work and customers are willing to pay more for the technician who goes the “extra step” to provide a service that gives them a premium end product.

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The New Generation of Online Vibration Analysis

The Vibration Fault Periodic Table concept was created and introduced to the public in an article published in the June/July 2012 Uptime® magazine. The original concept was designed to classify vibration faults in the form of a periodic table of the elements. That is to say, the faults were grouped according to frequency content and dominant direction or response. This format was found to be very useful in gaining a better understanding of the nature of each individual vibration fault, as well as providing the analyst with a quick assessment tool for determining the likely root cause for a particular problem in the field.

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6 Things You Need to Know About Air Leaks

Compressed air is one of the three highest cost utilities in use at your plant. It is also one of the least maintained in terms of system leaks. Leaks are expensive and wasteful, but most often ignored.

Finding and fixing leaks is an easy way to reduce energy costs but finding them is not easy because of background noise.

Why we don’t find and fix air leaks?
Leaks are often considered an unavoidable cost of business. Many of us simply don’t realize the high cost of compressed air leaks.
Air leaks cost you real money
Compressed air leaks are one of the leading expenses in the industrial world to this day. Leaks are a source of wasted energy, but they also contribute to other operating losses.
How muchAir leaks are wasted energy. An industrial compressed air system loses up to 40% of its compressor’s output to leaks if left unchecked.
...Finding the leaks presents a solution to the problem. But only fixing the leaks nets cost and energy savings. Without a follow-up to ensure found leaks were actually fixed, leak detection is just another expense.

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Building and Sustaining a Long-Term Condition Monitoring Program

IMC-2016 Learning Zone Session - 28:14
by Tod Baer, Minnkota Power Cooperative

Justifying and managing a successful conditioning monitoring program in its early stages may appear to be quite easy. Management and the individuals involved are excited about the new technologies being used to easily detect and correct equipment fault conditions. The financial and reliability impacts are substantial in the early years when the well-known and recurring problems are addressed.

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MINISCAN IR LOG Offers the LOGical Solution for Condition Monitoring of Lubricants, Oils and Greases

AMETEK Grabner Instruments has added a new lube oil and grease analyzer to its portfolio. The MINISCAN IR LOG is a highly versatile and extremely fast FTIR analyzer, designed for on-site condition monitoring of oils and greases, and capable of measuring low or high levels of water in oil accurately and quickly, without using hazardous reagents for sample preparation.

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Reduce Your Overall Grease Consumption

Bad procedures lead to bearings routinely receiving more grease than they’re designed to handle. The excess ends up being pushed into the motor casing or purged onto the floor. Over lubrication happens when re-greasing intervals are scheduled based on time instead of condition. Control lubrication tasks with ultrasound to monitor condition and maintain optimal friction. The time between greasing intervals increases, resulting in less grease used per bearing.

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Raising The Flag For Change

IMC-2016 Learning Session - 46:25
by Paul Monus, BP and Felicjan Rydzak, Felix Consultancy

This talk is about leadership of defect elimination that build on a lot of the discussions happening around maintenance and reliability. The presentation uses the Lima Refinery story as a backdrop to it. Twenty years old now, it has a lot of lessons that have been extensively studied and written about. After Paul talks about the story, Felicjan gives a system dynamics lesson that offers some insights about the social network and social structures that were involved in Lima.

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IRISS Announces New Ultrasound Product - Sonus XT

Since designing the world’s first industrial grade infrared windows IRISS has designed and patented multiple systems that allow almost every industry to conduct essential condition based maintenance tasks safely and effectively. IRISS, the leading manufacturer in Electrical Safety Maintenance Devices and Solutions, announces the Sonus XT.

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ESCO Announces Acquisition Of Global Utility Solutions Provider

ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE) today announced that it has acquired the assets of Morgan Schaffer Inc. (Morgan Schaffer) (www.morganschaffer.com), a global utility solutions provider. Morgan Schaffer's solutions are sold in over 90 countries to both electrical utilities with generation and transmission assets and original equipment manufacturers of large transmission transformers. ESCO expects to maintain the operations of Morgan Schaffer at its current location in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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New Feature-Rich, Surprisingly Affordable Dynapar OnSite™ Condition Monitoring System

HARMAN® Announces Quick Predict Early Detection and Warning Solution for IIoT

Augury Secures $17 Million Series B Funding Round to Power the Future of IIoT

Identifying Common Issues and Misconceptions in Infrared Imaging

June - July 2017

New SKF IMx-8 System for Machine Condition Monitoring

New SKF TKSA 71 Shaft Alignment Tool for Rotating Machinery

New SKF TLMP Automatic Lubricator for Rotating Machinery

The New Generation of Online Vibration Analysis

6 Things You Need to Know About Air Leaks

Building and Sustaining a Long-Term Condition Monitoring Program

MINISCAN IR LOG Offers the LOGical Solution for Condition Monitoring of Lubricants, Oils and Greases

Reduce Your Overall Grease Consumption

Raising The Flag For Change

ALS Acquires OILCHECK

IRISS Announces New Ultrasound Product - Sonus XT

Accenture is Innovation Leader in Internet of Things Services, says HfS Blueprint Report

The Next Generation in Machine Protection and Vibration Monitoring

ITT Unveils i-ALERT® Ai Platform

ESCO Announces Acquisition Of Global Utility Solutions Provider