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Overcoming a Typical Testing Dilemma - We Want to Test, But We Don’t (really) Want to Find Anything
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Overcoming a Typical Testing Dilemma - We Want to Test, But We Don’t (really) Want to Find Anything

Being both Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) planner and electrical testing supervisor can be an uncomfortable position. You want to do your job well and keep the plant running at tip-top shape, but if you find a motor or process problem, you know it will cost money to fix it. It can be the proverbial double-edged sword. For those of us in the electric motor testing business, this is an all too familiar situation. In other words, what are the repercussions of a test failure? How will failing a test affect the motor? Could it be out of commission? How much money is it going to cost to replace or repair? Is higher management going to go along with your findings and be open to doing the right thing?

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New Fluke Infrared Cameras with LaserSharp™ Auto Focus Deliver In-Focus Images

Advanced wireless connectivity and the new SmartView® Mobile app maximizes productivity in the field

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Testo Announces New Upgrade to IRSoft Thermal Imaging Software

Testo Thermal Imaging is excited and proud to announce the availability of their next generation thermal imaging software. We feel providing upgrades to our software, so it keeps pace with the additional features built into our imagers, provides the best thermal imaging experience for our customers. These products truly separate Testo from other manufacture’s by providing innovative solutions based on our customer’s needs.

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ABM Expands Ability to Meet Growing Electrical Safety Compliance Demands with Acquisition of BEST

BEST Increases ABM’s Geographic Presence to Meet NFPA 70E Concerns

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IRISS Releases CAP 4” Infrared Windows to Meet Marketplace Demand

New IR window provides almost a 30% increase in field of view when compared to traditional round IR windows.

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Why People Do Not Understand the P-F Curve

By Ricky Smith

Why is it that people do not understand the P-F Curve? At a recent maintenance function, I asked 70 maintenance reliability professionals how many of them had heard of the P-F Curve and only about 10 percent stated they had. Of that 10 percent, only one percent felt like they truly understood it. This was shocking to me. I assumed everyone had heard about the P-F Curve and its intent.

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Leak Surveys Files Texas Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against FLIR Systems

Texas-based gas leak detection and services provider Leak Surveys, Inc., has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR), alleging that FLIR’s gas detection infrared camera systems infringe two patents held by Leak Surveys.

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Testo Announces Winner of $6,000 Contractor Giveaway

Mr. Ron Dech of Castle Air Conditioning & Heating Co., Easton, Pennsylvania, was recently named winner of Testo’s $6,000 “Ultimate Contractor Collection Giveaway”.

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Process Sensors Corporation Launches New IR Thermometer

Franklin Lakes, NJ June 12, 2013 - Downsizing infrared thermometers usually involves sacrificing features and performance.  Process Sensors’ just released model PSC-CMS-3M sets a new standard in its uncompromising sophistication and capability.  The sensing head, which is only 14 mm in diameter by 28 mm in length, facilitates temperature measurement in tightly confined areas often found in scientific and medical equipment, semiconductor tools, industrial processes and OEM equipment manufacturing.

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Top 10 Misperceptions about Oil Analysis

by Mark Barnes

Studies show that 60 to 70 percent of all mechanical problems can be detected using oil analysis, yet some people still struggle to realize the value a well-engineered oil analysis program can provide. The reasons are many and varied, but are often related to a fundamental misunderstanding of how oil analysis works. The following Top 10 list identifies some of the more commonly held misconceptions and fallacies about oil analysis.

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New Members Offer Wireless Solutions for Oil & Gas and Safety & Security

Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced three new member companies of the PKS Advantage™ program for its OneWireless™ Network and industrial wireless products and solutions: GasSecure, Redline Communications and Purelink. The new members add support for wireless hydrocarbon leak detection, broadband wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and real-time location solutions to the wireless platform.

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Honeywell Announces New Wireless Technology for Safer, More Efficient Terminal Operators

Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced its new OneWireless™ Terminal Solution, which brings together a portfolio of wireless-enabled products, services and productivity tools tailored for terminal operators, as the International Liquid Terminals Association’s (ITLA) 33rd annual conference and trade show opened in Houston, Texas.

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Raytek MI3 Temperature Measurement System Now With Profinet And Ethernet Interfaces

Raytek®, a leading worldwide provider of infrared (IR) thermometry, has enhanced its modular MI3 system by adding new communication boxes for integrating the digital temperature sensors into the control level. In addition to Profibus and Modbus units, and a version with four galvanically isolated analog outputs, new options include a robust die-cast zinc housing and 6TE DIN rail housing.

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Testo Announces New IRSoft 3.2 Thermal Imaging Software

Testo Thermal Imaging is excited and proud to announce the availability of their next generation thermal imaging software.

ULTRASOUND The Final Frontier…by Mr. Ultrasound
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ULTRASOUND The Final Frontier…by Mr. Ultrasound

by Jim Hall

Recently, I received an online alert for a used ultrasound instrument to purchase. When I got to the website, I found a fictional spacecraft featured in “Space: 1999,” a 1970s era British television series.

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Successful Electrical Safety Workshop

As the last of the attendees left for the Dallas Fort Worth airport, they stopped by to congratulate Dan Doan, Chairman of the 2013 Electrical Safety Workshop, “I know you’ve heard this a lot, but great event – this was the best ESW yet.” Dan just smiled, “glad you enjoyed it,” and breathed a sight of relief, knowing the year of hard work was now behind him.

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IRISS Announces First Graduating Class of IRISS Certified Installers

First Nine Installers Were Educated at IRISS Newly Opened Corporate Headquarters and Training Facility.

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Hazardous Environment - Focus on the Area of Use for Device Selection

by Tony Holliday

The phrase “intrinsically safe” is often used generically to describe products destined for hazardous (explosive) areas, when in fact, the term is actually one of a number of methods for enabling a product to be used within a hazardous (explosive) environment. This kind of term is referred to as a protection concept.

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IRISS Announces Grand Opening of Global Headquarters

IRISS Hosts Over 130 People at Their Grand Opening and the Official Reading of the Proclamation Naming April 3rd as Global Industry Day by Manatee County Commissioner, Vanessa Baugh.

Measuring Vibration Analysis Program Effectiveness - A Different Kind of Yardstick
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Measuring Vibration Analysis Program Effectiveness - A Different Kind of Yardstick

by Brian Baldwin

One of the more common challenges for any predictive maintenance (PdM) program is to come up with definable and measurable parameters that tangibly identify the value of the program.

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