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IRISS Announces Partnership with SONOTEC

IRISS and SONOTEC have now announced that IRISS will be the Master Distributor for SONOTEC handheld ultrasound equipment for North America, South America (excluding Brazil) and the Caribbean. In addition, IRISS will provide calibration and repair services on SONOTEC products in the region.

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

In Part I (Oct/Nov 2017 Uptime), the focus was about the use of ultrasound and SAFETY. Hopefully, it spurred a discussion in your facility as to how this technology, no matter its age or origin, can be a lifesaver. This technology can truthfully claim that it has been around longer than any of you have been alive. Yet, it is still a most valuable technology in many, many ways.

Part II focuses on ultrasound for reliability maintenance and presents real-life situations as to why electrical workers and infrared thermographers should use ultrasound as a complementary technology.

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IRISS

IRISS is the global leader in Electrical Maintenance Safety Devices (EMSD) and Condition Based Monitoring Solutions for electrical equipment. We help our customers reduce downtime related costs and maximize efficiency by reducing CBM inspection times.

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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.

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PM and Scheduled or Condition-Based Acoustic Lubrication

Acoustic lubrication has taken off with afterburners lit (old aviation phrase). During the 2017 RELIABILITY Conference™ hosted by Reliabilityweb.com^®, several representatives from various organizations remarked at how well their acoustic lubrication program had made such a difference. As an example, the cost savings by way of reduced man-hours using time-based lubrication and the amount of grease not purchased are two reasons.

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Infrared Electrical Certification and Ultrasound Training News

IRISS, the global leader in Electrical Maintenance Safety Devices and Solutions has expanded the course offerings through their Safety and Maintenance Academy of Reliability Technologies, SMART.

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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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5 Key Things to Consider When Using Ultrasound to Find Electrical Faults

Most electrical cabinets are not hermetically sealed. Scan your ultrasound detector around the panel sides and vent holes to detect discharges like arcing, tracking, and corona.
Not all electrical discharge faults produce heat. Use ultrasound to hear what your infrared camera cannot see.
Electrical discharge activity is amplified by high humidity. When performing

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A Lubrication Condition or a Mechanical Condition?

When monitoring your bearing lubrication with ultrasound, it is important to watch for very high values in your condition indicators ( total RMS and Peak values ). After applying grease, both values should decrease proportionately. This is a sign the bearing was under-lubricated. If the total RMS value lowers and the peak value stays relatively the same, then the bearing has a mechanical condition that is generating impacts.

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On-condition Lubrication and Bearing Health Using Ultrasound

IMC-2016 - 40:13
by Tom Murphy, SDT Ultrasound Solutions

The measurement of ultrasound with portable devices to provide an objective assessment of the health of a bearing has been well-documented over the last decade. In more recent times, the interconnection between a grease gun and an ultrasound instrument has taken this process one stage further.
This presentation reports on a further evolution - the use of an on-line monitoring system using contact ultrasound sensors to provide a continuous indication of the frictional state and early failure state of rolling element bearings.Case histories showing how this technology can be combined with remote lubrication of difficult-access bearings to provide instant feedback on the benefit or otherwise of individual shots of grease.

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Empower and Engage

The RELIABILITY Conference - 40:23
by Jim Hall, The Ultrasound Institute

Ultrasound is a key element within the CRL ELEMENTS.
Jim Hall, the Executive Director of The Ultrasound Institute and an MSAT Provider, delivers this presentation as part of the CRL UT Badging Presentation. This segment is an overview meant to empower and engage the audience in ultrasound applications.

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Condition-Based Monitoring and Acoustic Lubrication

Although many are utilizing ultrasound in their condition-based monitoring (CBM) program, many are still lukewarm about implementing the acoustic lubrication application as part of a CBM program. But here’s why that application should be utilized.

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IRISS Announces Partnership with SONOTEC

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

IRISS

Electrical Inspection Using Ultrasound Technology

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

PM and Scheduled or Condition-Based Acoustic Lubrication

Infrared Electrical Certification and Ultrasound Training News

IRISS Announces New Ultrasound Product - Sonus XT

5 Key Things to Consider When Using Ultrasound to Find Electrical Faults

CTRL Systems Announces Unlimited Data Points and User Access for InCTRL

LUBExpert Acoustic Lubrication and Greasing Assistant

A Lubrication Condition or a Mechanical Condition?

Tips Are for Focusing

SDT Announces LUBExpert

On-condition Lubrication and Bearing Health Using Ultrasound

3DSignals Emerges Out of Stealth with Two International Customers

Empower and Engage

Condition-Based Monitoring and Acoustic Lubrication

Ultrasonic Leak Detection

Implementing Acoustic Lubrication