24Jun

Finding Common Coupling Failures with Ultrasound Predictive Maintenance Equipment 

Non-Intrusively Inspect Couplings with Airborne Ultrasound  Couplings connect the shafts of rotating equipment and transfer power while providing flexibility for inaccuracies in shaft alignment and absorbing shock loads. They’re an essential component for most motor assemblies found in most manufacturing environments.  Common coupling maintenance practices include visual...
01May

Condition Monitoring with Airborne Ultrasound for Grid Couplings

Using airborne ultrasound is a great method for condition monitoring grid couplings. Although vibration analysis can be effective at identifying 1x shaft speed and harmonic frequencies in the velocity spectrum, it’s hard to determine whether the forcing frequency is due to misalignment, imbalance, or damage...
22Apr

The Hidden Costs of Over-Greasing — And How to Stop It 

Walk into almost any plant and you will hear it. If a little grease is good, more must be better. That belief has quietly cost industry millions. Over-greasing does not protect bearings. It creates excess pressure, increases friction, raises operating temperatures, and pushes grease past seals....