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Mechanical equipment, where ultrasound comes into its own
Recently, the maintenance team at a mill in north-west France shared with SDT an unusual but crucial piece of feedback on mechanical fault detection using ultrasound, highlighting how this [...]
Why Replacing Sealed Bearings based on Time is a waste of effort?
But Run to Failure is not an Option Nearly all facilities Electric Motors are dominated by Seal For Life Bearings, the shear number poses an challenge to Asset Strategies. [...]
Critical Centrifuge Bearing Monitoring
A centrifuge uses centrifugal forces, generated at high RPMs to separate solids and liquids. At Greenfield Ethanol, they use centrifuges in their manufacturing processes. They are critical to their [...]
10 Minute Acquisition Time – Monitoring an Extreme Slow Speed Wastewater Decanter with Ultrasound
This large wastewater decanter centrifuge is tasked with continuously separating solid materials from liquids at a Canadian Pulp & Paper Mill. Enormous quantities of water are used in [...]
Diagnosing Bearing Failure During Re-Lubrication Tasks w/LUBExpert (Part 2)
Bearing Failure 2 – Suspected Bearing Failure Discovered with LUBExpert Dynamic during Ultrasonic Greasing Task, Confirmed in UAS3 Reported by Rob Dent CMRP,CRL & Gilles Lanthier The outer race bearing defect [...]
Diagnosing Bearing Failure During Re-Lubrication Tasks w/LUBExpert (Part 1)
Bearing Failure 1 – Failure Discovered w/LUBExpert Confirmed w/Vibration Analysis Reported by Torki Ibrahim MSc, PMP®,MLA I,MLT II,Ultrasound level I & Khaled Almarwany Torki, a lubrication engineer at a cement manufacturer [...]
Greenfield Ethanol Failure Cause Analysis
Continuously Monitored using Vibration & Ultrasound Analysis This BF-9401 Area Pulling Fan plays an integral role in Greenfield Ethanol’s manufacturing process. It is a critical component to their [...]
Conducting Steam Trap Surveys
for Heating Systems in 20th Century Buildings A local private school conducts annual maintenance checks on their steam heating system during the Christmas Holidays when the students all [...]
Compressed air leaks and screw pumps inspection in a Cameroonian power plant
Dibamba Power Development Company is a heavy fuel oil power plant, the first independent power producer in Cameroon. Operating in the power generation sector in Cameroon and part of [...]
Junior Reliability Technician Compares Experiences Using Vibration & Ultrasound
We had the opportunity to sit down with our fellow co-worker Trevor Bruinix this past week. Trevor is one of SDT’s Junior Reliability Technicians. His primary job responsibilities are [...]
Case Study: Diagnosing Bearing Failure w/ LUBExpert Static & Vibration Analysis
Torki works as a senior lubrication engineer at a cement manufacturer. He recently completed his Live Online Level One Ultrasound Certification with SDT Ultrasound Solutions and has since been [...]
Critical Centrifuge Bearing Monitoring
A centrifuge uses centrifugal forces, generated at high RPMs to separate solids and liquids. At Greenfield Ethanol, they use centrifuges in their manufacturing processes. They are critical to their [...]
10 Minute Acquisition Time – Monitoring an Extreme Slow Speed Wastewater Decanter with Ultrasound
This large wastewater decanter centrifuge is tasked with continuously separating solid materials from liquids at a Canadian Pulp & Paper Mill. Enormous quantities of water are used in [...]
Diagnosing Bearing Failure During Re-Lubrication Tasks w/LUBExpert (Part 2)
Bearing Failure 2 – Suspected Bearing Failure Discovered with LUBExpert Dynamic during Ultrasonic Greasing Task, Confirmed in UAS3 Reported by Rob Dent CMRP,CRL & Gilles Lanthier The outer race bearing defect [...]
Diagnosing Bearing Failure During Re-Lubrication Tasks w/LUBExpert (Part 1)
Bearing Failure 1 – Failure Discovered w/LUBExpert Confirmed w/Vibration Analysis Reported by Torki Ibrahim MSc, PMP®,MLA I,MLT II,Ultrasound level I & Khaled Almarwany Torki, a lubrication engineer at a cement manufacturer [...]
Greenfield Ethanol Failure Cause Analysis
Continuously Monitored using Vibration & Ultrasound Analysis This BF-9401 Area Pulling Fan plays an integral role in Greenfield Ethanol’s manufacturing process. It is a critical component to their [...]
Conducting Steam Trap Surveys
for Heating Systems in 20th Century Buildings A local private school conducts annual maintenance checks on their steam heating system during the Christmas Holidays when the students all [...]
Compressed air leaks and screw pumps inspection in a Cameroonian power plant
Dibamba Power Development Company is a heavy fuel oil power plant, the first independent power producer in Cameroon. Operating in the power generation sector in Cameroon and part of [...]
Junior Reliability Technician Compares Experiences Using Vibration & Ultrasound
We had the opportunity to sit down with our fellow co-worker Trevor Bruinix this past week. Trevor is one of SDT’s Junior Reliability Technicians. His primary job responsibilities are [...]
Case Study: Diagnosing Bearing Failure w/ LUBExpert Static & Vibration Analysis
Torki works as a senior lubrication engineer at a cement manufacturer. He recently completed his Live Online Level One Ultrasound Certification with SDT Ultrasound Solutions and has since been [...]
Compressed Air Leak Detection – A Dual Challenge for Energy and the Environment
In today’s modern industrial operations, few processes rank higher in terms of importance than compressed air and no process places a higher demand on energy consumption. As a key [...]
Bearing Grease Replenishment: Time VS Condition?
Maintaining plant assets in an optimal state of lubrication is a topic receiving lots of attention. Maintenance and Reliability practitioners dedicate teams to the task but not every organization [...]
