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How To Have A Successful Condition Monitoring Training Experience?

September 24, 2024 With training funds being difficult to obtain these days it is critical that we do everything possible to have a satisfactory and productive training experience. This includes evaluating whether it would be more cost-effective to attend a training class off-site (such as at a vendor’s facility) or have the course conducted at your facility. There are advantages and disadvantages to both.

What is a Pump?

January 17, 2023 Photo courtesy of JetTech Mechanical LLC. A pump is a machine or device designed to move and transfer fluids. All pumps basically do the same thing, and the pump best suited for your needs depends on how far, how fast, and how much fluid needs to be transferred. Pumps are very critical to a facility as a whole and unwanted downtime can cause production to cease.

Do We Really Need Oil Analysis if We’re Performing Other CM Techniques? – Part 2?

. In this follow-up blog, we will discuss selecting the best CM technique for your equipment. Part 3 – Selecting the best CM technique for your equipment We’ve made it to the final installment of this trilogy! Let’s do a quick recap of what we’ve learned thus far. In Part 1, we spoke all about understanding the consistency of oil sampling and determining the criticality of your assets.

Do we really need Oil Analysis if We’re Performing other CM Techniques? – Part 1?

. In this follow-up blog, we will discuss reading the oil analysis report. Part 2 – Reading the oil analysis report An oil analysis report can seem like a lot of numbers and colors all jumbled together for those who may not be familiar with it. The basic element of all reports is that they provide the values seen in your equipment and compare them to those given by the OEM or seen in the field.

How often do you sample?

While consistent sampling is important, determining the frequency of sampling is also critical.