Fluke 831 Laser Shaft Alignment
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The Importance of Precision Shaft Alignment

Discussing the real return on investment of properly aligning rotating equipment. As there is a renewed focus on reliability and vibration monitoring, I focus on a root cause. An often-quoted comment is “…why align a machine when it is fitted with a flexible coupling designed to accommodate misalignment?” I will talk about why this one…

Figure 2. Four procedural techniques can be logically mapped to known failure modes. Once causation has been identified, these techniques direct which failure-eliminating or mitigating corrective activities make the most sense, such as scheduled discard and/or planned restoration.
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Diagnostic Engine: Empowering Data Analytics

Ensuring the success of your connected reliability program is essential for the management team. Many companies today are facing vibration data overload, where the excessive amount of vibration data exceeds analytic capacity in today’s wireless sensor world Azima DLI manages over 500,000 machine tests per year and uses algorithms, metrics, and processes to sustain those…

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Adding business value through data-driven maintenance

By Ankush Malhotra President at Fluke Reliability Every day, in manufacturing facilities worldwide, experienced and capable people are trying to second-guess the maintenance requirements of the machines that populate their plants. The reason is simple: They know that an effective maintenance program can increase their uptime, decrease maintenance costs, reduce unplanned outages, and extend the…