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Vibration Monitoring - Applications

Examples of practical applications of various vibration analysis techniques.

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Acoustic Vibration Monitoring

Monitoring rolling element bearings to predict condition, life span, and lubrication quality can be achieved with high frequency ultrasonic testing. Acoustic vibration monitoring (AVM) determines incipient bearing failure by recognizing vibration...

Added Safety For Today's Railway Industry

Railways, especially those operating mainline passenger and high-speed services, need to be run safely, reliably and efficiently. At the same time, railway operators seek competitive, cost effective solutions. SKF has worked closely with the railway...

An Integrated Reliability Program With Enabling Tools For Combined Cycle Plants

Whether your plant is still in construction or already in operation for years, we make this process easier and more effective by providing you a pre-engineered maintenance plan tailored to your needs, based on Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)...

An Introduction to Noise Measurement

The objective of this article is to provide maintenance personnel with a basic understanding of sound measurement to assist with the diagnosis of machinery problems. The discussion is also intended to provide a broad overview of environmental noise...

Condition-based maintenance goes maritime

Maintaining the performance of marine equipment while at sea and minimizing maintenance despite frequent crew changes has been...

Electric Motors - Work Identification

A key aspect of any world-class asset management program is a proactive, efficient work management process, designed to ensure the effective performance of maintenance on critical assets. To achieve maximum return on investment and maintain ...

Fans - Work Identification

Fault Detection for Mining and Mineral Processing Equipment

Fault detection techniques have been developed for use in the mining, minerals processing and cement industries. This is a cost-effective solution, under the SKF Copperhead system concept, for the detection of potentially costly machinery faults that...

Holding the wind in one hand

For German wind park operator Prokon, success comes from controlling the entire operation – from ...

Keep on trucking

SKF Wheel End Monitor helps prevent unplanned stops.