by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Jul 4, 2022 | Asset Management, Electrical Reliability, The Sustainable Plant
As events occur throughout the economy and energy costs continue to rise, all opportunities for energy efficiency should be explored as part of an organization’s effort to be profitable. In operations that use large amounts of compressed air, such as packaging...
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Jun 26, 2022 | Asset Management, Electrical Reliability
One of the more challenging systems to analyze with Electrical or Motor Current Signature Analysis (ESA or MCSA) is that of a synchronous motor running a reciprocating compressor. As the piston moves, there’s an impulse at both ends of the stroke,...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Jun 20, 2022 | Asset Management, The Sustainable Plant
Environmental sustainability is top of mind for many businesses these days. And equipment-asset-dependent companies in the manufacturing, process, mining, and other heavy industries are no exception. The American Society of Testing & Materials (ASTM) E60.13...
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Jun 19, 2022 | Asset Management, Electrical Reliability
We received several questions around our June 11, 2022, article (see link below) on the testing of synchronous machines, i.e., motors and generators) with Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA). Some readers wanted to know what failure of a synchronous motor looked like....
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Jun 11, 2022 | Asset Management, Electrical Reliability
The challenge with detection of rotor issues in synchronous machines, i.e., motors and generators, so I’ve been told, is that such machines have no slip. If that argument were to hold true, you would not be able to detect rotor defects in synchronous machines. In my...
by Heinz Bloch, P.E., Editor | Jun 6, 2022 | Asset Management, Lubrication Corner, Plant Operations, The Bloch Files
Let’s start Part 2 of this article with a short recap of Part 1 (May 30, 2022, see link below). As discussed, industrial equipment can often sit idle at a new site for months while construction progress slows. On-site storage protection that’s needed for 3...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Jun 5, 2022 | Asset Management, The Sustainable Plant
Energy consumption is a major cost for most manufacturing and process plants. It’s also the primary source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. When inventorying and accounting for these emissions, the source is defined as Scope 1, 2, or 3. Scope 1 emissions are related...
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Jun 5, 2022 | Asset Management, Electrical Reliability
Getting out in the field as part of research on electric-motor life cycles, remaining-useful-life (RUL) studies, (Time to Failure Estimation (TTFE), or as we refer to it, predictive maintenance (PdM), you get to study machines in many conditions. In this short case...
by Heinz Bloch, P.E., Editor | May 30, 2022 | Asset Management, Lubrication Corner, Plant Operations, The Bloch Files
The probability of equipment failure is relatively high following the commissioning of equipment, whether for initial operation or after completing rebuild activities. Machines often sit idle at a new industrial site for months while construction progress slows down....
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | May 30, 2022 | Asset Management, Electrical Reliability
Do a quick search on the accuracy of machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), or Internet of Things (IoT) predictive maintenance (PdM) to understand what the potential implications are. Most of what you’ll typically find are white papers and other...
