Predictive Maintenance Blog

Is It Time for Your Mandatory Annual or Biannual NFPA 70B Inspection?
As we approach mid-year it's a good time to review your equipment scan history and determine if you're in compliance with NFPA 70B. As of January 16, 2023, all electrical equipment must be inspected using infrared thermography technology at least every 12 months. In addition, equipment that meets...

If Your Only Tool is a Hammer, Every Problem Looks Like a Nail
“If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” Several scholars used and published this analogy in the 1960s, but the idea can be traced back at least a century sooner to a London publication in 1868. Nowhere is it truer than in the Condition Monitoring space. Condition...

ASK THE EXPERTS: How can we continue to show financial benefit of continuing Condition Monitoring when it’s not finding new problems?
This question is from Paul in the Maritime industry: When we first started our condition monitoring program, we had several findings on each of our ships and we were able to plan and schedule the corrective action with no impact on our underway schedules. We achieved excellent cost savings by...