Ballbar data will quantify faults in the machine center such as servo mismatch, stick-slip error, straightness of the axes, lateral play, backlash, reversal spikes, circularity error, scale, and machine geometry. Each of these conditions can be trended over time.
Vidtorial – Engineers Love Curves
Hey Everybody, Bob Craft here, for Advanced Technology Solutions. We engineers sure do love curves. Now get your minds out of the gutter, this is strictly a professional discussion! For many of us our love affair with curves started in 9th-grade drafting class when...
Vidtorial – The True Value of Condition Monitoring and Evaluation
(VIDEO SCRIPT) Hey there Everybody, Bob Craft here, for Advanced Technology Solutions. Today I want to talk about the true value of Condition Monitoring and Evaluation and the challenge we have trying to put a value on something that hopefully didn’t happen. This...
ATS Vidtorial #1 – Introduction
(VIDEO SCRIPT) We are a full-service, multi-technology condition monitoring and evaluation service provider, and have been supporting our clients domestically and internationally for over 25 years. Our headquarters is just outside of Cedar Rapids Iowa, with a...
Condition Monitoring and Maintenance Management – Part 3 – The CMMS as Input to the CM Process
Most companies use the CMMS as the primary repository for work history information as well as their work planning, scheduling, and execution tool. This results in a huge amount of valuable information being available to support the condition monitoring and...
Condition Monitoring and Maintenance Management – Part 2 – Adjusting Priorities and Harvesting Information
In most cases, the effort needed to correct condition monitoring findings, in most cases, has not previously been identified in the CMMS as an activity requiring prioritization and ultimately work to be performed. If identified soon enough, the corrective action...
Condition Monitoring and Maintenance Management – Part 1 – Identification
We live in an age where information has become more important than just data. Management rarely wants to know more than what needs to be done and when to machinery assets, to ensure safety and ongoing production. The most effective way to communicate recommended...