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.
Predictive Maintenance for Our Most Valuable Asset
We believe our people are our most important asset. That is why we bring in a team of health professionals to perform “wellness checks” for each of our employees. It’s a predictive maintenance program for our people! These wellness checks involve online questionnaires...
Ballbar Analysis for CNC Machines – Part 2
Searching the internet, there are countless PdM articles about applying predictive technologies to hundreds of different types of production machines, but there are very few and specific documents about predictive maintenance with regard to CNC assets due to various...
The Case for Installing Specialized IR Windows
Photo Credit: IRISS Infrared inspection windows are usually found on high voltage equipment where opening panels for inspection is not always safe and feasible. During a shutdown, panels are cut to accommodate IR inspection windows in locations that give the best view...
Online System, How Does it Really Work? – Part 2
Part 2 - The surge of modern online system availability For the sake of clarity in this article, the previously mentioned surveillance system will now be called an online system, a common reference at this time in the industry. For most of us in the PdM arena, the...
Online System, How Does it Really Work? – Part I
With the rage of recent online monitoring systems flooding the PdM market, we received many inquiries regarding the advantages and disadvantages of the “newly” marketed systems. First and foremost, the online system (or Continuous Condition Monitoring system) has...
Condition Monitoring in a Pandemic
Early 2020, who could have imagined all the changes that were coming to our lives and businesses. The COVID-19 public health emergency has upended many of the usual patterns of our days in nearly every area of life you can name. That includes predictive maintenance...