Canned Motor Pumps Update
By Heinz P. Bloch
In part 1 of this series, we asked the question, “who should repair canned motor pumps?” For decades, the answer, according...
Holistic Condition Monitoring Programs For Critical Assets
By Myra Mash, Emerson
AMS ASSET MONITOR
The AMS Asset Monitor manages pervasive sensing while providing prediction, protection, and process monitoring capabilities. It is designed to...
Innovative Vibration Learning System
By Dr. Budhaditya Hazra, Liang Xu, and Dr. Suri Ganeriwala, SpectraQuest
With an increase in high-speed manufacturing and automation, it has become more important to...
Benefits of Screw Pumps in Oil-and-Gas Fluid-Handling Applications: Part 2 of...
As mentioned in part 1 of this series, the solution to the shortcomings of centrifugal pumps can be positive displacement (PD) screw pumps. The...
Protecting Critical Pump Motors with Automatic Notification
By Jeff Elliott
Although municipal and industrial process engineers have streamlined the monitoring and control of critical equipment through SCADA systems and other means of...
To Succeed Control Your Speed
Read Part 1 Here!
In last month’s start to this article, we explained how, for several different applications, medium voltage VFDs are typically superior to...
Important Considerations for Replacing and Sizing AC Motors
Every business is trying to conserve energy in the face of high utility costs, so getting the best return on investment (ROI) is critical...
PVD Coatings Extend the Life of High-Value IGT and Steam...
By Paul Brooks, Oerlikon Balzers
Industrial gas turbine (IGT) manufacturers and MROs are continually seeking new ways to improve the performance and longevity of critical...
Local Motor Shop Helps Kansas Water Authority Solve Bearing-Damage Problem
Dan Biby learned it all the hard way. An ordeal concerning several inverter-controlled pump motors with bearing damage made him a believer in the...
An industry inflection point
As many companies wrestle to extract full value from their digital transformation efforts, the limitations of today’s automation architecture are being realized. Technology stacks...