Efficiency Deficiency

Eddy current drives, known alternately as magnetic drives or eddy current couplings, have been a trusted and reliable means of controlling pump speed dating...

Technologies that Enable Effective Energy Transition

Headwinds over the past several years have taught oil and gas companies to maintain strict cost disciplines and be more efficient than ever. Organizations...

Bringing the “Baker Test” Up to Date

One of the largest independent engineering service providers in South East England, Mid Kent Electrical Engineering Group, has performed electric motor rewinds and overhauls...

System Optimization vs. Component Optimization

Does it really make sense to increase the efficiency of your pump and motor without addressing the downstream components? What is the value (payback)...

Smooth Sailing for FPSO Unit in Australia

By Claudia Proeger, Sulzer Not many service providers can deliver complex service solutions to all types of rotating equipment regardless of the original equipment manufacturer...

New Submerged HPUs Increase Reliability of all Hydraulic Powered Machinery

For a variety of heavy machinery, Hydraulic Power Units (HPUs) provide the “muscle” behind critical operating machinery used to lift or control articulating arms...

Vibration monitoring that anyone can afford: Part 2 of 2

see Part 1 here In last month’s installment of this series, we discussed how vibration monitoring is an affordable and reliable component for almost any...

The Need for Speed

At the most recent AHR Expo, Browning introduced an expanded range of sizes at for its self-tensioning Tenso-set motor base in a hands-on, informative,...

Supporting Arc Flash Safety

By George Roscoe, Siemens An arc-flash event—a fiery explosion that can result from short circuits in electrical distribution equipment—is one that facility managers shudder to...

Improving Balancing Quality and Profitability in the Overhaul of Turbochargers

For most people, turbochargers are associated with vehicles they see zooming past on the road with an extra boost of power. According to a...