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October 5, 2006
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Sensor Selection For Monitoring Complex Extrusion
Gearboxes
Large extrusion gearboxes represent some of the most complex
machines used in industry. They often utilize six (or more) shafts, a dozen gears
and twenty or more bearings. In deciding how to monitor the health of these machines,
it is useful to begin with the end in mind. What are the failure modes against which
one must defend? For the complex gearboxes discussed here, one is predominately
concerned with rolling element bearing failures and gear damage...
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June 2, 2006
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Lafarge Cement
Dunbar UK No 6 Cement Mill Gearbox Input Pinion Bearing
Due to constant Predictive Condition Monitoring via an online
Vibration Analysis program(MTC), the Maintenance department were able to detect
a rise in trend on the Drive End of the Gearbox. As shown in the Trend below the
gearbox had been stable for whole duration of the monitoring system (since May 2002)...
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more)
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August 12, 2005
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On-line Extruder Monitoring Justification
Reliability and maintenance professionals agree that their ability to
deliver machine availability to production depends on having accurate and timely
information concerning asset condition...
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May 5, 2004
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Monitoring Complex Extrusion Machinery Requires Focused
Approach
All manufacturing operations depend on understanding the health
of their machinery in order to plan and execute maintenance effectively...
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December 21,
2003
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The Value of Reliability: How Smart Advisor Avoids
Equipment Disruptions
All manufacturing
operations depend on understanding the health of their machinery in order to plan
and execute maintenance effectively...
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