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October 5, 2006 |
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 |
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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August 12, 2005 |
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 |
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 |
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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