Industrial generators are responsible for supplying industries with their electricity needs. As such, they are used in production flows that demand more energy than the traditional distribution network can offer or reach. These assets work in a similar way to the generators used to supply residential energy, but they have a much greater energy production… Continue reading Industrial generator failures: what you need to know
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Extractor hoods: maintenance tips and fault detection
Find out about the main faults in extractor hoods and the tools to identify them.
Bucket elevators: what are the failure modes of this asset?
Bucket elevators, also known as grain elevators due to their strong association with the agro-industrial sector, are assets found in various industrial segments, carrying out vertical, horizontal or inclined transportation of productive materials in order to dump them into chutes or pipes.
Off-highway vehicles: the main faults in these assets
Read about off-road vehicles and learn more about these assets used in various industrial sectors.
Industrial compressors: learn about the main faults
Compressors are responsible for compressing air, gases or other fluids, changing pressure and controlling flow. Learn about the most common faults
Electric motors: 5 cases of condition analysis
Faults in electric motor drives can result in very high costs for companies. That’s why it’s important to implement monitoring systems that can supervise them properly and thus predict or anticipate possible future problems.
Gearbox: main types and possible failures
Gearbox are important assets in many industries. Find out about some types and possible faults.
Cepstrum: analysis of harmonic families
Cepstrum is a technique for identifying families of harmonics and sidebands in complex and consistent signals.
Proactive maintenance: convincing leadership of its benefits
Proactive maintenance aims to identify the root causes of failures in assets and prevent them from causing irreversible damage to equipment. Learn more about the concept of proactive maintenance, the strategies involved, and how predictive maintenance relates to it.
Cavitation in industrial pumps: understand this phenomenon
Cavitation is a phenomenon characterized by vaporization and bubble formation caused by changes in pressure. Cavitation failures can affect the operation of pumps and, in some cases, totally compromise the equipment. Read this article and learn more about what cavitation is, how to avoid it and how to solve this problem.