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To succeed in today’s global marketplace, you must adopt and utilize technological advancements that are currently revolutionizing industry. Each day, new solutions emerge that transform and disrupt current markets. This trend is evident when analyzing the predictive maintenance market. New technology has streamlined the predictive process in ways that were unfathomable only a few years …

Predictive maintenance strategies are becoming a must-have in plant manufacturing. Implementing predictive maintenance allows technicians to “see” into their equipment, determining specific issues before they cause equipment failure. Once the exact point of error is established, predictive maintenance systems can provide actionable solutions. Over time, data gathered throughout a manufacturing plant can be analyzed to …

The Internet of Things (IoT) has changed the way manufacturing plants and other related businesses operate. With equipment sensors gathering machine data and providing maintenance solutions, production is streamlined and enhanced. In fact, many of the top 2% of manufacturing companies leverage IoT solutions by implementing predictive maintenance systems to ensure peak performance and efficiency. …

Condition-based maintenance employs a strategy where maintenance is performed once one or more indicators show that equipment will fail or performance is deteriorating. Time-based maintenance tasks for machines shown to be running well are avoided, eliminating the possibility of introducing a defect into the system. Condition-based monitoring (CBM) is the core of condition-based maintenance. Technologies, …

Shaft misalignment can occur in rotating machines that are connected by a coupling. In fact, a majority of rotating machines used in the manufacturing industry are out of alignment. Operation within certain tolerances allows for proper transmission of power with minimal wear and tear. Over time however, any rotating machine can move out of these …

VibePro 8 is VibePro’s newly released app for vibration analysis. VibePro 8 is a compilation of 2 years’ worth of work, thousands of hours and customer input. VibePro 8 combines the simplicity of VibePro 7 with the flexibility of raw data collection and analysis that level 2 and 3 vibration analysists require. The result is …

Check out this new article written by GTI’s president Thomas Hoenig on M2M strategies: http://reliabilityweb.com/articles/entry/m2m-strategies-for-machine-tool-maintenance

VibePro on a recent service call investigated a problem with a dual disc centerless grinder. This one year old grinder had been performing poorly, causing downtime and poor parts quality. Using GTI’s VibePro iPad vibration tools, our service technician discovered that both spindles in the machine were running much faster than rated for the machine; …

The internet and cloud technology is changing the way companies and individuals accomplish a variety of tasks. Last week GTI shared an article by AmericanMachinist.com discussing the impact the cloud has made on manufacturing performance. In this post GTI will share some of the cloud technologies we use to be a more productive and streamlined …

VibePro presents the first in our new series, Top 6 Tactics to Prevent Machine Failure. Introduction In the Maintenance & Reliability community we discuss at length strategies and methods for preventing and predicting machine failure. There are many presentations, books and consultants available to teach the strategies for Predictive and Reliability-Centered maintenance programs. This short …