If you have slow moving bearings that you need to inspect without disassembling and cleaning them, the smart hook can be a good tool to use.
If you can get access to the bearing from the side you can use the sharp point of the hook to feel the bearing and roller element surfaces. Very small cracks and uneven areas will be felt as a vibration in the hook handle. The material often used to make the hook is a 2 mm piece of piano wire. Reference the Idhammar condition monitoring manual.
That a perfect .000” alignment can sometimes be the wrong thing to do? Rarely, if ever, do two machines in a machine train generate the same temperatures during operation. These
When you are performing condition monitoring tasks, don’t just rely on expensive condition monitoring tools, some unusual and simple tools can be used. Here’s a preventive maintenance example from my
The purpose of a steam trap is not as the name may indicate to trap steam, but rather to trap condensate in a steam line. The trap is mounted on
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