What to look for in your motor repair facility?

Management Tip: A high-quality standard doesn’t stop at the workbench. It’s how you treat the technician next to you, the customer with a unit down, and the vendor on the phone. Hold every relationship in the building to the same bar you hold a rebuilt gearbox to: precise, honest, and…

Predictive Maintenance, which is also known as conditioned based maintenance, is a maintenance strategy designed to prevent premature equipment failures and involves routine testing and trending. The intended goal is to locate developing issues before they can lead to a major, unplanned failure. PdM programs do not necessarily eliminate the…

Designed with longevity in mind, electric motors are made to function safely, economically, and perpetually. In theory, proper care and use of these components will ensure many years of successful operation. However, the real world is a different story, where motors are subjected to numerous environmental and operational hazards that…

Motors are a part of a “system” which includes the incoming power, the load and, of course, the motor itself. Maintaining the safe and profitable operation of plants and facilities, demands a high degree of motor reliability. The power generation industry ranks at the top of this requirement for uninterrupted…

Part I Types of Maintenance Programs There are three basic trains of thought when it comes to maintaining motors and machinery in any facility or factory; corrective, preventative and predictive. Each has some benefits and some disadvantages and the correct choice requires consideration of many vital factors in each individual…

Keeping their facilities operating successfully and efficiently is the main task and objective of most management teams. In order to make timely decisions regarding where to focus their maintenance activities and budgets, they depend heavily on their maintenance records and feedback from maintenance personnel. Records and feedback information is only…

Abstract: This paper presents current methods of electrical tests and trend analysis of the operational health of electric motors in the context of successful predictive maintenance programs. It discusses the causes of winding insulation deterioration and how early detection can lead to fewer failures, less unscheduled downtime and better efficiency.…

1) Maintenance is considered as a cost center rather than a cost-saving mechanism. One major obstacle is the view that money not spent on maintenance issues is money saved. Maintenance costs are only considered as a detriment to the bottom line while the reality remains that PdM programs are a…

The one major issue most often overlooked by most maintenance supervisors and even their superiors is the quality and capabilities of the motor shops that repair their equipment. Motor repair facilities are not all alike and there are many important issues that can affect the quality of repairs and rewind…

What is an “Efficiency Survey”? An efficiency or energy survey is a series of electrical and mechanical tests that help define the health of machinery within a facility or factory and identify areas and components that may need attention. Better efficiency correlates to lower energy costs and longer equipment life.…