Predictive maintenance (PdM) is especially useful for companies who deal with heavy and intricate machinery. PdM techniques were developed to help in determining the condition of equipment within the company, and as the term states itself, to predict the timing of when the maintenance should be do

It is always important to conduct tests and do maintenance for your equipment, this includes all kinds of equipment, from generator maintenance, power transformer repair to switchgear maintenance. Over the years, studies have shown that more than 85% of disruptive failures in both medium voltage (

Overhauling is an integral step in ensuring good generator maintenance. An overhaul can be done on the generator itself, the engine that drives it, or the alternator. When it comes to overhauling the alternator, particularly, technical knowledge and skills are usually needed. The alternator is the

Generators are essential machines in almost every industry. Industrial generators are mainly used to supply backup power to facilities, businesses, and even homes during power outages. In areas where a local electrical grid is unavailable or hard to access, generators are also used as the main pow

Power transformers that increase and decrease electrical voltage are used in numerous public utility and industrial applications. They are necessary to enhance the safety and efficiency of power systems, and there are certain factors to consider for transformer selection. Because of their fundamen

Switchgear refers to a combination of electrical switching devices whose primary functions include switching, controlling, metering, regulating, isolating, and protecting electrical circuits and equipment. Some of the devices that are encompassed within the switchgear are circuit breakers, contrac

Motor oversizing has become an increasingly common practice these days. To oversize a motor basically means to select a higher horsepower than necessary. There are various reasons why many people choose to oversize. For one, oversizing is believed to make up for disparities in system operations. O

For a long time, the Internet of Things (IoT) was associated with bringing sci fi into our homes; the fridge that reorders its own food, selecting music or tv choices using speech rather than a remote control, controlling lighting and heating from anywhere in the world using a mobile ph

Senseye, a leading provider of predictive maintenance analytics, today announced that its award-winning condition monitoring and prognostic software is now available as a native application on MindSphere, the open cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) operating system from Siemens.

By Cindy Atinault, VP Marketing, Senseye The UK is one of the worlds largest manufacturing nations. Almost 3 million people work in the industry and deliver almost half of all UK exports and drive over 60 percent of all UK research and development. As a result of that investment,

By Adam Poole, Product Design Lead Technology is only valuable when it makes our lives easier, yet that simple truth can be lost in the promotion of the latest technical wizardry. In a work environment, the last thing people need are solutions that leave them with the headache of extra

The news that Worcester Bosch embarked on the UKs first live trial of 5G connectivity into an industrial environment last year was heralded as a landmark step towards the creation of smart factories in Britain. It is an initiative that will be repeated hundreds of times around the world

Following on from our previous article which gave a short overview of regenerative drive operation, here we look at some of the special factors which need to be considered with regenerative operation. The effect on the power network (AC power grid)RegulationsThese are the regulations imposed by powe

In this article, Colin Hargis, chief engineer for Control Techniques, looks at the issue of energy efficiency with variable speed drives.Some readers may be aware that a new EU regulation is in the pipeline which is intended to control the efficiency of drives and drive systems. The regulation is st

In this post we offer an introductory overview of liquid cooled industrial motors (also referred to as “LC”), covering the basic principles, benefits & applications compared to standard air-cooled motors.Liquid-cooled motors are not new; they have been in use for decades. Essentially, they enabl

In the second part of this blog series, Control Techniques’ chief engineer looks deeper at achieving greater energy efficiency using variable speed drives.The previous blog gave an overview of the efficiency of drives and their applications, and how they are affected by the pattern of speed an

Test rigs are used extensively in the automotive and aerospace industries, testing a variety of vehicles. Andy Pye looks at how drives & motors are used within these systems.Typical applications in the automotive industry for which drive systems are used includeRolling road test stands for the c

Colin Hargis, chief engineer at Control Techniques, offers an introduction to harmonics in this two-part blog. Part two is available here.This blog is an introduction to the subject of electrical power harmonics, with special reference to variable speed inverter drives. It aims to explain what they

In the second part of this mini-series, Colin Hargis looks at the effective management of harmonics. Part one is available here.Harmonic measurementsIndividual harmonic currents or voltages can be measured and quoted in r.m.s. quantities. Often they can be expressed as a percentage of the fundamenta

Andy Pye looks at how variable speed drives help keep things like food and medicine cool in industrial refrigeration applications.For around 200 years, refrigeration technologies have progressively aided the provision of essential goods and services, such as:Food preservationMedical processesDistric