This article is based on insights shared by Lisa Pansing, Strategic Enterprise Account Executive at Fluke Reliability, during her session “Standardization + Automation: Training and [...]
Insights from Gary Wood’s session “Turning Data into Decisions: Quantifying the Value of Condition-Based Monitoring” at Xcelerate 25. Condition-based monitoring (CBM) has long promised to [...]
Every megawatt that a data center consumes doesn’t just strain the grid — it stresses the mechanical and electrical systems that keep servers online. But [...]
Walk an aisle at any modern data center and you’ll see the discipline of routine: rounds completed, parameters logged, checklists signed. Inspections build confidence, but [...]
In hyperscale and co-location facilities, monitoring never stops. Thousands of data points flow in from data center infrastructure management (DCIM) platforms, building management systems [...]
Data centers are built for resilience. Redundant power feeds, mirrored storage, and layered IT safeguards are all designed to keep uptime as close to absolute [...]
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect the latest practices in online condition monitoring and smart diagnostics. More efficiency through automation. Greater productivity [...]
Background of Predictive Maintenance For decades, predictive maintenance programs have had a cyclical existence at continuous process plants. When budgets tighten or teams reorganize, [...]
This article is intended to help the reader develop an understanding of the concept of phase as it applies to vibration and signal analysis. Simple [...]
This is Part 2 of a two-part series adapted from the original paper “Mobility: A New Approach to Measuring Actual Forces in Machinery” by Alan [...]