Editorial

The emergence of onboard sensor technology and usage is clearly at hand and ever expanding. Sensors represent a dynamic, long-term paradigm shift in the way oil is and will be analyzed. Tracing the history of oil analysis will help us understand how this came about and, perhaps, where it might lead.

In the beginning: The first serious inspection efforts were made in laboratories

Until 15th December 2008, Fluke is offering a free Pressure Module to purchasers of a Fluke HART

Working with equipment manufacturers, hydraulic system designers and maintenance engineers, one of the key factors for Parker Filtration

Corus Northern Engineering Services and Corus Process Engineering (CNES/CPE) work together to provide a wide range of engineering disciplines including mechanical, electrical, structural and civil. We deliver them through our workshops and our design, project engineering and project management organisation to provide engineering support to all process industries, OEMs, and infrastructure facilities such as defence, rail, airports and nuclear.

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Updating to the latest monitoring systems which provide more reliable, more accurate data and eliminating time consuming physical overspeed tests associated with mechanical systems, were the important benefits achieved at Fawley Power Station, following the installation of SENSONICS monitoring equipment. The RWE Npower, Fawley facility is an oil fired power station providing 1000MW of generating capacity and a key facility within the UK

When communication problems occur on a CAN-bus a powerful diagnostic tool is required, as many tools actually require the physical layers to be up and running before they can be used. The Fluke 120 enables a detailed investigation of the ‘physical layer’ bus signals themselves, to find the cause of communications problems. A free, downloadable Fluke Application Note ‘Verifying CAN bus signals with a Fluke ScopeMeter 120 Series’ explains how the 125 ScopeMeter, with its dual-input and steady signal display capability, can display, measure and zoom in on the bus signals. This can be downloaded via the Applications drop-down menu on the www.fluke.co.uk homepage.

The unique ‘Connect-and-View’ hands-off trigger functionality of the Fluke 125 recognises signal patterns and automatically sets up correct triggering. It provides a stable and repeatable display of virtually any signal. On-screen cursor measurements offer more detailed analysis of scope waveforms.
TrendPlot™ enables the Fluke 125 to act as a ‘paperless recorder’, capturing minimum and maximum peak values and averages over time for up to 16 days. The two inputs can plot any combination of volts, amps and temperature, with time and date stamps, to help to locate even the most intermittent of faults.

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The new PocketVibra from UK company C-Cubed allows maintenance personnel to easily track bearing performance, identify bearing faults and check mechanical systems for misalignment, balance and hotspots.  
Previously the domain of outsourced consultants, new technology, new PDAs and some good old British innovation now permit service managers to analyse vibration issues on the spot - for themselves - and to automatically trend results to allow predictive maintenance.

AV Technology

Mahatma Gandhi was once asked what he thought of Western civilization. He replied that he thought it would be a good idea. The same thought comes to mind when considering management skills in maintenance departments.

Maintenance personnel often become leaders by the touch of