Introduction If you spend any time at all with a machinery diagnostic engineer, the first thing you will learn is that they almost never rely solely on vibration data. Instead, they need a full “tool kit” of data. In fact, their first task upon arriving at site to collect data – or to remotely analyze […]
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Introduction The consequences of a false or missed trip can be enormous on modern turbomachinery. Consider for a moment an ethylene compressor incurring a thrust bearing failure without a reliable trip function. As the bearing destroys itself there is nothing to constrain further axial movement of the rotor assembly. Seals are wiped and ethylene escapes, […]
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