Site safety, equipment reliability, and a balanced budget from smooth operations are the cornerstones of a successful power grid. Today’s utility companies face immense challenges with current ...

There are many, many definitions for condition-based monitoring (CBM),” says Diego Navarro, global fleet management solutions manager for John Deere Construction and Forestry Division. “Mine is being ...

By Scott Abramson, Reliability Manager, Duke Energy Generation Services In the reliability world of utility businesses, CBM typically refers to condition-based maintenance or condition-based ...

Are you looking for ways to minimize downtime in your HVAC system? Would you like enhanced awareness of potential maintenance problems before they reach a critical stage? condition-based monitoring ...

Everyone who is responsible for pump maintenance has received the dreaded phone call at 4:30 p.m. on a Friday afternoon that a critical pump has a seal failure. All parties now go into crisis mode.

When pondering the challenges utilities face, a critical question arises: how can we solve the paradox of expanding scope against dwindling resources? Amidst an uncertain future, reducing ...

This activity was supported by Contract/Grant No. W91lNF-l0-C-0098 from the National Academy of Sciences and the Department of Defense. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations ...

Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) already makes a difference in U.S. Army aviation -- despite the fact the program still is in its formative stages. An aviation unit from the 101st Airborne Division ...

For any railway, safety is fundamental before other metrics become relevant. To understand how safely a train is operating, and to predict when it will not be, it is important to monitor train ...

Electric utilities, which maintain large areas of distribution line corridors over vast areas and widely varied environmental conditions, face the challenges of keeping up with vegetation maintenance ...

Senior Airman Rafael De Leon inspects the underside of an F-15E Strike Eagle’s wing at RAF Lakenheath. The Liberty Wing’s maintenance teams ensure that aircraft are ready to accomplish the mission ...

Are you looking for ways to minimize downtime in the facilities you manage or design? Would you like enhanced awareness of what is happening in your system? Condition-based monitoring (CBM) may be the ...