World economy relies on industry and industry relies on specialized and very expensive equipment. All equipment involves rotating components. Monitoring the vibration of a machine’s rotating parts establishes a clear correlation between the mechanical condition of the machine and the recorded vibration data. Consequently, vibration analysis can be employed to identify and locate the precise machine parts which are degrading, thus preventing the occurrence of serious and expensive damage or failure.

Machines are different from people because they never get tired and when they do, you can simply change parts and life goes on. Unfortunately, machines, unlike people, do not speak and thus they make it impossible to identify parts which need replacement based on communication. Mechanical parts in particular are exposed to wearing and undetected excess wearing can lead to disasters. It is enough that one part fails to function in order to trigger complete damage.

Vibration research has established a clear link between the vibration pattern of a rotating component and its mechanical condition. Therefore, vibration analysis reflects the capacity of a part to function within proper safety and performance parameters. The role of vibration engineering consultants becomes instrumental in the early detection of mechanical fatigue and breakdown.

Downtime is something that no factory owner wants to even imagine. It is like imagining that you will lose all data in your entire information system. There may be many causes for plant failure but generally the mechanical ones are the most difficult to diagnose in time. And that is why vibration research and vibration analysis are becoming increasingly popular.

Many manufacturing or processing plants choose to work with vibration engineering consultants because they can help them keep their plants “healthy”, reduce downtime and save money. When it comes to a machine, there is nothing worse than downtime. And when it comes to downtime, there is nothing worse than knowing that you could have prevented it. Vibration analysis could have saved you the trouble of wasting time and money.

Vibration research has led to the discovery of two basic facts that vibration analysis can be based on. Vibration engineering consultants are well aware that absolutely all common failure modes possess separate vibration frequency components. These components can be isolated and located. This is the first principle of vibration analysis. The second principle is that the amplitude of each separate vibration component remains constant unless there is a change in the operating dynamics of the machinery. With these two certitudes, vibration research has developed solutions such as accelerometers, tachometers, and software programs that can help monitoring and analyzing vibration pattern of mechanical parts. Consequently, vibration analysis was born, with all its benefits, including the maximization of intervals between repairs without the risk of failure, reducing drastically the downtime amount, and optimizing machinery performance.

Perhaps it should be added that 80% of machinery problems are represented by imbalance and misalignment according to vibration engineering consultants. Both of these problems lead to premature wear of crucial elements such as bearings, gears, shaft seals, couplings, and so on. Sometimes it is not necessarily wearing that causes disasters but improper installation in practically new machinery can have the same unfortunate effects. As a result, the importance of vibration research in the development of vibration analysis can hardly be denied.

Srikanth Narasimalu is a vibration analysis specialist and member of Business Social Stanford Who\’s Who Business Social Network

Srikanth Narasimalu http://srikanthnarasimalu.info is a vibration analysis specialist and member of Business Social Stanford Who\’s Who Business Social Network http://www.stanfordwhoswho.com

Author Bio: Srikanth Narasimalu is a vibration analysis specialist and member of Business Social Stanford Who\’s Who Business Social Network

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