We often ask ourselves about the attention we would like to have from company executives and get frustrated when reliability, maintenance and physical asset management is not at the forefront. Yet, many of us go to the gym – how often do you consider the reliability and maintenance of the ‘production equipment’ that you use.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 29, 2019 CONTACT : Howard W Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP hpenrose@motordoc.com President, MotorDoc® LLC Motordoc.com Chair, SMRP Government Relations Cyber and Infrastructure SMRP (Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals) SMRP.org WENT TO CONGRESS TO ADVOCATE FOR INCREASING INVESTMENTS IN SKILLS TRAINING SMRP urged lawmakers to align workforce development policies with the needs…
Reliability engineering and powerlifting. Those who know me understand that I deep dive into both. Although they seem diverse, there are a lot of things in common with powerlifting being a microcosm of safety, reliability and communication as humans and equipment are pushed to their limits. In a powerlifting meet there are three lifts with…
SMRP Government Relations was invited to participate on the July 25, 2019, ‘Building a Culture of Security: Integrating Cyber into Career and Technical Education (CTE),’ briefing at the Cannon Building in Washington, DC. The briefing was hosted by the Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus, co-chaired by Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Rep Glenn ‘GT’…
An extremely important capability of EMPATH testing is the resolution. The ~26,500 lines (all other ESA type devices are under 17k lines – EMPATH is not a simple ESA device) allow us to review fine differences in frequency including pole pass frequencies of unloaded and uncoupled motors. In this case study an 800hp, 4160 Volt…
Howard W Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP MotorDoc LLC, www.motordoc.com The term MCA (Motor Circuit Analysis) is derived from a test method that provides information on the basic components of an alternate-current (AC) or direct-current (DC) electric motor. These basic components include: resistance, measured in Ohms; impedance, measured in Ohms; inductance, measured in Henries; the induction winding…
An evaluation of several insulation types at various degrees of vacuum using repetitive discharge inception and extinction voltage offline testing will be presented. Insulation systems were evaluated in atmosphere and compared to values to 1mmHg using a commercial partial discharge surge tester. The insulation systems evaluated include unvarnished windings, dip and bake epoxy, epoxy trickle…
