John Woods

When a customer serving chemical processing operations experienced a locked-up industrial motor, EMC’s inspection found signs of severe bearing damage, overheating, a missing cooling fan, and possible internal electrical damage. EMC recommended a full motor replacement to reduce downtime, avoid unreliable repair costs, and help prevent future motor failure through proper bearing lubrication training and stocked replacement fans.

In rotating equipment, excessive vibrations can be a serious source of many problems both to-be and pre-existing. Finding the sources of excessive vibrations in machinery can sometimes be a challenge, though a necessary step to resolve current issues and prevent future downtimes for rotating equipment. This article explores three common causes of vibrations in rotating equipment, such as centrifugal pumps, in an effort to prevent further issues due to excessive vibrations. The three common...

One of the most useful and under-appreciated inventions in the world of rotating equipment and valves is most definitely the valve actuator. This is because without an actuator, many industrial processes requiring a valve would become much, much more time-consuming, if even still possible at all. Actuators “control the opening and closing of valves. They can provide either linear or rotary motion and work with different types of valves, including ball and butterfly valves.” 1 Though as...