Description
High resolution mobile phones with slow-motion recording capability provide an amazing resource for reliability professionals. We’ve already seen slow-motion mobile phone camera’s used in place of strobe lights to visualize and identify common faults like broken keyway’s, material build up on fans and more.
In this case study we will explore and evaluate the effectiveness of utilizing mobile phone video recordings for vibration analysis of rotating equipment to identify common machine health faults that previously required the use of hard-wired sensor technology in a non-contact method video post processing method. Several different examples will be used to clearly identify misalignment, imbalance, looseness, phase related issues, and more.
Learning Objective: Understand the power of mobile phone camera technology available to nearly every reliability professional as they already have the phone available as a tool.
Learning Takeaways:
- Understand how camera frame rate relates to fmax
- Understand how camera resolution impacts sample resolution for analysis
- Understand how lighting impacts post processing
- Best practices for mobile phone non-contact vibration analysis
Bio - Dr. Thierry Erbessd
Thierry Erbessd, Mexican entrepreneur has revolutionized the field of Vibration Analysis and Dynamic Balancing worldwide.
Dr. Erbessd is a graduate of the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico and is also a passionate programmer, he is the creator of DigivibeMX software that competes among the best systems for vibration analysis. He is currently the President and Chief Innovation Officer of the Erbessd Instruments, a leading company in solutions for industrial maintenance.
ERBESSD INSTRUMENTS is a leading manufacturer of Vibration Analysis Equipment and Dynamic Balancing Machines with facilities in Mexico and the United States and representatives around the world.
Bio - Steve Mottershead
Steve Mottershead is the Hands-on Strategic Change Director for Predictive Maintenance and Precision Lubrication. He has been Senior management in manufacturing, automotive, financial & industrial services since 1991. He has previously been a Mechanical Engineer for British Airways, Mercedes-Benz, Shell, AV Technology and now running CBM Partners; the UK’s leading Wireless Condition Monitoring company.
His main focuses are deploying Condition Based Maintenance and Reliability Centred Lubrication services, products and consultancy to international manufacturers, service providers and strategic partners. He works closely with Erbessd-Instruments in Europe, as a Master Distributor.
Steve is also a Trustee of The Cornelius Arts Foundation (Anglo-Frech); “Think-Do-Tank”, understanding the transformative power of art.