Inspectors vibration

After the initial programming of the state-of-the-art data collector units, a display window on the module provides a description of each piece of equipment on the surveillance route in sequence. The vibration inspector, prompted by the instrument readout, walks up to the operating equipment described on the display and thrusts a probe on the indicated bearing or other data point. When the analyst presses a button, the module captures the vibration level and any required analysis data. The data collector automatically identifies troubled sets based upon preset alarm values and collects spectrum data. Once the data col-... 

The team generates reports for two management reports. Vibration inspectors generate and distribute detailed surveillance reports to the equipment owners and the area maintenance supervisor so that corrective action can be planned. The inspectors also provide a summary report for middle management. 

The Vibration Inspectors at PPG—Lake Charles collect data on 27,000 data points from 2,100 equipment sets. The vast amount of data requires a Pentium computer with a 2-gigabyte hard disk to manage it. R. W. LeBlanc described the benefits of a proactive... 

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