Condition monitoring instruments
Seeing a fault before it happens is the only real answer to unplanned downtime. Vibration, temperature and alignment readings say a bearing has started to degrade weeks before anyone can hear it. The value is not in one number but in the trend at the same point over time — which is why the first reading is taken while the machine is healthy.
Types and variants
The distinct designs that sit under this category.
Vibration pens and data collectors
Fast route checks and trending — a pen gives one value, a collector gives the spectrum.
Stroboscopes
Freeze a rotating part visually to spot cracks and looseness.
Thermal cameras and infrared thermometers
Find hot bearings, loose electrical joints and blocked cooling.
Laser alignment tools
Coupling and belt misalignment, one of the most common causes of early failure.
Where it is used
The applications this category most often serves.
- Predictive maintenance programmes
- Commissioning and acceptance measurements
- Root cause analysis after a failure
- Energy and efficiency improvement work
What we ask when selecting
What we need in order to find the right part. You do not need all of it — we can work out the rest together.
- Number of machines and route frequency
- A fifty-machine round and one critical machine do not want the same instrument.
- Depth of analysis needed
- Is an overall value enough, or do you need spectrum and envelope analysis?
- Environment and certification
- In an explosive atmosphere ATEX certification is a requirement, not a preference.
- Software and reporting
- A reading only pays off if it can be stored and compared.
Other categories in this group
Send us the designation or the dimensions — we will find the match.
A code you cannot find in the catalogue, a faded marking on an old bearing, or just the dimensions — any of the three is enough. The wrong bearing costs more than a late one.