Condition Monitoring of rotating machinery through Vibration Analysis

Abstract

Condition monitoring, commonly referred to as predictive maintenance, a proven approach to improve the reliability and productivity in any industries. Its underlying philosophy is that technology can be used to measure and evaluate the condition of plant assets and equipment; enabling intelligent decisions in regard to maintenance activities. Maintenance processes are adopted by almost all the industries and are going well with preventive maintenance, but could not totally implement the predictive maintenance to practice, especially in the small and medium scale industries. Predictive maintenance by condition monitoring techniques will increase the efficiency, industrial safety and will reduce the maintenance cost. This paper gives the brief idea of condition monitoring in a nutshell referring to vibration analysis.