Ensuring that equipment is working safely and efficiently is critical to any successful manufacturing operation. That goes double for food processing. Erratic asset performance indicated by vibration or power performance issues can produce batches of wasted, unhealthy product and unplanned downtime. In the past, some food-processing facilities took a run-to-failure approach to facility maintenance. At…
Imagine a machine that stamps plastic parts. It has three different phases coming into the asset, and occasionally, one of those phases becomes unbalanced. An unbalanced phase affects the proper functioning of the asset because the motor or pump increases its power consumption and does not work as designed. This particular machine tries to get…
Optotech is a leader in optical machinery equipment and has a range of machinery and process technology for precision and ophthalmic optics. John Marhefka, a field service engineer for OptoTech, explains that OptoTech’s customer base includes the people who order the equipment to make lenses. According to Marhefka, one of OptoTech’s servicing generators—located at their…
B3 Electric (B3) primarily serves industrial customers in automotive-based manufacturing. The company conducts electrical troubleshooting for customers where a meter is required. In mid-2017, B3 President John Baker needed a piece of equipment that could capture voltage, current, power factor and frequency issues. He found that the Fluke 3540 FC Three-Phase Power Monitor met these…
Join us on July 12, 2018, at 10 a.m. CST for the Fluke Corporation webinar on improving asset reliability with remote power monitoring. In this one-hour webinar, you’ll learn the key values of beginning or expanding upon a condition monitoring program that includes power monitoring, the impact of remote power monitoring on your assets, the impact…
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Solar power production is on the rise. Solar jobs are growing 17 times faster than the US economy, and solar installations rose 8 percent in the second quarter as robust utility demand offset a sharp pullback in residential rooftop systems. Companies are looking to minimize energy waste, improve efficiency and identify savings for customers. Commercial…
Recently a team of Fluke employees visited with Filmwerks International, a cross-functional team of maintenance professionals that services various broadcast networks during live events, including professional football, to see the power monitor in action. While Filmwerks is headquartered in Rocky Point, North Carolina, we had the pleasure of tagging along as they set up uninterruptible…
Filmwerks International already employs Fluke 3540 FC Three-Phase Power Monitors to collect shore power data to share with its clients. The team got a first look at a thermal imaging sensor outside one of its custom-built trailers, deployed to provide uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for event broadcasts for major television networks. Surrounded by the humming of broadcast trailers,…