Podcast 40 Challenges from Marketing Related to Vibration and Electrical Signature Analysis a rant with Sasquatch

Podcast 40 Challenges from Marketing Related to Vibration and Electrical Signature Analysis a rant with Sasquatch

Went off on a rant related to some of the marketing fluff that appears to result in improper applications of vibration and other predictive maintenance technology. Discussion and demonstration of…
Podcast 39 A Discussion and Tour of EMPATH ECMS Continuous Monitoring Software and Setup with a bit of a rant

Podcast 39 A Discussion and Tour of EMPATH ECMS Continuous Monitoring Software and Setup with a bit of a rant

A review and discussion of the EMPATH ECMS continuous electrical signature analysis monitoring system, what it does, MotorDocAI features, and a full demonstration of setting up the base software. Warts…
Podcast 38 A Tour of the Data Collection Portion of EMPATH Electrical Signature Analysis and a Few Updates on Tech

Podcast 38 A Tour of the Data Collection Portion of EMPATH Electrical Signature Analysis and a Few Updates on Tech

A tour of a live upload and quick analysis of a small motor using EMPATH ESA (warts, errors and all). Part 2 of the EMPATH series. Also, a review of…
Podcast 37 A Tour of the Analytics Portion of EMPATH Electrical Signature Analysis

Podcast 37 A Tour of the Analytics Portion of EMPATH Electrical Signature Analysis

A tour of the settings and analysis capabilities of the EMPATH software - Part 1. A walk-through of a 50hp motor with a series of common conditions. Software version 8.0f.…
Practical Electrical Signature Analysis of Induction Machines Part 3

Practical Electrical Signature Analysis of Induction Machines Part 3

Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA) is a powerful diagnostic tool used to assess the performance and health of induction motors by analyzing voltage and current waveforms. This article, Part 3 of…
NETA Article on Transformer Testing with Electrical Signature Analysis

NETA Article on Transformer Testing with Electrical Signature Analysis

How Electrical and Current Signature Analysis is used with transformers to look at condition, waveforms, power quality, and condition including loose connections.  Enjoy!  Features the use of the EMPATH and…

MotorDoc Podcast 30 Rules Based vs Physical Model Based Technology and ESA

A discussion of the difference between rules-based IoT, also known as 'expert systems,' and physical models (ML/AI) for condition-based maintenance. Demonstration of both as well as a case study of…

Podcast 26 Evaluation and Comparison of a Wind Turbine Using a Physical and Statistical Model Anomaly Detection and Expert System

Using trended data from an ESA system on a wind turbine (raw data not spectral) develop a quick anomaly detection system in ChatGPT then compare to an expert system analysis.…

Podcast 24 Digital Transformation Positives and Negatives and yes a little more ChatGPT

Following a windpower powertrain meeting at Argonne National Labs with the National Renewable Energy Labs (NREL), OEMs, data scientists, end users, AI/ML/SCADA software designers and engineers, etc. a few things…