Podcast 55 Fan Belts Energy and Reliability Oh My
During a weekend emergency call we were tasked to review a set of fan applications where synchronous belts were used. The application was seeing damage to the belts, bearings and…
Impact of Rotor Bar Bridges in Torque Development in Integral Horsepower Machines in PWM Inverter Environments
The impact of rotor bar bridges in closed-slot induction motor rotors has been simulated using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and single phase equivalent circuit methods in 60 Hz sinusoidal environments.…
Podcast 53 EMPOWER MCSA on Two 4000 Volt Motors on Shop Test Pad at No Load
If an MCSA/ESA technology representative tells you that you need more than 50% load to test an electric motor then they don't have the resolution you need to identify electrical…
EMPOWER User Experience Article
Article by Mark Kingkade on his initial experience with EMPOWER MCSA in the field.
Podcast 52 Can We Analyze Motor Faults with Normal Audio Beginning of Project
In this first video we kick off our upcoming project on using simple sound measurements to determine energy losses in equipment. This is a follow-up to our work on energy…
Podcast 51 Overview of IEEE PES Materials Subcommittee Standards for Electric Machines
An overview of the recent meeting, standards in process, and other standards meant for testing electric machines of all sizes. This will kick off a few of these that will…
Podcast 49 Using Generative AI to Develop a Motor Current Signature Analyzer with Lessons Learned
A few lessons learned concerning MotorDocAI's work on a portable Motor Current Signature Analyzer using AI tools such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and other tools with Python and using Visual…
Podcast 49 The Innovation Lab Presentation on Energy and Emissions as Reliability and Maintenance KPI for the SMRP 2024 Cancelled Conference
Cancelling (or postponing) SMRP 2024 was a good call – The tropical storm turning to hurricane, Milton, is making its way to Florida. Overall, everyone is giving positive feedback, United…
Podcast 48 A Tour of the MotorDoc EMPOWER Motor Current Signature Analyzer
https://youtu.be/E01RuyWC1Xg A quick story and tour of the new MotorDoc EMPOWER motor current signature analyzer (EMPOWER - Electric Motor Performance Optimization Waveform Evaluation and Recognition). Extremely portable hardware that works…
Podcast 47 Performing Predictive RUL Example with ChatGPT Strengths and Weaknesses
A demonstration of using ChatGPT and the NASA jet engine database (https://data.nasa.gov/Aerospace/CMAPSS-Jet-Engine-Simulated-Data/ff5v-kuh6/about_data) to develop a RUL and anomaly detection method. While the attempt fails due to problems with ChatGPT that…