Loose Connection in DC Drive Energy and Emissions Impact
One of the cool things about the EMPATH Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA) system is the ability to look at watts losses by defect. Normally our case studies relate to AC…
Pioneering Predictive Maintenance with EMPATH: A Collaborative Success for Energy Efficiency and Emissions Reduction
By ChatGPT4.0 as prompted by MotorDoc LLC staff The landscape of equipment maintenance in commercial and industrial facilities has long been dominated by traditional vibration analysis systems. However, recent advancements…
Struggling with Driverless AI in a Tesla
First, after our rental experience on a business trip with a Tesla Model 3, I would definitely rent one again. However, the experience with driverless technology definitely reinforced my thoughts…
Understanding EMPATH ESA Continuous Monitoring Infrastructure
Framatome's EMPATH and ECMS data collection and continuous monitoring systems are flexible hybrid expert/ML/AI systems that also allow for real-time and historical data science. MotorDoc LLC and MotorDocAI are partnered…
Energy Monitoring Dashboard
Some of our clients use the ECMS-E1 and ECMS-32's for site energy monitoring. The hybrid edge system that we have developed provides the ability to simply create dashboards such as…
Workforce and Infrastructure Discussion with a Lineman
One of the things that I enjoy about my particular career choice is a lot of travel and working with my hands and mind. I have transitioned away from a…
Skilled Workforce Observations 2022
In 2018 efforts resulted in the passing of the Perkins Reauthorization which provided $billions in funding for CTE (Continuing and Technical Education) followed by a number of additional funding bills…
Analyzing Transformer Sound with a Phone – Poor Man’s Analysis
So, you are out on a job and there is a noisy transformer - you know, that humming noise that we are all familiar with. However, something doesn't sound quite…
Machine Learning IoT in a Box: Lessons from the SMRP Conference
Lately there has been a lot of discussion about the differences surrounding electric motor prognostics with expert systems and machine learning IoT devices. The difference became glaringly obvious right before…
Review of Power Quality Data in a Traditional Grid Environment Part 2
Figure 1: First service at a manufacturing facility. Secondary of Utility Transformer (PCC) in an area with heavy wind/solar/nuclear Figure 2: Second service at same facility as Figure 1. Secondary…