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Electric Motors:


Motors are the driving force of industry or commercial facility.

An electric motor is a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. In normal motoring mode, most electric motors operate through the interaction between an electric motor’s magnetic field (Rotor) and winding currents(Stator) to generate force within the Motor.

The distance between stator and Rotor must be equal and balanced, and the force should be uniform.

Quest RELIABILITY team helps in analyzing motor faults in early-stage and prevent unplanned downtime. The following technology used to detect and predict the most common failures of electric motors

Technology Fault Symptoms
Vibration Unbalance, Misalignment, Looseness, Resonance, and Bearing faults
Motor Current Signature Analysis/ESA Eccentric rotor-variable rotating air gap
Thermal rotor bow, Broken or cracked rotor bars
Lamination problems
IR Thermography Lamination shortens and heating of the Motor
Oil Analysis Bearing wear through oil condition
Ultrasound Detect lubrication problems and very early-stage of bearing wear

Pumps & Compressors:


Pumps: A pump is a machine that moves a fluid (either or liquid) from one place to another.

Compressor: A compressor is a machine that squeezes gas into a small volume and pumps it somewhere else at the same time.

Quest RELIABILITY team helps in analyzing Pumps & Compressors and prevent unplanned downtime. The following technology used to detect and predict the most common failures of Pumps & Compressors

Technology Fault Symptoms
Vibration Unbalance, Misalignment, Looseness, Resonance, Bearing faults, Soft foot, and Cavitation.
Motor Current Signature Analysis/ESA Major Misalignment(Surface temperature) and Last stage of bearing failure
Oil Analysis Bearing wear through oil condition analysis
Ultrasound Detect lubrication problems and very early-stage of bearing wear and steam traps

Fans & Blowers:


Fans and blowers provide air for ventilation and process requirement
Fans have the specific pressure ratio up to 1.11
Blowers have a particular pressure ratio from 1.11 to 1.20

Quest RELIABILITY team helps in analyzing Fans & Blowers and prevent unplanned downtime. The following technology used to detect and predict the most common failures of Fans & Blowers

Technology Fault Symptoms
Vibration Unbalance, Misalignment, Wear, Looseness, Resonance, and Bearing faults.
IR Thermography Major Misalignment and last stage of bearing failure
Oil Analysis Bearing wear through oil condition
Ultrasound Detect lubrication problems and very early-stage of bearing wear and steam straps

Pumps & Compressors:


A reciprocating compressor is a positive- displacement equipment with pistons to compress gas and to deliver at high pressure.
It is an engine that utilizes one or more pistons to convert pressure into rotating motion.

Quest RELIABILITY team helps in analyzing Reciprocating Compressor and prevent unplanned downtime. The following technology used to detect and predict the most common failures of Reciprocating Compressor

Technology Fault Symptoms
Vibration Unbalance, Damaged bores, Bearing defects, Losseness, and misalignment.
P-V Analysis Efficiency and Econonomy, Valve and other component life
Ultrasound Valves and Injector condition analysis, leaking/damaged valves

Gearbox:


Gear is a toothed wheel with a mechanical method of transferring energy from one device to another. The gearbox is a system of gears which alters torque and speed between a drive and a driven system. They can also change the direction of the axis of rotation and can change rotary motion to linear motion.

Quest RELIABILITY team helps in analyzing Gearbox and prevent unplanned downtime. The following technology used to detect and predict the most common failures of Gearbox

Technology Fault Symptoms
Vibration Unbalance, Misalignment, Looseness, Resonance, Bearing fault, Gear teeth damage and wear
Oil Analysis Analyze oil health, oil contamination and machine wear.
Wear Particle Analysis (WPA) Bearing, Gear and other components wear through oil particle analysis
Ultrasound Detect lubrication problems and very early-stage of bearing wear

Bearings:


The rotating shaft is to transmit power from one end to another, which need support to ensure stability and frictions less rotation.
The support for the shaft is known as “Bearings.”
The shaft has running fit in a bearing. All bearings are provided with a lubrication system to reduce friction between shaft and bearings.

Quest RELIABILITY team helps in analyzing Bearings and prevent unplanned downtime. The following technology used to detect and predict the most common failures

Technology Fault Symptoms
Vibration Inner race, Outer race, Ball spin and Cage rate frequency
Oil Analysis Bearing wear through oil contamination
Ultrasound Detect lubrication problems and very early-stage of bearing wear
High-Frequency Detection Using high-frequency vibration data we can analyze the bearing condition at an early stage

Belts and Pulleys:


GA belt drive is one of the most cost-effective means of power transmission. The drive depends on the friction between the belt and the pulley to transmit power between drive and driven pulley. Belts are looped over pulleys and may have a twist between the pulleys, and the shafts need to be parallel.

Quest RELIABILITY team helps in analyzing Belts and Pulleys to prevent unplanned downtime. The following technology used to detect and predict the most common failures of Belts and Pulleys

Technology Fault Symptoms
Vibration Unbalance, Misalignment, Eccentric sheaves, Looseness, Resonance, and Bearing faults
Oil Analysis Bearing wear through oil condition
Ultrasound Detect lubrication problems and very early-stage of bearing wear
Stroboscope Belt resonance, Belt damage

Coupling:


It is a mechanical element used to connect two shafts of a transmission system and transmit the torque from one shaft to another.
Depending upon the coupling type, it can allow small misalignment and even its a flexible coupling, and it has no excuse for excessive misalignment.
Misalignment reduces the coupling life up to a great extent.

Quest RELIABILITY team helps in analyzing Coupling and prevent unplanned downtime. The following technology used to detect and predict the most common failures of Coupling

Technology Fault Symptoms
Vibration Unbalance, Looseness
IR Thermography Last stage of Coupling damage
Stroboscope Shim damage in couplings

Rolls:


The various applications on the paper machine require a variety of rolls, and other process industry also has many applications of the rolls.
If any unexpected roll bearing failure, then it would result in a massive loss to the plant. In many applications, rolls are slow speed which makes very hard to analyze its condition through a traditional vibration analysis program.

Quest RELIABILITY team helps in analyzing Paper Machine Rolls and prevent unplanned downtime. The following technology used to detect and predict the most common failures of Paper Machine Rolls

Technology Fault Symptoms
Vibration Unbalance, Misalignment, Looseness, Resonance, and Bearing faults and Damaged roll profile
IR Thermography Last stage of bearing failure
Oil Analysis Bearing wear through oil condition
Ultrasound Detect lubrication problems and very early-stage of bearing wear

Mills:


A mill is a device that breaks solid material into smaller pieces by grinding, crushing, or cutting. Mills are a vital part of the operation in many process industries.
There are many types of mills and many types of materials processed by them.

Quest RELIABILITY tteam helps in analyzing Mills and prevent unplanned downtime. The following technology used to detect and predict the most common failures of Mills

Technology Fault Symptoms
Vibration Unbalance, Misalignment, Looseness, Resonance, and Bearing faults
IR Thermography Last stage of bearing failure
Oil Analysis Bearing wear through oil condition
Ultrasound Detect lubrication problems and very early-stage of bearing wear

Turbine:


A turbine is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid form and converts it into useful work. The work produced by a turbine can be used for generating electrical power when combined with a generator.

Quest RELIABILITY team helps in analyzing Turbine and prevent unplanned downtime. The following technology used to detect and predict the most common failures of Turbine.

Technology Fault Symptoms
Vibration Unbalance, Misalignment, Looseness, Resonance and Bearing faults
Oil Analysis Bearing wear through oil condition

Saturday Success Academy

Your education in the classroom training is one aspect of experience in your career, but learning doesn’t stop there. Enhance your learning experience with Quest RELIABILITY by attending extended learning workshops.

This program is intended for providing an extended learning opportunity for the students who want to learn about specific techniques which they hadn’t experienced at field.

We facilitate the students with hands on experience using portable analyzers, online systems, wireless sensors and software to experience the real-world problems and analysis. We can help students to understand specific technique example Bump Test, Run-up/Coast down, Orbit analysis, Laser Alignment and In-situ dynamic balancing.

You will gain a new idea from exploring and discussing concepts with your fellow peers and you will experience a step change in your career.

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