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By calculating your downtime you can find out the value of a reliability program. UPI has seen companies increase their Uptime and improve their production efficiencies as much as 3% in 1 year through the use of vibration.

Here is a quick calculation to justify the use of vibration:

Hours of Operation: 8760 (for a 24 hour 7 day a week operation)

Percent of Productivity Increase: 1% = 87.6 hours

Even if your operating cost for downtime are only $1,000.00 that equals out to be an $87,600 increase in bottom line profits.

The industry standard increase in Productivity is 3% when using PdM based Technologies. That means that in 1 year your company's production could increase profits

$262,800.00

Vibration Analysis

Vibration analysis is like giving your equipment a check up from the doctor. Vibration is the only tool in a predictive maintenance toolbox that can accurately detect equipment problems like imbalance, misalignment, eccentricity, resonance and looseness that lead to bearing failure. In much the same way a stethoscope is placed on you by a doctor, placing a sensor on the bearings of a piece of equipment like a pump or motor can help maintenance understand its operating condition.

These vibration readings are recorded to monitor and help plan for maintenance repairs.

As these level trend upwards and into alarm the data is then viewed in one of 2 formats- a waveform (which is the raw form of the data) or a spectrum (which is like an end view of the waveform).

For example if the pump had an imbalanced situation the waveform would show a complete cycle in one complete rotation of the shaft.

If this waveform cycle was viewed from the end we could see the once per revolution cycle more clearly. This is called a spectrum and is the primary tool used in equipment failure diagnosis.

Contact UPI or one of its resellers to learn more about how the world of vibration analysis is changing to make it more affordable and easier for standard maintenance and operations personnel to perform.

To learn about the value of vibration click here to see a case study.

Program Types

UPI Collected Program

A UPI employee comes to your site and collects vibration on a monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, or annual basis. They returns to UPI Headquarters, analyzes the data and returns a equipment status report within 3 working days via our email/website delivery process. We can also provide the reports via CD or hard copy.

Each of the following programs has a specific training course specially designed to meet your specific situation and requirements.

Customer Collected

An employee of your company collects the vibration data gaining a valuable understanding of machine operating condition and upload the data to our website; where qualified vibration analysts will analyze your data and return you the equipment status via our email/website delivery process. This program involves a monthly consulting fee depending on the number of machines to be analyzed. Contact us about how to begin this program.

Customer Maintained

You own and maintain your program as you see fit and only use UPI when equipment goes into alarm and you need a full analysis. Contact us about details and pricing. UPI will help you begin with training. Specialized pricing available. Contact us to discuss the cost advantages of this approach.

Specialized Vibration

UPI also understands that you may have a vibration analyzer already on hand but you don't have the staff or expertise to perform the analysis or even the collection. UPI has used most of the vibration analyzers on the market and can also quickly adapt to one it hasn't used. We will run or assist your vibration program in the manner that gives you the greatest Return On Investment. We have years of experience and have the ability to come onsite or remotely analyze your data.

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