I need some help understanding the newer technology being utilized in condition monitoring. I am talking about the wireless sensors that are measuring vibration and temperature. I haven't been in the market for a long time and my pervious experience is with route based and wired sensors. I am being told, by salespeople, that these short interval/high frequency sensors do just as good as the old school route based sensors due to the frequency of the readings outweigh the "full revolution" readings. I am having a hard time wrapping my head around snippets of vibration readings giving me enough data to analyze and determine even proactive maintenance. Can anyone explain how not seeing a full revolution or more helps me evaluate a bearing?
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Brian Hutchings
Maintenance and Reliability Mgr
ICP Group
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