T&M Instruments 3rd Annual Machine Condition Monitoring Seminar

Are you a part of the predictive / preventative maintenance team at your plant?  Or, in some cases, are you the predictive maintenance team at your plant?  🙂   We’ve all heard quotes about how  X dollars per hour is lost, when a critical piece of equipment goes down unexpectedly. There are 2 truths to this matter:  it’s really impossible to calculate just how much was lost, and no one ever regretted monitoring a critical asset.  T&M Instruments is proud to host its 3rd annual seminar on instrumentation to monitor these assets. A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided, but RSVP is required.

 

WHEN:  Wednesday December 7^th, 2016 8:00am – 2:30pm

 WHERE:  Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake

3000 NASA Road 1 Houston, TX 77058

 

Please RSVP:  Kendra Curtis / 512-772-1553

*Lunch and snacks will be provided, please advise any special dietary needs*

 AGENDA:

8:00am – 8:30am: light breakfast, introductions

8:30am – 9:30am:   Accelerometers and Prox Probes

Presenter:  David Gripe, CTC Vibration Hardware

Topics include:

–          How do these sensors work?

–          What’s the best way to install them?

–          What kind of environments can they withstand?

–          What kind of cabling and connector options are available?

–          What are the electrical outputs?

 

9:30am – 10:30am:  Route-based iPad data collectors

Presenter:  David Bukowitz, GTI Predictive

Topics include:

–          What are the basic features of the iPad data collector?

–          What can it do differently than a traditional data collector?

–          How does it tie into my maintenance program?

 

10:30am – 11:00am:  Break

 

11:00am – 12:00pm:  Portable Machinery Analyzers

Presenter:  Kalyan Vitta, Data Physics

Topics include:

–          What kind of sensors can I use?

–          How do I configure the system to take data?

–          How do I analyze and report data?

–          What can I learn about my machinery from the data?

 

12:00pm – 12:30pm:  Retrieve lunch (buffet style)

 

12:30pm – 1:30pm:  LUNCH Presentation:  FLIR Thermal Cameras

Presenter:  Barry Hirst, FLIR

Topics include:

–          How does a thermal camera work?

–          What are thermal cameras most used for?

–          What’s available for continuous monitoring?

–          How are permanent mount cameras different than portable cameras?

 

1:30pm:  Barry Hirst will have a LIVE DRAWING for a FLIR model Ax8 developer kit ($1,350 value)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:30pm – 2:30pm:  Q&A, meet the experts, product displays