Condition Monitoring and Machine Maintenance Services Specifications

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Capabilities

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	Condition Monitoring		Condition monitoring and machine maintenance services monitor the condition of machines, processes and rotary equipment.  Condition monitoring and related services include: ferrography or oil analysis (lubricant testing); alignment, position, balance evaluation and correction; and ultrasonic fault detection. Other preventive machine maintenance services perform repairs, part replacement, or lubrication replenishment on a regular basis and/or according to schedule. Condition monitoring and machine maintenance services also perform predictive maintenance (PdM) and/or preventive maintenance (PM) to maintain reliability, avoid loss of life, and prevent costly, unplanned plant or machine shutdowns.
	Consulting / Training		Company offers training and consulting related to testing, inspection, test methods or techniques, regulations, regulatory impact, and/or the registration process.
	Data Acquisition / Instrumentation		Company designs, installs and/or operates data acquisition systems or test instrumentation in on-site field facilities, off-site labs, or for specific end-use applications such as data collection during in-vehicle aircraft or automotive testing.
	Field Evaluation / On-site Inspection		Company provides field evaluations or on-site inspections at the supplier's facility or at the site of the supplier's activity.
	In-process / In-line Testing		Company offers in-process or in-line testing so that products can be tested in functional environments.
	Predictive Analysis / Maintenance		Company provides predictive analysis services to determine when machinery or equipment should be shut down for maintenance or component repair or replacement.
	Preventive / Corrective Maintenance		Company provides preventive or corrective maintenance as part of a condition monitoring program.  Preventative maintenance plans maintain the operating condition of capital equipment to prevent costly plant shutdowns.
	Test Development		Company develops tests and protocols for custom or proprietary parts and systems.
	Test Fixtures / Equipment		Company offers design and fabrication services, test fixtures, test equipment, or monitoring systems for specific applications.
	Specialty / Other		Other unlisted capabilities.
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Materials

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	Facilities / Structures		Company evaluates, provides testing, inspection or related services for facilities or buildings, building systems, structures and large production lines.
	Capital Equipment		Companies evaluate and provide testing, inspection, or related services for large machinery, plant product systems, and capital equipment such as paper mill machines, rolling mills, extruders, semiconductor fab tools, and other critical production equipment.
	Components / Parts		Company evaluates, provides testing or related services at the component or part level.
	Products		Company evaluates, provides testing or related services at the finished product level.
	Other		Company provides testing or related services at an unlisted or specialized level or form factor.
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Services

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	Acoustics Emissions / Noise		Acoustic testing services include the evaluation of the condition of materials, products and equipment; acoustic analysis of signals from analog or digital recording media or products; and investigation of the effects of noise, including ultrasonics and infrasonics, on people, components, materials or products. Acoustic emission testing is a nondestructive test method for determining or monitoring material or structural integrity based on the release of energy detectable by analysis of the emission frequency and amplitude. Particle impact noise detection (PIND) is used to find loose internal components or debris within a device or product undergoing a simulated vibration or shock test.
	Alignment		Companies provide align shafts, pumps, motors, drives, compressors, components, rotating machines, or equipment.  Aligning a new drive or motor's shaft properly to the shaft of a pump or compressor is important assuring no vibrations will occur.  Bearing failure can result when shafts are misaligned. Radial alignment, angular alignment, vertical displacement, horizontal displacement are adjusted through equipment or component positioning with shims, leveling or chocking compounds, surveying instruments, laser alignment tools, and level & plumb checkers.
	Balancing		Companies balance wheels, shafts, and other rotating machine components.  Imbalance in rotary parts can cause severe vibrations leading to equipment damage and unplanned production shutdowns.  Dynamic and static methods are used to measure and balance machinery components and systems. The actual balancing of shafts, wheels or parts is accomplished by adjusting the distribution of mass through the addition of weights or milling off of material.
	Corrosion Testing / Inspection		Company tests or inspects for corrosion effects and for corrosion resistance. Corrosion is a chemical or electrochemical reaction between a material, usually a metal, and its environment, which causes deterioration of the material and its properties. Laboratory corrosion tests include immersion tests in corrosive solutions and salt spray or fog tests.  Field corrosion inspection or testing include thickness changes, weight loss, solution or process water compositional changes using ultrasonic, eddy current, mechanical gaging, coupon tests, chemical analysis and other techniques.
	Dimensional Gaging / Metrology		Company gages dimensional parameters or provides metrology services. Gages or metrology instruments used can include  micrometers, plug gages, ring gages, universal gages, CMMs, profilometers, optical comparators, laser micrometers, depth gages, height gages, go-no go gages and well as other mechanical, optical, pneumatic and electronic gages.  Gaging may be performed on new component off a production line, prototypes, or for reverse engineering of components.  The test can be performed before or after other dynamic or environmental tests.
	Electrical / Electronic Testing		Company offers electrical and electronic testing and inspection services including dielectric, conductivity, electrostatic discharge, insulation resistance, resistivity, or high voltage surge.
	Flow / Pressure Testing		Pressure and flow testing and inspection includes pressurized liquid or gas exposure, hydrostatic burst tests, flow tests and evaluation of thermal (icing) effects on fluid systems. Pressure and flow tests are commonly used to evaluate hydraulic, pneumatic or gas handling equipment.
	Failure Analysis / Troubleshooting		Failure analysis is the evaluation of a product and product failure to determine the underlying cause of the failure. Failure analysis results are used to correct design flaws. Troubleshooting is diagnostic or corrective maintenance performed to correct an existing problem. This differs from preventive maintenance, which is performed proactively in order to prevent system problems. Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a specialized methodology for analyzing failures.
	Form / Geometry (Straightness, Roundness, etc.)		Companies inspect, gage and determine part or product geometry attributes such as roundness, straightness, flatness, waviness, squareness, warp, bow, concentricity or other form parameters.
	Fungus / Biofouling		Company offers products or components to determine resistance to fungal growth or biofouling.
	Leak / Seal		Company tests or inspects packages, products or equipment to ensure integrity against leaks.
	Load / Capacity Testing		Company provides load or capacity testing of batteries, battery banks or systems, power supplies, UPS systems, engines, motors, or other power systems.
	Mechanical / Structural (Statics)		Company provides mechanical and structural testing or inspection for stress, strain, load, shear strength, etc.
	NDT / Inspection		Company offers nondestructive testing (NDT) or inspection services.
	Oil Analysis / Fluids Testing		Oil analysis and fluids testing encompasses the evaluation of oils, fuels, lubricants, coolants, greases, EDM fluids, transformer insulating oils and other industrial fluids using a variety of tests. Testing can include ferrography, viscosity (stokes or kinematic), elemental analysis, spectroscopy (FT-IR, GC-MS), crackle, oxidation, foam, and determination of drop point, % sediment, particle count, dielectric strength specific gravity, surface tension, water content, pour point, cloud point and other specific fluid properties effecting machine performance or equipment operation. Ferrography is the separation and analysis of metallic (ferrous or ferromagnetic) wear particles from a lubricant or fluid. Ferrography or wear particle analysis is used to monitor lubricant or machine condition.
	Reliability / Robustness		Reliability or robustness measures a system's invulnerability to potentially corrupting influences. This testing is especially important when components in a system fail.
	Thermal Imaging / Thermography		Company uses thermal imaging, thermography or infrared cameras to inspect and identify hot spots, heat leakage or overheating components in buildings and equipment.  Thermography can identify an overheating in circuit breakers or load centers and damaged or worn bearings.  Thermal imaging is used to located faulty or missing insulation or refractories around furnaces, ovens, building walls or heating ducts, steam lines, and other thermal processing equipment.
	Vibration		Company offers vibration analysis or testing services.  Vibration testing may include bounce, since or random vibration testing services. Bounce tests are often used to simulate certain transportation conditions. Vibration analysis is used to detect and assess the condition of product, rotary machines and other equipment.
	Visual / Video Inspection		Company provide visual or video inspection of components, products, equipment, pipeline, pressure vessels, weld, process lines, machinery installations, and other applications.
	Specialty / Other		Other unlisted or specialty services.
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	Laser / Non-contact?		Companies use laser or non-contact techniques to measure, gage, or align component, equipment and structures.
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Industry Served

	Industry Served
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	Aerospace / Avionics		Company tests aerospace and avionics products.
	Automotive		Company tests automotive parts or products such as tires, seals, gaskets, etc.
	Battery / Energy Products		Company tests energy storage or generation products such as battery parts, fuel cells, photovoltaic power supplies, and generators.
	Building & Construction		Company tests building and construction components, products, equipment, facilities, buildings, installations, repairs and other services.
	Combustion Equipment		Company tests gas, oil, and solid fuel-powered equipment.
	Drugs / Pharmaceuticals		Company tests drugs or pharmaceutical products. This includes the testing of commercial and industrial pharmaceutical equipment for production, encapsulation and packaging.
	Electrical Distribution		Company tests electrical power distribution parts and products such as circuit breakers, busbars, switch gears, electrical boxes or enclosures, panel boards, power cords, plugs and receptacles.
	Food & Beverage		Company tests food or beverage products. This includes the testing of commercial and industrial food equipment for preparation, cooking and refrigeration as well as food or beverage products.
	Hazardous Location Equipment		Company tests equipment or products designed for use in locations where hazardous situations are expected. These include devices designed to withstand explosions and exposure to fumes and radiation.
	Health Care / Medical		Company tests health care equipment and medical devices.
	HVAC, Plumbing and Lighting		Company tests test plumbing and lighting fixtures, as well as heating, cooling, and ventilation (HVAC) products or equipment.
	Hydraulics / Pneumatics		Company tests or inspects hydraulic or pneumatic parts and products such as motors, tools, cylinders, compressors, hose, tubing and fittings.
	Industrial / Machinery		Company tests general industrial equipment and machinery.
	Instrument & Sensors / Laboratory		Company tests instruments, sensors and laboratory equipment.
	Marine		Company tests products that will be used in marine environments.
	Microelectronics / Electronics		Microelectronics or semiconductor testing includes evaluation of semiconductor wafers, packaged dies or integrated circuits (ICs). Electronics testing includes evaluation of electronic assemblies, passive devices; printed circuit boards (PCBs), power electronics modules, commercial audio/visual (AV) devices and other specialty electronic products.
	Motors and Control Systems		Company tests motors, motor drives, motion controllers and control systems.
	Nuclear / Utility		Company tests parts, products, capital equipment or facilities used in the nuclear or utility industries.
	Paper / Packaging		Companies test paper or plastic packaging products.
	Piping / Pressure Vessels		Company inspects, tests, or evaluates piping, tubing, pressure vessels, reactors, boilers, and other pressurized components and systems.
	RF & Wireless / IT & Telecom		Company tests radio frequency (RF) and wireless products, or information technology (IT) and telecommunications equipment.
	Valves / Pumps		Company tests valves or pumps.
	Welding & Fabrication		Company tests welded and fabricated part, products, assemblies and equipment.
	Specialty / Other		Other unlisted industry applications.
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