September 2003

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By Dave Felten Mechanical Field Service Department L&S Electric, Inc.Schofield,
Wisconsin
Editor s Note:
The following article was sub-mitted for publication by Paul Gullickson of L&S
Electric, Inc. and a member of the Techni-cal Services Committee.***Welcome to t
he age of predictive maintenancetechnologies. More and more of our customers are
using tools such as vibration analysis to assess thehealth of their rotating equ
ipment.Many of our customers are using this technol-ogy to assess new and rebuil
t rotating equipmentonce it s installed and running.This serves two main purposes:
1.It demonstrates the quality of the newlyacquired/repaired equipment (taking th
eburden off the supplier/service center shouldthe equipment vibrate once it s inst
alled).2.It provides a baseline for trending.Unfortunately, these initial vibrat
ion readingscan be pushed into an alarm status by manycustomer-related issues su
September 2003
1
www.easa.com
By Dave Felten Mechanical Field Service Department L&S Electric, Inc.Schofield,
Wisconsin
Editor s Note:
The following article was sub-mitted for publication by Paul Gullickson of L&S
Electric, Inc. and a member of the Techni-cal Services Committee.***Welcome to t
he age of predictive maintenancetechnologies. More and more of our customers are
using tools such as vibration analysis to assess thehealth of their rotating equ
ipment.Many of our customers are using this technol-ogy to assess new and rebuil
t rotating equipmentonce it s installed and running.This serves two main purposes:
1.It demonstrates the quality of the newlyacquired/repaired equipment (taking th
eburden off the supplier/service center shouldthe equipment vibrate once it s inst
alled).2.It provides a baseline for trending.Unfortunately, these initial vibrat
ion readingscan be pushed into an alarm status by manycustomer-related issues su
September 2003
1
www.easa.com
By Dave Felten Mechanical Field Service Department L&S Electric, Inc.Schofield,
Wisconsin
Editor s Note:
The following article was sub-mitted for publication by Paul Gullickson of L&S
Electric, Inc. and a member of the Techni-cal Services Committee.***Welcome to t
he age of predictive maintenancetechnologies. More and more of our customers are
using tools such as vibration analysis to assess thehealth of their rotating equ
ipment.Many of our customers are using this technol-ogy to assess new and rebuil
t rotating equipmentonce it s installed and running.This serves two main purposes:
1.It demonstrates the quality of the newlyacquired/repaired equipment (taking th
eburden off the supplier/service center shouldthe equipment vibrate once it s inst
alled).2.It provides a baseline for trending.Unfortunately, these initial vibrat
ion readingscan be pushed into an alarm status by manycustomer-related issues su
September 2003
1
www.easa.com
By Dave Felten Mechanical Field Service Department L&S Electric, Inc.Schofield,
Wisconsin
Editor s Note:
The following article was sub-mitted for publication by Paul Gullickson of L&S
Electric, Inc. and a member of the Techni-cal Services Committee.***Welcome to t
he age of predictive maintenancetechnologies. More and more of our customers are
using tools such as vibration analysis to assess thehealth of their rotating equ
ipment.Many of our customers are using this technol-ogy to assess new and rebuil

t rotating equipmentonce it s installed and running.This serves two main purposes:

1.It demonstrates the quality of the newlyacquired/repaired equipment (taking th
eburden off the supplier/service center shouldthe equipment vibrate once it s inst
alled).2.It provides a baseline for trending.Unfortunately, these initial vibrat
ion readingscan be pushed into an alarm status by manycustomer-related issues su
September 2003
1
www.easa.com
By Dave Felten Mechanical Field Service Department L&S Electric, Inc.Schofield,
Wisconsin
Editor s Note:
The following article was sub-mitted for publication by Paul Gullickson of L&S
Electric, Inc. and a member of the Techni-cal Services Committee.***Welcome to t
he age of predictive maintenancetechnologies. More and more of our customers are
using tools such as vibration analysis to assess thehealth of their rotating equ
ipment.Many of our customers are using this technol-ogy to assess new and rebuil
t rotating equipmentonce it s installed and running.This serves two main purposes:
1.It demonstrates the quality of the newlyacquired/repaired equipment (taking th
eburden off the supplier/service center shouldthe equipment vibrate once it s inst
alled).2.It provides a baseline for trending.Unfortunately, these initial vibrat
ion readingscan be pushed into an alarm status by manycustomer-related issues su
September 2003
1
www.easa.com
By Dave Felten Mechanical Field Service Department L&S Electric, Inc.Schofield,
Wisconsin
Editor s Note:
The following article was sub-mitted for publication by Paul Gullickson of L&S
Electric, Inc. and a member of the Techni-cal Services Committee.***Welcome to t
he age of predictive maintenancetechnologies. More and more of our customers are
using tools such as vibration analysis to assess thehealth of their rotating equ
ipment.Many of our customers are using this technol-ogy to assess new and rebuil
t rotating equipmentonce it s installed and running.This serves two main purposes:
1.It demonstrates the quality of the newlyacquired/repaired equipment (taking th
eburden off the supplier/service center shouldthe equipment vibrate once it s inst
alled).2.It provides a baseline for trending.Unfortunately, these initial vibrat
ion readingscan be pushed into an alarm status by manycustomer-related issues su