An investment into calibration equipment and systems must be financially justified, just like any other business investment. But does a cheaper cost of purchase always mean a higher return on investment? Not necessarily. When building a business case for calibration calibration system investment, what may seem at the outset to be cheaper may not necessarily be so, if the evaluation is made from total or life cycle cost perspective instead of evaluating cost of purchase only.
The key aspects of building a calibration system business case
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Villy Lindfelt on Mar 1, 2016 9:56:24 AM
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Topics: Calibration, Calibration process, Calibration software, calibration system, General
Seismic velocity measurements provide ideal resolution at typical rotating equipment running speeds. Vibration is always transmitted through the bearings used on rotating equipment. It has been proven time and time again that measuring vibration on rotating equipment is the most universally effective predictive maintenance practice for critical pumps, motors, compressors, fans, cooling towers and rollers.
For example, over time, industrial motor bearings wear out and begin to wobble. Eventually these bearings will need to be replaced, or the machine will fail. But how do you measure the bearing performance to be sure you aren’t changing them out too soon, or in an even worse case, waiting until the machine breaks down and it’s too late? There is a whole world of 4-20 mA loop vibration sensors, like the Seismic Velocity 4-20 mA transmitter from Metrix or IMI Sensors, and they are gaining in popularity.
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Topics: ISA, Process control, Vibration measurement, Beamex MC6, Calibration, Calibrator, CMX, General
One of the questions we get asked most frequently is how often a customer should calibrate his instruments. Unfortunately there is no straight answer to this, at least not one that would always be correct. Instead there is a list of variables that should be taken into account when deciding the calibration period for any measurement device. Let’s take a quick look at these variables.
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Topics: Measurement, Calibration, Calibrator, General
Top 5 reasons why companies update their calibration systems
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beamexcalibration on Dec 7, 2015 8:40:07 AM
As many as every fourth company in the process industry is at the moment considering to make some kind of update to its calibration process and systems. I admit, the number sounds quite high, but it is based on a specific study we recently made with the International Society of Automation (www.isa.org) concerning calibration process changes.
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We often get asked questions regarding the calibration of a pressure switch.
Since we didn’t have any videos on the topic on our YouTube channel, our dynamic duo from our US office, Roy and Ned, decided to make one.
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Topics: Pressure calibration, Pressure switch, Temperature calibration, Beamex MC6, Calibration, Calibrator, General
Hi all,
In this blog post we’ll continue to talk about another fundamental topic:
Why should you calibrate?
It is good to remember the old rule: “All measurement devices measure wrong, and calibration tells how wrong they are.”
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Topics: Pressure calibration, Temperature calibration, Calibration, Calibrator, General
Hello readers,
As this is a calibration blog, I will begin with writing a short post on a very fundamental thing – what is calibration? But how can I explain shortly what calibration is?
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Topics: Process automation, Calibration, Calibrator, General
