Posts By: Carlos E. Torres
"Power-MI improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the predictive maintenance process" (Confiabilidad Industrial Magazine)
The editors of the "Confiabilidad Industrial" (Industrial Reliability) Magazine conducted a Power-MI test for condition-based maintenance management. The maintenance experts made inspection reports in the cloud and evaluated the results. -------- POWER-MI PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE SOFTWARE EVALUATI...
» Read moreOur Logo Story
The original Power-MI logo is slightly different than the current one. The original logo was made around 2014, and its original design was inspired by rotating vibrations inside an electric motor. When we started our market tests for the development of a predictive maintenance platform, we began...
» Read moreIs Shaft Alignment Predictive Maintenance?
Shaft alignment by concept is a corrective maintenance task. The shaft is moved to achieve more efficient power transmission. Traditionally installing dial indicators, adjusting and measuring only to take readings and then not correct, is a useless task. The incorporation in the industry of las...
» Read moreWhy Is Nobody Reading Your Predictive Maintenance Reports?
One of the main upsets of the predictive maintenance experts is that they state that nobody reads their reports. During meetings or when they speak to their clients, they realize that their reports have not been read. This is more common than you think. Don’t you think it is a waste of time to...
» Read moreCyber-Physical Spaces
The new industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0, brings us a new vision of how to generate smart factories. The first industrial revolution introduced mechanized production with the steam machine, the second introduced mass production with the electric motor, and the third introduced proce...
» Read moreThe Four Industrial Revolutions
When the German Federal Government presented the concept of Industry 4.0 at the Hannover fair in 2011, they did not calculate the media hype and the adoption of the concept, both in the industry and the broader society. Although the original idea was to create a multidisciplinary working team wi...
» Read morePredictive Maintenance Records
All predictive maintenance must count on a record, not only a report’s record but also a record of the maintenance tasks that are performed on the assets. A good predictive maintenance management considers not only the documentation of the predictive inspection reports but also that of all the ...
» Read moreTypes of Predictive Reports
As a vibrations analyst, I made the mistake of sending the same type of report to all my clients irrespective of the context in which I was performing the analysis. If I had known what I’m about to tell you, I would have saved a lot of time. There are two types of predictive maintenance report...
» Read moreCriticality Analysis of Industrial Assets
One of the first tasks at the moment of implementing or optimizing predictive maintenance is analyzing the criticality of industrial assets, whether they are machines, static equipment, distribution systems or electrical panels. By using the criticality analysis, we can prioritize those assets th...
» Read moreHow to Define the Vibration Alarm Limit of a Machine (and Not With ISO Charts)
One of the essential tasks of a vibrations analyst is defining the acceptable global vibration limit to determine the condition of the machine. We are going to tell you what the experts do, and it is not by using ISO charts. The vibration levels must be determined according to the following crite...
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What is Power-MI?
Power-MI is a cloud based solution that allows you to design & manage your condition-based maintenance plan integrating all techniques into one platform. Easy reporting, automatic work orders and CMMS integration.
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