S&V News

Sound and Vibration, Mar 2008

MFPT Meeting

The 62nd Meeting of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology (MFPT) will be held May 6-8, in Virginia Beach, VA, at the Sheraton Oceanfront hotel. The conference theme, "Failure Prevention for System Availability" was selected to address how the now universal metric of "availability" can be maximized and the role that health management (HM) technologies play in this regard. A half-day plenary session will include keynotes from Bob Nelms, founder of Failsafe Network Inc, Stephen Grimes, vice president of Enterprise Resource Planning for Technology in Medicine Inc., and Jorg Reitmann, vice president and executive expert, Complete Cabin Systems, and head of operations and integration at Airbus in Germany. The remainder of the conference will comprise 11 technical sessions, a "New Products and Services" session from the exhibitors, and eight half-day tutorials.

The latest detailed program is available at: www.mfpt.org. To receive free information from any of the MFPT exhibitors listed below, please use S&V's web-based reader service, www.SandVinfo.com. or the readerservice card in this issue.

Impact Technologies, LLC provides a wide range of products and services for analyzing, predicting, and managing the health of critical systems. They are recognized experts in product development and implementation using a suite of advanced diagnostic and prognostic solutions that can be applied across the aerospace, land-based equipment, power, and defense industries. RS #151

Brüel & Kjaer provides sound and vibration measurement and analysis solutions covering the complete chain from transducers to data acquisition systems to final analysis and reporting software packages. Solutions are modular and scalable, ranging from two to hundreds of channels. Ask about the latest developments for structural analysis using PULSE and I-deas Test, including classical modal analysis, operational modal analysis, operating deflection shapes and model updating. RS #152

SAVIAC is a resource for people concerned with structural dynamics design, analysis, testing and weapons effects. SAVIAC focuses on the design, analysis and testing of ships, aircraft, spacecraft, ground vehicles/structures, machinery and human systems subjected to dynamic conditions and loading, including water shock, vibration, blast, impact and crash. RS #153

Data Physics will exhibit its SignalCalc Dynamic Signal Analyzers, SignalStar Vibration Control Systems and SignalForce Electrodynamic Shakers. Data Physics provides full service for all shaker models and brands, including installation, relocation, repair, calibration, maintenance, replacement amplifiers and shaker controller upgrades. RS #154

National Instruments offers programmable automation controllers (PACs) and industrial measurement and control solutions to serve the expanding development needs of engineers whose systems require more performance than typical programmable logic controllers (PLCs) can provide. With rugged NI PAC hardware and hundreds of built-in control and analysis functions available in NI Lab VIEW, engineers can quickly design, prototype and deploy reliable industrial measurement and control systems that combine the ease of use and speed of PCs with the ruggedness and reliability of PLCs. RS #155

Commtest will display machinery vibration analysis and monitoring equipment. Founded in 1989 in New Zealand, Commtest Instruments Ltd. is a privately held company whose mission is to bring the benefits of vibration analysis to mainstream industry. Commtest opened its United States headquarters in Knoxville, TN, in 2005. During 2007, Commtest added offices in Beijing, China and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. During 2008, Commtest is launching an Extended Range of vbSeries® Instruments. A vbSeries model can be tailored to specific applications with the added peace of mind of their rock-solid "Commtest Care" five-year warranty. Test drive one of the new instruments featuring their award winning Ascent® software. RS #156

Mechanical Solutions, Inc. (MSI) is an engineering design, development, analysis, and troubleshooting company located in Northern New Jersey. MSI engineers are recognized experts in their various fields, including machinery prognostics. On a regular basis, MSI is contracted by manufacturers and users of rotating machinery, as well as by architect/engineers and government agencies to develop advanced mechanical components, analyze component or system stress and vibration/ acoustics, and perform testing of machinery on test stands and operating in the field, or determine mechanical integrity of existing components. RS #157

IMI Sensors, a Div. of PCB Piezotronics, specializes in equipment designed for industrial process monitoring and protection. IMI provides a full line of ICP® accelerometers and 4-20 mA vibration transmitters for route-based measurements, permanent installations and affordable 24/7 online monitoring. Also offered is a comprehensive selection of electronic and mechanical vibration switches for alarm and shutdown protection of critical machinery; including the patented Bearing Fault Detector and unique two-wire intelligent vibration switch featuring Magnetically Adjustable Vibration Threshold (MAVTTM) technology. RS #158