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2001 - 2005
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2001:
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Third Quarter
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Third Quarter 2005
Editor's Note
(103KB PDF)
Proactive Rotating Equipment Asset Management at Mirant Philippines' Pagbilao Power Station
(1.5MB PDF)
Looking Forward
(49KB PDF)
Understanding and Mitigating Shaft Runout
(1.9MB PDF)
Knowledge 3™ - A Platform for Process Modeling, Optimization, and Control
(1.5MB PDF)
3300 XL Ceramic Capped Probe
(50KB PDF)
New Training, New Performance Optimization Solution
(339KB PDF)
1900/65 General Purpose Equipment Monitor Adds Modbus® Ethernet Connectivity
(96KB PDF)
Sonic Horn Monitoring For Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Applications
(218KB PDF)
Synopsis of Savings
(174KB PDF)
Who Has the Oldest Monitor?
(78KB PDF)
Reader Service Card
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Second Quarter 2005
Editor's Note
(66KB PDF)
Closing the Performance Loop
(325KB PDF)
Integrated Condition Monitoring for a Polish Power Plant
(356KB PDF)
Condition Monitoring Pays Off for Finnish Pulp & Paper Mill
(1MB PDF)
Software - Continual Improvement Through Your Feedback
(59KB PDF)
Understanding Discrepancies in Vibration Amplitude Readings Between Different Instruments - Part 1 of 2
(395KB PDF)
Low Frequency Velocity Sensor
(51KB PDF)
The All-New ADRE® System
(408KB PDF)
OK Limits for Impact Events
(70KB PDF)
Oil Analysis 101 - Part 1 of 2
(196KB PDF)
Reader Service Card
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First Quarter 2005
Editor's Note
(122KB PDF)
Gas Turbine Vibration Monitoring - An Overview
(438KB PDF)
One-Shot Balancing For a Gas Turbine
(219KB PDF)
Training Pays Big Dividends For Petroleum Development Oman
(173KB PDF)
Quality You Can Rely On
(92KB PDF)
Machinery Diagnostic Services - Stronger Than Ever
(59KB PDF)
Considerations When Retrofitting Overspeed Detection Systems
(941KB PDF)
Performance Monitoring For Gas Turbines
(497KB PDF)
Experience Using Flame Tracker™ Silicon Carbide Ultraviolet Flame Detectors In Gas Turbine Engines
(321KB PDF)
Optimizing Plant Assets Through Improved Reliability Practices
(200KB PDF)
Synopsis of Savings
(155KB PDF)
350900 High-Temperature Velocity and Acceleration Sensor
(80KB PDF)
An All-New ADRE® System Is On The Way
(106KB PDF)
1900/65 General Purpose Equipment Monitor
(106KB PDF)
Tight Spaces No Problem With New 90° Probe Tip
(90KB PDF)
Exhaust Gas Temperature Capabilities Now in System 1® Software
(251KB PDF)
Bently BALANCE® Software
(178KB PDF)
Services Team Surpasses Three Million Injury-Free Hours
(49KB PDF)
Minden Facility Achieves VPP Certification
(66KB PDF)
A New Training Catalog Is Now Available
(76KB PDF)
Who's Number One in Vibration Monitoring - Again?
(90KB PDF)
Reader Survey
(75KB PDF)
Product Repair and Calibration Services
(51KB PDF)
2005 Tradeshow Calendar
(104KB PDF)
Our Lubrimist® Alliance Enhances Machinery Reliability, Reduces Project Costs
(118KB PDF)
Reader Service Card
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Second Quarter 2004
Editor's Note
(93KB PDF)
Condition Monitoring for Hydro Machinery
(661KB PDF)
Wind Power Comes of Age
(522KB PDF)
Payback Profile: Suncor Uses Bently Nevada to Increase Profitability - Part 2
(336KB PDF)
The HydroX* System
(400KB PDF)
3500/63 Gas Detection Monitor
(96KB PDF)
Integrating 3300 Monitoring Systems to System 1® Software
(91KB PDF)
System 1® Version 5.0
(497KB PDF)
Trendmaster® Goes Pro
(321KB PDF)
3300 Monitoring System - Alive and Well
(200KB PDF)
Acceleration Enveloping - Higher Sensitivity, Earlier Detection
(155KB PDF)
Improved Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring Using Acceleration Enveloping
(154KB PDF)
New Wind Turbine Monitoring System Destined for 14 Machines in China
(28KB PDF)
Reader Service Card
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First Quarter 2004
Editor's Note
(116KB PDF)
Recips? Yes We Can
(435KB PDF)
How Machinery Management Changes Maintenance
(256KB PDF)
Opportunity/Risk Assessment Services - Improving Reliability for Recips
(113KB PDF)
Using PV Curves to Diagnose a Recip Valve Problem
(209KB PDF)
Snapshot™ Family Keeps Growing
(328KB PDF)
Cylinder Pressure Transducer
(172KB PDF)
ATEX Update
(105KB PDF)
Who's Number One? - CONTROL Magazine Readers Cast Their Votes
(38KB PDF)
Snapshot™ IS and Snapshot CE
(124KB PDF)
3500 Now with Maritime Approvals
(102KB PDF)
Reverse Rotation Added to 3500/50 Tachometer
(216KB PDF)
New Recip-Specific Capabilities Added to 3500, System 1™
(216KB PDF)
Trendmaster® Pro Capabilities Growing
(111KB PDF)
Product Manuals Now Available Online and on CD
(111KB PDF)
New Packaging for 7200 and 3300 Proximitor® Sensors
(206KB PDF)
Synopsis of Savings
(47KB PDF)
Rod Drop - Getting It Right
(365KB PDF)
2004 Global Training Schedule
(52KB PDF)
Reader Service Card
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First Quarter 2003
Editor's Note
(116KB PDF)
Vertical Water Pumps - What's Happening Down the Hole?
(250KB PDF)
Suncor Uses Bently Nevada to Increase Profitability
(252KB PDF)
TotalFinaElf: 2 Days, 200% ROI - A Machinery Management Success Story
(230KB PDF)
Our Service Capabilities are Expanding ...
(69KB PDF)
Fundametals of Rotating Machinery Diagnostics, a new book by Donald E. Bently and Charles T. Hatch
(72KB PDF)
ORBIT Magazine Receives Touchstone Award
(72KB PDF)
Iberdrola Generacion, S.A., Teams with Bently Nevada
(94KB PDF)
2003 Training
(80KB PDF)
2003 Calendar of Events
(80KB PDF)
3500/22M Transient Data Interface
(87KB PDF)
System 1™ Version 4.0 - A Great Product Gets Even Better
(697KB PDF)
Iberdrola's Center for Monitoring, Diagnostic and Simulation (CMDS) of Combined-Cycle Power Plants
(199KB PDF)
Bently Nevada, General Electric, and Our Customers: An Interview with Brian Palmer
(223KB PDF)
Synopsis of Savings
(42KB PDF)
Snapshot™ Balance
(84KB PDF)
Seal-Leak Detection System
(65KB PDF)
System 1™ Support for 1701 FieldMonitor™ (109KB)
(108KB PDF)
3300 XL 25 mm Transducer
(88KB PDF)
3500/33 16-Channel Relay Module
(62KB PDF)
Trendmaster® Pro Asset Condition Scanning System
(165KB PDF)
3500 TÜV Functional Safety Certification
(128KB PDF)
Reciprocating Compressor Solutions
(168KB PDF)
Snapshot™ Clipboard
(68KB PDF)
3300 XL 8 mm Extended Temperature Range Probe and Cable
(94KB PDF)
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Fourth Quarter 2001
Editor's Note
(94KB PDF)
Oil Is Oil - Isn't It?
(263KB PDF)
National Tribology Services and Bently Nevada
(164KB PDF)
Bently Lubrication Services - An Overview
(309KB PDF)
Clean Up Your Oil - Revisited
(562KB PDF)
Diagnosing an Oil-Related Problem in an Air Compressor
(194KB PDF)
Bently LUBE™ Update
(135KB PDF)
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Third Quarter 2001
Editor's Note
(322KB PDF)
System 1™
(4.18MB PDF)
Plant Asset Management, a sidebar article
(398KB PDF)
BEST PRACTICES for Asset Condition Management™
, a sidebar article (157KB PDF)
SYSTEM 1™ - Unparalleled TRENDING Capabilities
, a sidebar article (359KB PDF)
Rotor Dynamic Equation Improvements
(81KB PDF)
The Birth of System 1™
(347KB PDF)
The Advantages of Dynamic Stiffness Parameters Over Classical Bearing Coefficients
(675KB PDF)
How Piston Rod Vibration Signaled a Reciprocating Compressor Problem
(680KB PDF)
Independent Study Shows REBAM® Technology Superior to Casing Measurements
(101KB PDF)
Bently Nevada Systems Don't Cost ... They Pay
(141KB PDF)
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Second Quarter 2001
Editor's Note
(417KB PDF)
Aeroderivative Internal Transducer Design
(1MB PDF)
Rolling Element Bearing Activity Monitor (REBAM®), a sidebar article
(265KB PDF)
Getting the Most from 3500 - Alarm and System Event Lists
(92KB PDF)
Rolling Element Bearing Defect Detection and Diagnostics Using REBAM® Probes
(1.3MB PDF)
Rotor Dynamics of Centrifugal Compressors in Rotating Stall
(1.1MB PDF)
New Product Showcase
(167KB PDF)
RuleDesk™ - A Revolutionary Tool for Customizing Your Approach to Machinery Management
(131KB PDF)
FieldMonitor™ Enhancement - Intrinsically safe installations just got easier!
(41KB PDF)
3300 XL NSv™ (Narrow Side View) Proximity Transducer System and 170150 Internal 3300 NSv™ Proximity Transducer Module
(43KB PDF)
3300 XL Rotary Position Transducer System - A Better Choice for Measuring Valve Position
(45KB PDF)
Lightning and Surge Protection for BNC Monitoring and Diagnostic Equipment
(81KB PDF)
MachineLibrary™ - Broken Rotor Bar and Motor Malfunctions
(1.4MB PDF)
Highlights of Bently Nevada Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(1MB PDF)
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First Quarter 2001
Editor's Note
(403KB PDF)
Why Upgrades Are Important - Some Lessons Learned with Older Monitoring Systems
(1.7MB PDF)
Bently LUBE™ Makes Lubrication Data Management Easy
(999KB PDF)
Clean, Cool, and Dry
, a sidebar article (964KB PDF)
Asset Care and Management - A Systematic Approach, a sidebar article
(964KB PDF)
Improved Quality and Performance in Extended Range Measurements with the New 3300 XL 11 mm Transducer
(1.9MB PDF)
Machinery Protection: Relays or Analog Outputs?
(1.2MB PDF)
A New Edition of API 670 - 25 Years and Still Going Strong
(776KB PDF)
Establishing a Lubricant Analysis Program
(477KB PDF)
In Memoriam - Dr. Jørgen W. Lund
(291KB PDF)
Installing Instrumentation on Insulated Bearings - Observations and Suggestions Based on a Review of Installations
(545KB PDF)
Electrostatic Discharge in Rotating Machinery
(421KB PDF)
Voting Thrust Measurements with Other Parameters
(520KB PDF)
Relying on a Single Measurement - Guilty Until Proven Innocent, a sidebar article
(401KB PDF)
Electrostatic Discharge on a Compressor Train
(675KB PDF)
DM2000: A Powerful Tool for Asset Management
(902KB PDF)
Synopsis of Savings
(201KB PDF)
More Energy from Hydro - Unlocking the Value
(1MB PDF)
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