ORBIT Magazine

A Technical Publication for Advancing the Practice of Operating Asset Condition Monitoring, Diagnostics and Performance Optimization

Started in 1980, ORBIT magazine is a sixty plus page technical journal published three times a year and is distributed free-of-charge to nearly 40,000 qualified individuals around the world.

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Current Issue – Dec 2007
  • Slow Roll: Useless noise or rich data?
  • WiTry: Wireless Condition Monitoring Made Easy
  • Electrostatic Discharge: A Primer
  • Methanex Chile gets to the heart of a rub
  • Gas turbine monitoring at Endesa
Aug 2007
  • Payback from System 1
  • Remote monitoring excellence at Norway's Hydro Oil & Energy
  • How Syncrude Canada used System 1 to save 7MM CDN in downtime
  • The Morton Effect - What is it?
  • Extended Field Wiring
Dec 2006
  • The New Era of Nuclear Power
  • Integrated Performance and Condition Monitoring at DuPont.
  • Shaft Crack Detection Methodology for Reactor Coolant & Recirculation Pumps
  • When is Rod Drop the Right Measurement for Reciprocating Compressors?
Sep 2006
  • Enterprise Reliability - Changing the Game
  • Online Condition Monitoring Pays Off for Inco Ltd.
  • Oil Analysis 101 - Part 2 of 2
  • Understanding k/m
  • Cylinder Pressure Transducer Installation Pitfalls
Mar 2006
  • Integrated Asset Management at REGCO
  • Preventing Shaft Failures at Pfizer Global
  • Why Vibration Readings Differ - Part 2

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