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Category: Predictive Maintenance

  • VibePro 5.01 Released

    Yesterday GTI Spindle updated VibePro to version 5.01. The big addition is the ability to save your data locally rather than Dropbox. We believe this addition will allow VibePro to be used by more people that have limited Internet connectivity or other concerns using the Internet to store their data.
    Please contact us at info@gtispindle.com with any questions about VibePro or our iPad Analyzer.
    Below is a video walking through how to turn local save on and some other changes to the app.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=hso3J43b3NA%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded

  • Flir E-Series Thermal Imaging Camera

    GTI is happy to announce that we have added the FLIR E40 and E60 cameras to our line of machine maintenance products. GTI is very serious about providing our customers with the very latest in predictive maintenance equipment.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=A-6n6FABtFU%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded

    The FLIR E40 and the FLIR E60 both link via Wi-Fi directly to the iPad, and the iPhone 4. These advances provide a great compliment to our very own Vibration analysis system. All based on the iPad platform for maximum functionality, and versatility in the field. Our products do not just look good, and run good in the lab, they are tested and proven in the field.

  • iPad Vibration Analyzer – GTI Spindle

    GTI has been working for several month now on the first to market full spectrum iPad based vibration analyzer. GTI recently won an innovation award at the Sensors Show in Chicago for their work on the iPad vibration analyzer.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=kpcQGaxQBBA%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded

  • iPad Vibration Analyzer with IMI Sensor

    GTI Spindle Technology has succeeded in using today’s accelerometers to measure vibration on Apples new iPad tablet. Converting the Analog signal to digital without the use of an additional battery was our biggest challenge. We knew that to succeed from the portability of the iPad we needed to keep things streamlined.

    Our original prototype ran on MEMS sensor chips vs a standard accelerometer. The low power consumption of the MEMs chips worked well with the power constraints of the iPad. MEMS sensors did reveal other challenges of their own in regard to background noise and some inaccuracy’s. We intend to continue to improve these sensors going forward as part of our design improvement as well as develop a complete wireless solution for our customers.

    In the meantime IMI Sensor, one of the leading brands of vibration accelerometers has developed a low power 100mv/G sensor to work with our iPad analyzer. It allows us to run two channels of vibration acquisition at one time without power issues. (IMI sensor specs can be found at gtispindle.com) These sensors provide a clean calibrated signal for the iPad with no unwanted frequency spikes or disturbance from a trusted name in sensors.

    To read more about our iPad based Vibration Analyzer go here.

  • GTI Spindle Technology Introduces the iRotorBalancer App for iPad

    Manchester, NH – GTI Spindle Technology, Inc., (gtispindle.com), an expert in foreign and domestic machine tool spindle repair services, maintenance, and machine tool optimization has announced the launch of the iRotorBalancer Application for the iPad.
    GTI Spindle Technology Inc. has released the iRotorBalancer App for the iPad. The iRotorBalancer App is a tool for balancing rotating machinery in single-plane & two-planes using the vibration amplitude and phase. The iPad Application connects to the iRotorBalancer hardware to collect the vibration amplitude and phase with the accelerometer and the phase-sensor, and calculates the correction balancing weight(s) and its angular position(s).

    FEATURES:

    • Single-Plane balancing using the Vector-Method (Amplitude & Phase Measurements)
    • Single-Plane balancing using the Four-Runs-Method (Amplitude Measurement)
    • Two-Planes Balancing using the Influence Coefficients Method (Amplitude & Phase Measurements)
    • Displays Real-Time Waveform and Spectrum of the Vibration Signal (FFT)
    • Automatic Select the 1X Peak amplitude and Phase
    • Polar Plot and Graphic location of the trial and correction weights
    • Handy calculator to estimate the Trial Weights

    To download a pdf of the iRotorBalancer’s report please Click Here
    Companies interested in learning more about GTI Spindle Technology’s spindle repair services should call GTI sales at 888-473-9675, or visit the GTI Spindle website at gtispindle.com for more information. For those attending IMTS, GTI Spindle Technology will be presenting at booth #N-7317
    GTI Spindle Technology, with locations in Manchester, NH, Bloomington, IL, Romulus, MI and Pontiac, IL, offers a variety of spindle repair services including failure analysis and corrective action programs, vibration analysis diagnostics and guaranteed cost savings programs. GTI inspects, repairs, and remanufactures spindles and other precision rotating assemblies including super precision high frequency, motorized, belt and gear driven spindles with emphasis on Japanese and European high speed machining centers.

  • iPad Vibration Analyzer – Updated with Additional Features

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=xwF2cL16ChQ%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded

  • Strobe Light Used to Balance a Spindle

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=eNymJ9LaMrw%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded