Insights & Technical Articles
Practical knowledge on vibration amplification, predictive maintenance and industrial reliability — from the team that built VibraVizja®.
Vibration Source Identification: How to Find the Cause Without Installing Sensors
An FFT spectrum tells you the frequency something is vibrating at — not where. A practical process for locating the source, using phase relationship and full-field measurement.
Building a Vibration Monitoring Programme: A Practical Framework
A practical, five-step framework for building a vibration monitoring programme — where accelerometers fit, where full-field analysis fits, and how to combine both across the maintenance workflow.
Updated 26 August 2026
How Vibration Amplification Works: Phase, Pyramids and the Science of Seeing Motion
Most vibration tools give you a number. VibraVizja® gives you an image — amplified, spatially resolved, and computed without touching the machine. Here is exactly how the algorithm works, step by step.
Fan and Blower Vibration: Imbalance, Resonance, or Something Else?
Fans are among the most commonly measured assets in industrial plants — yet fan vibration diagnosis remains poorly understood. How to tell mechanical imbalance, aerodynamic imbalance and structural resonance apart when the spectra all look the same.
Belt Cover Resonance: An Unmonitored Component in the Drive Train
A routine pump measurement where the transmission belt cover dominated the amplified video, cycling at 2× the driven pulley speed. The recurring fastener failures that nobody had connected to the drive train dynamics.
The Hidden Cost of Structural Resonance in Industrial Plants
Resonance hides in the structure around the machine — amplifying quietly, accumulating fatigue damage, triggering failures that get blamed on other causes. Here is how to find it before it finds you.
Updated 2 September 2026
Soft Foot: The Root Cause That Looks Like Misalignment but Isn't
Soft foot is one of the most prevalent installation defects on rotating equipment — and one of the least systematically checked. What it does to bearings and seals, how to detect it with a dial indicator and vibration amplification, and how to correct it permanently.
Updated 26 August 2026
The Visual Revolution in CBM: Seeing What Sensors Cannot
Sensors tell you a machine is vibrating. Vibration amplification shows you where the energy lives, what is physically moving, and what it is doing to the surrounding structure. The spatial layer CBM has always been missing.
Vibration Amplification in ATEX Zones: Safe-Distance Measurement Without Zone Entry
Measuring vibration in classified ATEX zones typically requires zone entry, permits and PPE. How vibration amplification allows full-field condition assessment from outside the zone boundary — no contact, no entry, machine at full load.
Beyond the Graph: VibraVizja® for Commissioning & SAT
A spectrum tells you that something is vibrating. VibraVizja® shows you where, how, and why — transforming the Site Acceptance Test from a technical dispute into a transparent visual conversation.
Vibration Sensor or Camera? Accelerometers vs. Amplification
A vibration sensor isn't just an accelerometer — laser vibrometers and handheld meters count too. An honest comparison of point sensors against a vibration-amplification camera, and why the best diagnostic programmes combine both.
Updated 2 September 2026
Piping Vibration: The Most Underestimated Risk in Process Plants
Pipework carries the energy of every machine connected to it — yet it is almost never instrumented. How vibration amplification reveals pipe strain, failed supports, and hydraulic pulsation before a flange cracks.