How the IIoT is advancing motor maintenance

Eugene Vogel is a pump and vibration specialist with the Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA). Before joining EASA, Eugene operated his own business, General Maintenance Equipment Engineering, Inc., which is a marketing service and training organization for industrial maintenance and related technologies. He also has an extensive background in vibration and dynamic balancing and chaired the St. Louis chapter of the Vibration Institute from 1993 to 2000. Plant Services editor in chief Thomas Wilk and senior content strategist Alexis Gajewski recently spoke with Eugene about how new technologies like IIoT are affecting the industrial motor sector. 

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Key takeaways

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Where IIoT is heading in the coming months and years
• The industry's overall familiarity with new technologies
• How these technological changes will affect service centers
• The reality of smart motors

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On the record

"Changes to the landscape in the machine condition monitoring business will affect your relationship with the customer and why you may or may not get that machine for repair. But when the machine comes in, it doesn’t change the way you do the business, it doesn’t change the way you repair that machine."

-Eugene Vogel

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Learn more

• Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA)
• Understanding the potential of IIoT for industrial motor maintenance
• 3 steps to improve motor reliability
• The Big Four factors affecting motor health
• Electric motor noise: How to identify the cause and implement a solution