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Article: Vacuum Impregnation Process Solves Leaking Cable Problem.
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- Industrial Maintenance & Plant Operation
- Article date:
- November 1, 1999
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Bently-Nevada Corp.'s manufacturing plant in Minden, NV, makes vibration-sensor equipment for rotating machinery used in oil refineries, power generation facilities and petrochemical plants, as well as machinery management software, vibration monitors and vibration transducers.
The company makes the Proximitor(r), a proximity probe that mounts inside the casings of turbines to monitor shaft vibrations that could eventually damage the shaft bearings. Normally, the probes are located near the bearings and are in contact with oil. From this location, the sensor's signal travels through a braided coaxial or triaxial cable to a Proximitor outside the machine. From the ...