Tech Note Dec 1994
Technical Notes from Dr. Mel Giberson, P.E. – TRI President
Looking Forward to 1995
TRI’s Mission: Past, Present and Future
- To control the vibrations of rotating machinery via suitably designed products and/or services: Babbitted journal and thrust bearings; CAM/CNC products such as impellers and fans; new, rebuilt and upgraded assemblies such as fluid drives.
- To improve the customer’s process operating efficiency, availability, and reliability.
- To work with our customers to “remove problems for their maintenance lists.”
- To use highly skilled engineers and technical personnel, and only the best materials and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, tooling and equipment.
- To develop new products and services to meet the changing needs of our customers.
- To operate TRI with an Engineering “bottom line.”
- To offer reasonable pricing for the high quality standards of TRI’s products and services which our customers know, respect, expect and deserve.
OBJECTIVES of TRI’S personalized Fax Letters
- To provide insight into technical problems or subjects of braod interest to the Rotating Machinery Industry today.
- To discuss symptoms of and concerns about the problem, as well as the causes and cures.
- To provide a “clearinghouse” for information to assure users/owners/operator that a specific vibration problem, bearing damage problem, or difficult operating characteristic is not likely to be unique to their equipment. Others, almost always, are experiencing/have experience the same problem. In addition, proven solutions are presented and discussed.
Past Copies of the TRI personalized Fax Letters are available
June – Steam Turbine Journal Bearings
July – Does your Rotating Equipment Eat Bearings
August – TRI Recent Patents
September – Sliding Pressure Operation
October – A Reality Check for the Rotating Machinery Industry Today
November – Bearing Designed for Large Vertical Misalignment Conditions.
If you would like a copy of any or all of these, please let us know. Call us as (800) 363-8571.
Future editions will address case histories, upgrades, retrofits, and new technologies to solve existing problems.
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Please advise us of any change in Fax Number of Mailing Address for you and your associates.
Seasons Greetings to All of Our Customers. Thank you for your business.
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