CBM Services

Industry Leaders

With over 34 years of experience in the field, IVC Technologies is the leading provider of Condition Based Monitoring services with a national footprint. We have over 55 multi-technology certified analysts, servicing over 400 clients in 42 states on a monthly basis. Through our network of offices across the country, we are able to quickly and reliably provide precise diagnoses of machine issues, offer recommendations for repairs and improved efficiency, and respond to emergencies on a 24-hour, 7 days a week basis. By implementing a full complement of predictive maintenance technologies, IVC can custom build a CBM program to fit your specific needs.
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Advanced Testing

Cutting-Edge Vibration Analysis Technology

IVC Technologies strives to differentiate itself from the pack by providing world-class CBM programs as well as state-of-the-art technologies and testing capabilities for the really tough problems. In contrast to our competitors who need to call in for external help, IVC Technologies only needs to shift gears and bring in the Advanced Testing Group. Capabilities include Modal / ODS testing, Motion Amplification™, Torque and Strain gauge testing, Multi-channel data recording and analysis, plus Remote Analysis support for both vibration and process data systems.

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Training

Predictive Technologies for CBM Professionals

The selection of a training and certification agency is critical when striving for success at your facility. IVC Technologies is a corporate partner of ASNT and an ISO 9001:2015 service company. Our training center provides formal classroom training as well as practical hands-on training utilizing full size industrial equipment that students will actually encounter in the field. If you have needs that are outside the stock offerings, IVC’s training can also be customized to meet those specific needs, including conducting training at your facility.

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WHY IVC FOR VIBRATION ANALYSIS?

For more than 30 years, IVC Technologies has been dedicated to helping our customers achieve optimal asset health and efficiency through Condition Based Monitoring (CBM) by utilizing our highly experienced and certified CBM Analysts, cutting-edge technology and vibration data acquisition equipment with unsurpassed analytic capabilities. Our Advanced Testing Group (ATG) is comprised of leading experts in the diagnosis of the most complex problems plaguing the industry today.

Vibration Analysis is our core competency. IVC Technologies provides top of the line Vibration Analysis programs to our customers throughout the United States. We have the expertise and software to diagnose your equipment’s most difficult mechanical and electrical failure modes. Our certified analysts are able to troubleshoot and isolate common as well as complex problems that can occur in today’s manufacturing facilities. Our custom reports are designed to convey detailed vibration analysis results in a simple, easy to understand format. Inspection results are delivered either electronically (via email) or posted on the web for easy access.

Choose IVC Technologies to become part of your maintenance and reliability process. We are committed to monitoring your process to ensure it continues to operate with minimal downtime. For more information, contact us today to speak with a representative.
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The Benefits of Condition Based Monitoring

Helps to determine the condition of in-service equipment to better predict when maintenance should be performed.

Offers significant cost savings over routine or time-based preventative maintenance because tasks are performed only when necessary

Allows you to plan, schedule, and undertake repairs during your regularly scheduled downtimes, thereby avoiding costly, unexpected outages

IVC Technologies’ CBM Services include the following

Vibration Analysis

Industry professionals across the country depend on our expert vibration analysis services to identify and measure the condition of their in-service equipment. We provide custom, detailed reports to deliver our vibration analysis results in a simple, easy to understand format.
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Infrared Thermography (IR)

Nearly everything that uses or transmits power gets hot before it fails. Cost effective power management is critical to maintaining the reliability of your electrical and mechanical systems. IVC Technologies’ infrared program shows you thermal problems, quantifies them with precise non-contact temperature measurement, and documents them within a report. Couple Infrared Imaging with route-based vibration analysis to enhance both operations providing a greater level of confidence in all phases of your maintenance and production operations.
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Ultrasonics

Compressed air is one of the most expensive utilities commonly supplied throughout most facilities. If ignored, this distribution system can develop numerous leaks, which will result in an increase of air usage.

Ultrasonic Surveys can be very beneficial to your company by locating expensive air and gas leaks. Ultrasonic sensing equipment allows for the survey to be conducted during normal production when all systems are in use so there is no need to wait until an outage or when equipment is shut down.
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Balancing

Excessive imbalance of rotating equipment adversely affects quality, productivity, wear, operator fatigue, and power consumption. IVC Technologies offers precision balancing of your equipment, in-place and at speed, with minimal impact on production. We will correct the imbalance on your machinery without the need for a costly teardown and removal.

Our analysts are experienced with single and dual plane balancing techniques, using precision, portable equipment. You will receive a detailed report analyzing the vibration signature of your equipment with comprehensive before and after balance results.

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Alignment

You would never buy new tires for your vehicle without also having them balanced and aligned, correct?

If you did/do, the results are very evident: the life span of the tires will be reduced dramatically and the transmitted vibration throughout the vehicle will loosen components and over work key components; shortening the life span of the overall vehicle life.

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CBM Program Audits

Just like an older car, an internal CBM Program periodically needs a tune-up. IVC Technologies has over 30 years’ experience conducting multiple technology CBM programs in all types of industrial environments. We evaluate all aspects of your company’s internal CBM efforts including technology deployment, personnel training/competency levels, and communication of results.
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Advanced Testing

Our Advanced Testing Group (ATG) personnel has well over one hundred years of combined experience in a wide variety of industries. Service offerings range from advanced machinery vibration analysis and performance benchmarking to troubleshooting and diagnostics utilizing a wide range of dynamic and process data. The types of data involved can be acoustics, pressure, force, tension, load, strain, and vibration among many others.
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Modal Analysis & ODS Testing

“A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words”. This is especially true when it comes to understanding some of the complex, dynamic problems that plague operating machinery. Modal Analysis and Operating Deflection Shape (ODS) Analysis help visualize and better understand the root cause and determine the right fix for even the most difficult structural and mechanical problems.
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Motion Amplification™️

IVC Technologies is excited to provide this cutting-edge technology that allows a vibration analyst to see minute amounts of machine movement that would ordinarily be invisible to the naked eye. Using Iris M, a revolutionary video-processing and software package developed by RDI Technologies, our analysts use a high speed, high definition camera to collect video data. The software and processing algorithms detect subtle motion and amplify it, essentially converting every pixel into an independent sensor, creating millions of data points in a matter of seconds.
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Torque Testing

If you need to identify shaft failure modes, understand drive control characteristics, or measure the loading conditions to properly size gears, spindles, and couplings, then Torque Testing is required. IVC Technologies’ ability to measure and analyze the true Torque signature can be of tremendous value. Torque testing can accurately capture what occurs during machine starts, process changes, TAFs (Torque Amplification Factor), and intermittent process-related events.
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Remote Monitoring

Remote Monitoring and Analysis of plant machinery is a proven technology that can be used to complement a conventional condition based monitoring program in order to improve reliability, equipment life, and worker safety. IVC Technologies can monitor multiple machines simultaneously and remotely provide diagnostic services. We have successfully implemented Remote Monitoring and PMP programs for the Steel, Paper, Petro-Chemical, and Power industries
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Ternion

Ternion is an innovative condition monitoring service created with the customer in mind. It’s designed to break down barriers that have prevented many companies from experiencing the cost-saving value of vibration monitoring for their machine assets.
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Crane Testing

While the annual inspections are useful in determining whether or not a crane is capable of performing its task of safely and reliably lifting its cargo, the drive mechanism is often overlooked. IVC Technologies has come up with a crane testing method to ensure that all aspects of your industrial crane’s overall reliability are taken into consideration.

We are unique in our ability to rapidly deploy any type and level of technology in order to resolve even the toughest crane performance issues in the harshest of industrial environments.
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Rolling Mill & Grinder Testing

IVC Technologies is unique in its ability to rapidly deploy and resolve even the toughest rolling mill and grinder chatter and product quality issues in the harshest of industrial environments. While other service providers focus on saving bearings, IVC Technologies is focused on analyzing and improving your process, production, and bottom line.
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Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM)

Improve the health of your equipment to maximize uptime and productivity

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Training

The selection of a certification agency to help train employees is critical when striving towards success within your facility. Why choose IVC Technologies?

  • Our services can be customized to meet your needs, no matter what they are, and are included in IVC Technologies’ training portfolio.
  •  We are the only company in the United States hosting Vibration Analysis Level 1 and 2 courses
    which are taught by an ASNT PdM Level III certificate holder endorsed in both Vibration
    Analysis and Thermal/Infrared.
  • We are the only company in the United States with an on-site training center that includes dynamic equipment in our mill test lab area.  We can also provide training on-site at your facility.
  • IVC Technologies is a corporate partner of ASNT and an ISO certified service company. We are the only PdM (CM) training company in the United States using the complete ASNT certification scheme (SNT-TC-1A).  This means that,  in addition to closed-book and written examinations, certification includes a hands-on practical examination to demonstrate that candidates can actually perform the skills for which they have been trained

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Industries We Serve

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Chemical

Strict requirements exist for equipment housed in explosive areas such as chemical plants because the materials and fuels produced in them are typically very sensitive. Process assurance is critical because failure in any of the following components can result in production losses costing millions:

∙ Blower
∙ Centrifuge
∙ Compressor
∙ Mixer
∙ Pump
∙ Separator
∙ Turbine

IVC Technologies increases worker safety in chemical processing, handling and production facilities by optimizing your equipment and preventing failures.
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Construction

IVC Technologies provides professional remote and on-site vibration monitoring services to the construction industry. Many local, state and federal regulations require vibration and acoustic noise monitoring at construction sites. As part of our comprehensive vibration monitoring services, we are able to guide our clients through these laws and codes, assess their specific needs and create a customized vibration monitoring plan.

IVC is also able to set up monitoring equipment for commercial property owners to protect them from incurring damage from significant levels of ground-borne vibration when an aggressive construction or demolition project is planned nearby.

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Food

In the food processing industry, disruptions in operation or downtime can have a devastating effect on product quality and may sometimes necessitate the destruction of entire batches. IVC’s condition monitoring services ensure that machines and equipment are operating at optimal performance to increase throughput, food quality, and employee safety. Some of the most important industry assets monitored include:

• Compressors
• Conveyor systems
• Extruders
• Fans
• Mixers
• Pumps
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Manufacturing

Manufacturing equipment and machines cannot produce accurate parts if performance is adversely affected by substantial wear to their subsystems. With their comprehensive condition based monitoring services, IVC keeps clients’ physical assets and production systems operating efficiently, reducing downtime, increasing productivity and ensuring the high-quality products their customers have come to expect.

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Metals

Whether monitoring the temperature and pressure of riveters and stampers, to monitoring the humidity level inside the plant itself, any inconsistency in the manufacturing process line can result in overworked equipment, substandard products, and costly unplanned downtime.

IVC’s advanced condition monitoring services maintain high-quality, efficiency and productivity by keeping manufacturing machines and equipment in top operating condition. In addition, if any issues or irregularities are discovered, they can be quickly addressed before they lead to serious problems.

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Paper

The production of paper is a very complex process. Paper machines need to be adjusted to the exact measurements of the paper type. During the production process, paper goes through numerous steps:

• Wire section
• Press section
• Dryer section
• Smoothing calender
• Coating machine
• Calender
• Roll cutter

Whether the machines run fast or slow, wide or narrow, IVC condition monitoring services ensure that the paper manufacturing process is as efficient and profitable as possible.
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Pharma

The pharmaceutical industry depends on production systems that operate at peak efficiency for extended periods of time, with minimal maintenance. Effective air handling is crucial and requires machinery that can stabilize air conditions with precise limits with no abrupt changes to air flow rate, temperature or humidity. Achieving this requires machines that are correctly specified, maintained and operated.

IVC can provide solutions for both online and offline monitoring. Our industrial accelerometers and vibration sensors are designed for use in the toughest environments, including hazardous areas, reducing the potential for a degradation in air standards and lost production.
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Power & Utilities

Failure of a primary power source not only has direct consequences locally but can also affect the stability of an entire infrastructure.

The monitoring of power plant machinery varies. For safety reasons, turbines are protected by a machine safety system. Depending on their importance in the power generation process, primary and secondary components are monitored by either an online condition monitoring system or examined with a portable data collector as part of regular inspections.

IVC’s comprehensive condition based monitoring services allow for corrective actions, such as shaft alignment and/or balancing, to be executed in a timely, cost-effective manner.

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