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Test Your Knowledge, Part Seven December 20, 2010
Test Your Knowledge, Part Six December 13, 2010
Test Your Knowledge, Part Five December 6, 2010
Test Your Knowledge, Part Four November 29, 2010
Test Your Knowledge, Part Three November 22, 2010
Test Your Knowledge, Part Two November 8, 2010
Test Your Knowledge November 1, 2010
Armature Defects on DC Motors October 25, 2010
Confirming Current Unbalance Follow-up October 11, 2010
Confirming Current Unbalance October 4, 2010
Reliability Planning...The Earlier, The Better September 27, 2010
Trend...Your Friend in the End September 20, 2010
Inverter Testing, Part Two September 13, 2010
Inverter Testing September 6, 2010
EISA...What Does This Mean For You? Part Five August 30, 2010
EISA...What Does This Mean For You? Part Four August 23, 2010
EISA...What Does This Mean For You? Part Three August 16, 2010
EISA...What Does This Mean For You? Part Two August 9, 2010
EISA...What Does This Mean For You? Part One August 2, 2010
Limit Your Starts! July 26, 2010
Shaft Currents and Bearing Defects July 19, 2010
Getting Started Can Be Stressful July 12, 2010
Spectral Band Alarms July 5, 2010
Selling Reliability Investment to Management June 28, 2010
Voltage and Current Relationship June 21, 2010
Still Water Runs Deep June 14, 2010
Little Things Make Big Things Happen June 7, 2010
Voltage Looks Up...Resistance Looks Down May 31, 2010
Are You Selecting the Right Current Probe? May 24, 2010
Don't Forget the Notes May 17, 2010
Repair or Replace...Tax Incentives May 10, 2010
Safe and Easy...An Unusual Pair April 26, 2010
Negative Temperature Coefficient April 19, 2010
Trouble Shooting Wound Rotor Motors April 12, 2010
Test Lead Condition April 5, 2010
Time to Trend March 29, 2010
Don't throw those instructions away! March 22, 2010
Quality Control, the First Step to Motor Reliability March 16, 2010
Frequency Response, Range, and Resolution February 22, 2010
Storage of Spare Motors, Follow-up February 15, 2010
What is a Double Cage Rotor, Part Two February 8, 2010
New Year's Motor Tip, Part Two February 2, 2010
New Year's Motor Tip January 25, 2010
Are You Certified? January 18, 2010
What Happened? January 11, 2010
What is a Double-Cage Rotor? January 5, 2010


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Current and Impedance Imbalance Relationship
January 23, 2012
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Combining Static and Dynamic Testing - Preventing a Motor Catastrophe
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Motor Efficiency and Fault Zone Analysis
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Motor Repair or Replacement? The Green Solution
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MCEGold 2.4 Released
PdMA continually strives to enhance their product to accommodate their international and domestic users' needs and this update reflects that commitment. This release includes enhancements to the software and introduces the new international language feature. Currently the software is available in English, Spanish, and Chinese. In the near future Italian, German, Portuguese, French, and Russian will be available, with additional languages to follow.


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2012 Training Schedule Posted
The PdMA training schedule for 2011 has been posted.
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2010 Best Motor Testing Program Winner
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MCEGold 2.3.1 Released
MCEGold Version 2.3.1 adds various features for network and stand-alone users.
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MCEGold 2.2 Released
MCEGold Version 2.2 introduces two new modules, Asset Scheduler and Energy Cost Analysis.
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Introducing MTAP3
The affordable MTAP3 offers the ability to safely capture data in many of the smallest enclosures where the MTAP2 cannot be installed.
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Bridging the Gap:
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