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- Don Davies graduated from Southampton’s Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) in 1979 and is now a director of Prosig Ltd. Don specialises in the capture and analysis of vibration data from rotating machines such as power station turbine generators. He developed and is the Product Manager for PROTOR. Don is a member of the British Computer Society.
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Understanding the Importance of Transducer Orientation
Posted on March 20, 2012 | No CommentsWhen monitoring vibration on large gas or steam turbines and generators with fluid-film bearings, the relative movement of the shaft within the bearing is typically measured by a pair of...Using Your VCM To Monitor Auxiliary Equipment
Posted on October 25, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe use of a vibration condition monitoring system for monitoring vibration from large rotating machines fitted with fluid-filled journal bearings such as steam or gas turbines is well understood. Vibration...PROTOR Vibration Condition Monitoring System Installed in Three Thermal Power Plants in Spain for Iberdrola
Posted on August 31, 2010 | No CommentsIBERDROLA has launched a renewal plan for the existing condition monitoring systems in their plants in Spain. This plan will be implemented gradually and PROSIG was selected to install their...Vibration Condition Monitoring Using Your Android Smartphone
Posted on May 14, 2010 | No CommentsEver been lying on the beach and begun to wonder about the state of your LP turbines? Or out on business and anxious to know if that troublesome exciter bearing...Prosig Awarded Contract To Upgrade Online Vibration Monitoring System At Wylfa
Posted on September 5, 2008 | 3 CommentsProsig have been awarded the contract to upgrade the Online Vibration Monitoring System at Wylfa nuclear power station. Wylfa is located on the north coast of Anglesey and has two...Shaft Displacement Measurement Using A PROTOR System
Posted on June 4, 2008 | 6 CommentsShaft displacement is an important vibration measurement for rotating machines. Shaft displacement is usually monitored by non-contact shaft displacement probes such as eddy-current probes. These probes produce a voltage proportional...Updated Protor System For Ringhals, Sweden
Posted on October 3, 2006 | No CommentsProsig installed a PROTOR system at the Ringhals1 reactor in Sweden in 1992. This system was based on the PROTOR2 level of hardware and software and consisted of a Sun...














