Unlock the essentials of vibration monitoring to enhance equipment reliability, reduce costs, and improve safety.
RESOURCE CENTER Insights, guides, and tools to help you protect what matters most
Welcome to the Waites Resource Center: a collection of case studies, articles, and news designed to inform, educate, and inspire. Explore how predictive maintenance is being used across industries to reduce downtime, extend equipment life, and improve maintenance strategies. Whether you're just starting out or looking to deepen your understanding, these resources offer practical insights grounded in real-world applications.
WHERE ARE YOU ON THE MAINTENANCE MATURITY CURVE?
Most maintenance programs fall somewhere between reactive and scalable, but few know exactly where they land. How mature is your org's maintenance program?
Lubrication of hog rotor bearings at a sawmill restored stability, saving $126K with condition-based monitoring.
See if your facility is at a tipping point for condition monitoring, and learn how to take action when the time is right.
Discover how proactive lubrication saved $37K and avoided 48 hours of downtime in a glass manufacturing facility.
Discover how PdM can multiply your team's expertise and reduce downtime by up to 70% while building the skilled workforce your organization needs for the future.
Predictive vibration monitoring by Waites prevented pump failure, saving $314K at a forest products facility.
Explore the business opportunities opened up by IIoT and big data, as well as the challenges companies face when implementing them.
Detect and prevent the 10 most common machine failures in manufacturing with smart, real-time condition monitoring.
The universal adapter suite offers seamless wireless integration, reduces customer costs, and accelerates access to critical machine health data.
Is your vibration program keeping pace with what your operation really needs?
Evaluate the four steps of the predictive maintenance process and how they work
Waites' predictive maintenance prevented a gearbox failure, saving $200,000 and avoiding 2 hours of downtime at a critical logistics hub.