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Quite a bit of confusion exists on the subject of motor circuit analysis. The confusion is centered on two issues: The very name of the technology. What this technology is capable of. This article ...

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Maintenance teams often need to have difficult conversations if they rely heavily on a reactive maintenance strategy. Even the most experienced teams view reactive maintenance as an ad-hoc task.