Resources
RESOURCES
Predictive Maintenance Partners, Associations and Industry Leaders
Failure Prevention Associates (FPA) works with predictive maintenance partners across the reliability industry: the manufacturers, associations and standards bodies that help plants prevent unplanned downtime and extend equipment life. FPA sells and supports condition monitoring equipment from the technology partners below, builds its reliability training around published standards, and meets plant teams at the industry’s leading events.
Whether you are starting a new predictive maintenance program or expanding one that already runs, these predictive maintenance partners give your team access to proven tools, certified training and experienced field support. Each listing links to the organization’s own website and, where FPA carries their products, to the matching FPA product page.
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
Condition Monitoring Technology from Our Predictive Maintenance Partners
FPA sells, demonstrates and trains on equipment from these manufacturers. Each of these predictive maintenance partners covers a different technology, so plants can combine motor testing, ultrasound, vibration analysis, infrared thermography and lubrication monitoring into one complete condition monitoring program.
PdMA
Tampa, Florida manufacturer of electric motor test equipment, including the MCEMAX®, PdMA EYE and MTAP online and offline motor analyzers, plus motor diagnostics training. Motor circuit analysis and current signature analysis help find winding, rotor and power quality problems before a motor fails.
SDT Ultrasound Solutions
Ultrasound instruments and software for compressed air leak detection, bearing condition monitoring, acoustic lubrication and electrical inspection. Ultrasound often gives the earliest warning of bearing wear and lubrication problems, and it is one of the fastest ways to cut compressed air energy waste.
CTC
Connection Technology Center designs industrial accelerometers, cables, connectors and mounting hardware for route-based and permanent vibration monitoring. Reliable sensors and cabling are the foundation of accurate vibration data, whether it is collected with a portable analyzer or an online system.
Teledyne FLIR
Thermal imaging cameras and infrared sensors used for electrical and mechanical inspections, building diagnostics and process monitoring. Infrared thermography finds loose connections, overloaded circuits and overheating bearings without interrupting production.
IRISS
Infrared windows, inspection ports and electrical safety products that let teams inspect energized equipment without opening panels. Infrared windows reduce arc flash exposure and make routine thermography surveys faster and safer.
Luneta
Tulsa, Oklahoma maker of Tritan™ oil sight glasses and condition monitoring pods for at-a-glance lubricant level, contamination and wear checks. Visual oil checks give operators a simple way to support lubrication and oil analysis programs between lab samples.
ASSOCIATIONS & EVENTS
Reliability Associations and Industry Events
Professional organizations and conferences where maintenance and reliability teams share best practices. FPA exhibits at several of these events each year. They are a great place to see technology from our predictive maintenance partners side by side and talk with the engineers who use it every day.
Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia
Texas A&M Turbomachinery Laboratory’s annual Houston event for pump, compressor and turbine users, with short courses, case studies and an exhibit hall. It is one of the best places to learn rotating equipment troubleshooting from the people who design and run these machines.
STANDARDS
Standards Organizations Behind Our Training
The standards behind FPA’s certified training and field work. Following published standards keeps inspection results consistent and helps your team’s certifications carry weight across the industry.
SAFETY & COMPLIANCE
Contractor Safety and Compliance Networks
FPA maintains memberships in the contractor management networks that plants use to prequalify field service providers. These memberships make it easier for plants to approve FPA technicians for on-site vibration analysis, thermography and motor testing work.
WHY IT MATTERS
How Predictive Maintenance Partners Strengthen Your Program
No single technology finds every failure mode. Vibration analysis catches imbalance, misalignment and bearing defects. Ultrasound hears early lubrication problems and leaks. Infrared thermography spots electrical heat, motor circuit analysis tests windings and insulation, and oil checks reveal contamination and wear. Working with a group of predictive maintenance partners lets FPA match the right tool to each asset instead of forcing one technology to do everything.
These relationships also benefit your team in practical ways:
- Proven equipment: FPA sells and supports instruments from trusted predictive maintenance partners and established condition monitoring manufacturers.
- Hands-on training: Courses are built around the tools your technicians use and the standards they certify to.
- Field experience: FPA analysts use the same technologies on site, so recommendations come from real-world results.
- Safe, compliant contractors: Memberships in DISA, Avetta and ISNetworld make it easier to bring FPA on site.
Not sure where to start? Our team can help you compare technologies from our predictive maintenance partners and build a reliability plan that fits your plant, budget and staff.
PARTNER WITH FPA
Interested in Joining FPA’s Predictive Maintenance Partners?
Manufacturers, associations and service organizations that support industrial reliability can contact FPA about being listed on this page or working together on training, events and field projects. Plant teams can also contact us for help choosing equipment or training from any of the partners above.
Or call 713-896-4570