To keep machines running smoothly, a new ASTM International standard, D7917, Inductive Wear Debris Sensors in Gearbox and Drivetrain Applications, provides practices for the selection, application and use of inductive type metal debris sensors that are used to indicate the presence of ferrous and nonferrous debris in gearbox applications.

ASTM member Jack Poley, managing general partner, Condition Monitoring International, says that D7917 will provide credible, sufficiently rigorous general standards for the manufacture and application of magnetometric sensors for condition monitoring purposes.

“Manufacturers will reference and indicate compliance with the standard,” says Poley. “This standard should bridge all industrial machinery, off-highway, marine and oil and gas components, along with some aviation applications.”

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