Keep Your Motors Running Strong

Unlock Continuous Performance and Prevent Costly Downtime with Advanced Motor Condition Monitoring

The Challenge

Motors are the backbone of industrial operations — driving pumps, compressors, conveyors, and countless other critical assets. When performance begins to degrade, the impact ripples across production, energy efficiency, and maintenance costs. Left unchecked, small issues can escalate into catastrophic failures that halt operations, damage equipment, and inflate budgets.

Motors Are Mission-Critical in Applications Like:

Pumps: water circulation, chemical transfer, cooling systems
Compressors: process air, gas handling, refrigeration
Conveyors: material handling in manufacturing, mining, logistics
Fans & Blowers: HVAC, ventilation, dust collection systems

Monitoring motors isn’t optional — it’s essential to protecting uptime, safety, and profitability.

Monitoring Strategies

Reliability teams know that catching motor issues early requires multiple data sources. No single measurement tells the whole story — effective monitoring combines several techniques to uncover hidden problems before they become costly failures.

Key Strategies Include:

Vibration Analysis to identify imbalance, misalignment, or bearing wear
Electrical Signature Analysis to uncover rotor bar defects, stator winding issues, and load problems
Infrared (IR) Thermography to detect overheating, insulation breakdown, or inadequate cooling
Lubrication and Oil Analysis to spot friction, wear particles, or contamination
Process Data Correlation to tie motor health directly to production performance

Protect Your Motors. Protect Your Uptime.

Discover how Cutsforth can help you monitor motors with confidence.

Multiphysics Fault Models Built on Real-World Expertise

Cutsforth’s Integrated Diagnostic Models provide a digital blueprint for reliability by mapping known failure modes to the sensors and signal features needed to detect them. Built with input from experienced reliability engineers, the models capture optimal sensor placement, failure criticality and likelihood, and diagnostic effectiveness. The result is actionable fault intelligence—combining multiphysics measurements, deep expertise, and AI-driven optimization to clearly show how assets behave and where failures are most likely to occur.

Integrated Diagnostic Models are available for the following types of motors:

Medium-Voltage Electric Motor (Roller Bearing)
Medium-Voltage Electric Motor (Sleeve Bearing)

Motor Primary Components

Click the image hotspots below to see how motor main components are broken into sub-components with a sample list of associated failure modes for each. Refer to the linked documents below for more details about the Motor Integrated Diagnostic Model.

Download the Cutsforth Motor Model Data Sheet for more on motor failure modes, symptoms, sensors, and criticality.

To learn more about Integrated Diagnostic Models in general, download our Cutsforth Integrated Diagnostic Models White Paper.

The Risks of Doing Nothing

Ignoring motor health is not a neutral decision — it’s a gamble. Without proper monitoring, plants risk:

Unplanned Downtime from sudden motor failures
Safety Hazards from electrical or mechanical breakdowns
Escalating Maintenance Costs due to emergency repairs
Energy Waste as inefficient motors consume more power
Lost Production Capacity impacting throughput and revenue

How Cutsforth Helps

Cutsforth brings a comprehensive, multi-sensor approach to motor monitoring:

Multiphysics Measurements: Monitoring systems across the spectrum of vibration, electrical, thermography, EMI, and more
Unified Software Platform: InsightCM™ integrates measurements, waveforms, and alarms in one pane of glass
Reliability Services: Experienced consultants help assess current practices, design monitoring programs, and implement continuous improvement strategies

We meet you where you are — whether you’re just starting with motor monitoring or scaling across an entire fleet.