ABSTRACT
Condition monitoring (CM) is a technique that serves the condition-based maintenance. This chapter discusses the importance of induction motors in industry and why the prevention of unscheduled downtime is significant. This is followed by an explanation on machine maintenance and a brief description of various kinds of the possible motor faults and of condition monitoring (CM) techniques. CM has prolonged the lifetime of electrical machinery and has minimized the possibility of disastrous machine failure. The chapter provides an overview on development of the various types of CM. It presents the limitations on the contemporary study as related to CM of induction motors. The unexpected breakdowns of the motors cause a great deal of unacceptable production loss. These breakdowns are certainly unacceptable in the application of induction motors, which are vital for any industry. The chapter also provides a brief summary on the contents of this book.
