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Focus on Maintenance Tools

| By Gerald Ondrey

Wireless condition monitoring for rotating machinery

Sulzer Pumps Finland

Last month, this company introduced the Sulzer Sense wireless IoT condition-monitoring system (photo). The solution includes wireless sensors that are attached to a pump, agitator, motor or any rotating equipment. The sensors measure temperature and vibration and send the data to the cloud. This means that the operating status of the equipment can be remotely monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The condition-monitoring feature identifies changes in condition parameters and indicates potential faults at an early stage. The new Sulzer Sense monitoring device will detect possible imbalance, misalignment, looseness and bearing wear. This supports predictive maintenance and helps to avoid sudden pump failure and eventual downtime. The Sense data are sent to the cloud and can be monitored in the company’s online service on a mobile phone, tablet or laptop, anywhere and anytime. The user can set an alert value and will automatically be alarmed if this value is exceeded. — Sulzer Pumps Finland Oy, Vantaa, Finland

www.sulzer.com

Handheld device makes machine monitoring easy

SKF USA

SKF Pulse (photo) combines an easy-to-use handheld sensor with a new mobile application (app), allowing users to quickly monitor rotating equipment and machine health to predict issues and improve reliability before operations are impacted. For more advanced analysis, users can request a Pulse Check directly via the app. The request goes to a diagnostics center operated by this company, where experts remotely analyze the machine data and respond with recommended corrective actions to improve equipment performance, if required. SKF Pulse has an intuitive visual interface that guides users through the data collection process. Users enter asset information that automatically configures alarm thresholds based on ISO standards. Thresholds can also be customized if desired. The durable SKF Pulse sensor features: velocity, acceleration and temperature measurement of rotating equipment; Bluetooth communication with iOS mobile devices; and more. — SKF USA Inc., Lansdale, Pa.

www.skf.com

Software for managing preventive maintenance

Sterling Systems & Controls

PMPlanR is a robust standalone preventive-maintenance planning software application. PMPlanR allows users to “build your plant.” Each plant (or multiple plants) consists of areas, machines and assets. In addition to the Plant Builder function (photo), users can set up and manage part vendors, service tags, preventive-maintenance tags and work orders, as well as prepare and display various history reports that users have access to. A security system is also provided in the PMPlanR software application. WebPM remote supervisory software option is available for use with the PMPlanR application. WebPM gives corporate users access to the database of the PMPlanR software application, which allows remote users to view and print historical reports. — Sterling Systems & Controls, Inc., Sterling, Ill.

www.sterlingcontrols.com

Prescriptive analytics for improved reliability

Emerson Automation Solutions

Released in May, PeakVue Plus (photo) is a technology enhancement that brings prescriptive analytics to the field to help users improve the availability of rotating machinery. The firmware streamlines the path from data collection to action and enables users to make timely, corrective decisions when analyzing machinery vibration. By embedding expertise into analysis algorithms, PeakVue Plus enables AMS 2140 Machinery Health Analyzer users to see at a glance not only whether a machine is in good working condition, but also the severity of an issue and whether it is related to a bearing defect or lubrication. This helps field technicians determine root causes and quickly resolve equipment problems before failures occur and cause unplanned downtime. PeakVue Plus builds on proven PeakVue technology that filters vibration signals to focus on impacting, a leading indicator of overall asset health on any type of rolling-element bearing machine. — Emerson Automation Solutions, Austin, Tex.

www.emerson.com

 

This handheld device analyzes motor circuits

All-Test Pro

This company provides industry with advanced handheld predictive-maintenance testing and troubleshooting instruments for a.c. and d.c. motors, transformers and generators. A recent addition to the product slate is a new series of Motor Circuit Analysis (MCA) instruments (photo) that deliver a total view into the condition of an electric motor, transformer or generator. They represent the 7th generation in product innovations that ensure the reliability of motors in the field and help to maximize the productivity of maintenance teams everywhere. — All-Test Pro, LLC, Old Saybrook, Conn.

www.alltestpro.com

 

 

 

 

New software release to optimize plant performance

In July, this organization launched the latest release of its AllAssets, adding significant new functionality to the AllAssets Asset Performance Management (APM) platform with the addition of a Maintenance Optimization module. The software includes RCM, FMEA, FMECA and maintenance-optimization capabilities and libraries. The company’s approach to APM brings together facility-specific asset data and engineering expertise with industry best practice. The platform’s sophisticated, risk-based algorithms and library of extensive engineering knowledge across reliability and maintenance optimization enable users to determine the most effective maintenance strategies. With the tool, maintenance costs can be reduced by up to 30%, says the company. — Lloyd’s Register, London, U.K.

www.lr.org

A tablet PC for hazardous and non-hazardous locations

Endress+Hauser

The Field Xpert SMT70 (photo) is a rugged tablet PC for commissioning and maintenance staff to manage field instruments and document the work progress. The tablet comes preinstalled with DeviceCare device configuration software and device library. The Field Xpert SMT70 supports HART, Profibus DP/PA, Foundation Fieldbus, Modbus, CDI and this company’s service interfaces. It can connect to field instrumentation devices directly via a USB or Bluetooth wireless modem, or via a gateway, remote I/O or multiplexer to a bus system. The Field Xpert device library has more than 2,700 pre-installed device and communication drivers, allowing it to work with many different instruments from a wide variety of vendors. The drivers can be used to communicate with virtually all HART and Foundation Fieldbus devices, and additional device drivers (DTMs) can be easily installed if required. The tablet comes in a general purpose configuration, as well hazardous-area configuration for Class 1, Division 2 Groups A,B,C,D, T4 and Class 1, Zone 2, Groups IIC, T4. — Endress+Hauser, Greenwood, Ind.

www.us.endress.com

Load monitoring relay for direct-current applications

The SIRIUS 3UG546 DC load monitoring relay is said to be the most compact of its kind for d.c. applications, enabling simple and precise power measurement. It is the first and only d.c.-load-monitoring relay to combine current and voltage measurement, power monitoring, communication and various other useful functions in one single, compact device. Until now, several individual components were required for each of these functions. The load-monitoring relay features a large operating voltage range from 0 to 800 V. The relay comes with separate counters for energy consumption and energy recovery. Operating-hour and switching-cycle counters enable preventive maintenance. — Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

www.siemens.com