CONDITION monitoring is perhaps the most misused and misunderstood of all industrial plant improvement programs.
It is typically defined as a means of preventing catastrophic failure in critical rotating machinery - such as power generation plant, larger pumps and main arterial conveying systems - and providing the data needed to accurately determine the optimal schedule for maintenance activities on this plant.
It is largely viewed as a “maintenance tool”, with little relevance to plant management and operations.
In truth, condition monitoring can and should play a much broader role in the modern industrial operations: it is a tool that helps effectively manage site plant assets, logistics and labour requirements.
If we take, for example, a typical Australian mine site, located away from any major infrastructure and immediate transportation, labour is usually finite, plant on site is specialised and availability requirements are usually “24/7”. Faced with these challenges, we can see that careful management of plant assets is critical to ensuring overall plant performance.
There are a variety of technologies that are used as part of a complete plant condition monitoring program, the more common being:
• Vibration analysis.
• Oil analysis.
• Infrared thermography.
• Motor current analysis.
Typically, we see a range of analysis technologies applied to any given piece of equipment, which allows the analyst to make the most informed decision.
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It is largely viewed as a “maintenance tool”, with little relevance to plant management and operations.
In truth, condition monitoring can and should play a much broader role in the modern industrial operations: it is a tool that helps effectively manage site plant assets, logistics and labour requirements.
If we take, for example, a typical Australian mine site, located away from any major infrastructure and immediate transportation, labour is usually finite, plant on site is specialised and availability requirements are usually “24/7”. Faced with these challenges, we can see that careful management of plant assets is critical to ensuring overall plant performance.
There are a variety of technologies that are used as part of a complete plant condition monitoring program, the more common being:
• Vibration analysis.
• Oil analysis.
• Infrared thermography.
• Motor current analysis.
Typically, we see a range of analysis technologies applied to any given piece of equipment, which allows the analyst to make the most informed decision.
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Intresant analys från Rockwell i Australien
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Tillståndsbaserat Underhåll - Condition Based Maintenance - Industriell IT
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