Spurring wider use of on-line condition monitoring for predictive maintenance

Pressure to increase production output and eliminate quality defects is spurring manufacturing companies to shift from periodic data logging to on-line monitoring systems for performing predictive maintenance on plant machinery. This change in approach is aided by new technological developments offe...

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Published in:Industrial engineer (Norcross, Ga.) Ga.), 1994-11, Vol.26 (11), p.32
Main Author: Page, Ed
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Bearings
Cost control
Cost reduction
Failure
Information systems
Machinery
Manufacturing
Monitoring systems
Preventive maintenance
Sensors
Shutdowns
Spectrum analysis
Variables
VDTs
Video display terminals
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Summary:Pressure to increase production output and eliminate quality defects is spurring manufacturing companies to shift from periodic data logging to on-line monitoring systems for performing predictive maintenance on plant machinery. This change in approach is aided by new technological developments offering several advancements, including substantially lower costs for on-line monitoring systems, simpler installation requirements, and earlier and more reliable fault detection using high frequency envelope spectrum analysis. Benefits of using on-line monitoring systems are discussed. A number of companies are using Monitoring Technology Corp.'s MS-2000 Machine Surveillance System. A configuration is included to illustrate how 31 processor units can be networked together with a personal computer through an RS-485 data link, using MS-2000.
ISSN:2471-9579