Process Engineering Applications
Monitoring and maintenance in process industries has never been as important as it is today. The competitive advantage to be gained through effective planned maintenance and rapid fault diagnosis can be the difference between making a profit and not!
It is also true that now has never been a better time to invest in the technology, which offers so much more for so much less. Whether you are looking at basic temperature monitoring or full diagnostic vibration analysis, it has never been simpler or more cost-effective to do. To leave maintenance issues to chance is to risk everything!
Condition Monitoring
This is the process of measuring certain quantities such as vibration, temperature, power consumption or oil quality as a method of monitoring the condition of piece of machinery. This will often be rotating machinery and might include the monitoring of vibration at various positions to represent various bearings or moving parts.
Effective condition monitoring allows planned maintenance programmes to be operated reducing maintenance costs and increasing productivity
Predictive Maintenance
This is the combining of various measurements or data-sources to establish patterns that allow the state of a piece of plant to be predicted. The purpose of predictive maintenance monitoring systems is to establish criteria upon which planned maintenance can be carried out before a failure or unexpected stoppage.
The benefits of introducing effective predictive maintenance systems is in potentially huge efficiency savings, only carrying out maintenance when necessary but in-time to prevent failures. This can often lead to substantial increases in productivity
Diagnostic Analysis
Should a fault be found, it is imperative that a timely and accurate diagnosis be made so that a focussed repair can be carried out. Vibration and temperature are often used for diagnostic purposes. Diagnostic analysis can also be used during product development to identify design improvements or quality issues.
Diagnostic vibration analysis is used to identify a particular problem with a piece of mechanical equipment by looking in detail at the spectra analysis of the vibration. Using measuring and analysis equipment can help engineers to deduce the cause of a problem so that the correct engineering solution can be applied.
Once again, effective and timely diagnosis is the key to improved efficiency and productivity in process industries
Castle Process Solutions
With 40 years of experience with monitoring and analysis equipment, Castle is well placed to deliver on process monitoring and maintenance issues. We have a range of products and services through which we can deliver support and solution provision.
