PREVENTING MACHINERY FAILURES WITH ONLINE SURVEILLANCE

摘要

Rotating equipment in production facilities offers optimal performance and reliability when properly installed, maintained, and operated. Condition monitoring devices and systems are utilized to keep tabs on the operational performance of key production equipment. All types of tools and technologies exist today in the predictive maintenance field to allow monitoring and assessment of such equipment. In many cases, a structured portable, walk-around program will suffice. In other situations, where equipment is hard to reach, inaccessible, or located in a dangerous or hazardous area, a permanent installation of sensors and surveillance hardware is necessary. Key objectives for such a maintenance program are to minimize failures, reduce downtime, and to reduce costs.