Of dynamic data and logic: HOW 'TECHNICAL' SHOULD YOUR ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BE?

摘要

When deciding what constitutes an appropriate and adequate machinery protection and asset management system, plant personnel must consider both economic and technical variables. Often many end-users do not monitor their units to a "highly technical" level for a variety of reasons, including not being "told what is right," as well as buying a protection-management system based solely on cost, and not on value. But in many cases only a "highly technical" system is adequate for that application. Before engineering a machinery protection system, operators need to answer two key questions: 1) Is dynamic (time-related, rapidly changing) data needed? 2) Is it "best practice" to use some form of transducer voting logic?