Savvy Maintenance Doubles Savings

摘要

Dedicated software modules from Siemens monitor mechanical assets in process plants, enabling preventive maintenance and contributing to increased safety and reduced downtimes. Pumps, positioners, heat exchangers, and compressors are a part of almost every plant in the process industry. Issues with these mechanical components can affect the entire plant, so their states need to be constantly monitored and evaluated. As mechanical assets typically do not provide any state information automatically, plant operators have confronted this problem with redundant installations or the implementation of additional special sensors and condition-monitoring systems. However, both solutions involve significant costs.