In order to provide effective 24/7 condition monitoring for enterprises of all sizes, Turk Bonner has launched a stand-alone, pre-programmed starter kit for vibration and temperature monitoring, at a price of less than £600. PWE report.

Condition monitoring uses sensors to monitor equipment and provide fault early warning. This greatly reduces costs by allowing planned maintenance rather than catastrophic failures and production losses.

For small and medium-sized companies, vibration and temperature monitoring are often seen as too expensive or too complicated. This often results in the transfer of responsibility to maintenance personnel, who touch the motors in their daily activities to feel whether they are hotter or vibrate more than when they last touched the motors (which they remembered). Although this involves very little cost, it is not very effective.

Turk Bonner’s kit is designed for first-time users and includes all the functions to monitor a motor and receive warnings before it fails. However, since it uses the same controller as its large-scale condition monitoring system, performance will not be affected or expanded to the ability to integrate into a large-scale monitoring system of existing local and cloud networks.

The IP67 control module does not require a cabinet and can be wirelessly connected to the sensor. The sensor is easy to install on the motor, pump or fan. The kit includes a magnetic mounting bracket.

After connection, the controller will monitor the motor's operating vibration and temperature, and set the reference operating range. Based on this baseline, the controller intelligently establishes warning and alarm levels for the motor. The current motor status is displayed as a green, amber or red icon on the web interface, and all historical data can be displayed by touching the icon. The web interface allows remote display of conditions from any browser on any smartphone, tablet or PC. When this is combined with text alerts, maintenance personnel can immediately access the condition monitoring system when needed.

In this configuration, the only other thing needed is a data card, no other operations are required, and no other fees are required.

The starter kit has multiple expansion possibilities. A single starter kit can connect up to 40 wireless sensors, and the controller has been pre-programmed for 40 sensors. In addition, customers will not be locked into a pre-programmed cloud configuration. The controller can be connected to the local network, SCADA, PLC or other cloud system at any time. This allows external data collection, analysis and integration into existing systems, such as DCS or CMS.

Single-phase current monitoring sensors can indicate winding faults, stator faults, rotor bar or end ring faults, bent shafts, overload conditions, and can also be used to supplement vibration and temperature sensors.

A solution kit is also provided, which includes a wireless controller, touch screen HMI, power supply and interfaces in a wall-mounted enclosure. This is also pre-programmed like a starter kit, which is ideal for users who need local visualization and analysis.

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SPM INSTRUMENT AB, the world's leading supplier of condition monitoring technology and products, announced the release of AiriusTM, a series of wireless vibration sensors for remote monitoring of industrial equipment. The company said that Airius can provide warnings about vibration-related issues and gear and bearing failures. It is a wireless, battery-powered sensor that is ideal for remote condition monitoring of standard production equipment such as pumps and fans.

Precision bearing manufacturer Schaeffler UK has expanded its scope of condition monitoring (CM) services in the UK market. The company said that with its knowledge of bearing failure analysis, vibration monitoring, bearing installation and maintenance, and its own combination of condition monitoring equipment, it can include railways, wind energy, paper, steel, food, mining and quarrying, and pharmaceuticals.

Factory condition monitoring is an increasingly common method of preventing critical equipment failures and maximizing uptime, but many engineers are making some basic and costly mistakes. ERIKS UK's condition monitoring expert David Manning-Ohren has provided 10 rules to ensure that your condition monitoring technology is useful for you, not against you.

PWE focuses on a phased approach based on condition maintenance. Asset criticality defines three complex phases—"basic", "better" or "best"—how to meet operational needs and budgets.

The ability to monitor the condition of assets 24/7 from any location is becoming a new trend in maintenance practices. Ultrasound, as a key technology for condition monitoring, will play a key role in this trend. Adrian Messer CMRP report from UE Systems.

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