The Importance of Vibration Monitoring in High Performance Machinery

Posted by Elite Internet Technologies on August 22nd, 2018

A condition monitoring program plays a very important role in most industrial companies that have plant machinery. These programs allow companies of all sizes to monitor costs and improve the lifetime of plant equipment through on-going maintenance and monitoring of the performance of machinery on a regular basis, and in real-time if possible. There are several types of condition monitoring options depending on the industry and application, including oil analysis, vibration monitoring and acoustic emissions testing.

Condition monitoring programs play a big part in many industrial companies and form a meaningful part of their budget, rightfully so as the cost of maintenance is much more reasonable than the alternative of having to replace expensive plant machinery. For example, if a piece of equipment breaks down without notice, then a day's production maybe lost due to unplanned maintenance that needs to occur, and a number of fail-safes or alternatives have to be designed and invested in to accommodate those unplanned issues. If the part that has broken down needs to be shipped in from somewhere else then it create much longer delays before the equipment is back up and running. When you identify the right condition monitoring solution, then you’re able to sidestep many of these concerns, at the very least identifying problems before they occur so that you’re able to quickly take a machine out of commission, while having a part on standby.

This helps engineers reduce the cost of maintenance by only making repairs based upon the performance of the machine and issues that are expected rather than using an arbitrary amount of time as a key determining factor, which may create unnecessary increases in maintenance (and cost) and may overlook other maintenance issues that end up being spotted due to a breakdown on a production line. The use of a vibration switchis one solution which helps experts plan maintenance rather than waiting until a fault occurs. This also allows engineers to predict faults by referencing historic data, giving you a much clearer picture about potential issues as well as real costs associated with machinery over time.

Having access to high quality products like accelerometers and other sensors is essential, and having a company like STI available to help you identify solutions to your monitoring issues is very important as well. If you’d like to learn more about them, then visit their website today at www.stiweb.com.