Online Machinery Asset Monitoring & Process Analytics at the Industrial Edge

Hydrocarbon pumps are essential assets to the refining industry, but they come with potential risks. What seemed to be a healthy pump during infrequent manual inspections can soon be the source of reduced or shutdown operations, expensive repairs, and compliance regulations. Dangerous fumes or even fire threatens the safety of your team and the facility.

The AC induction motor is the dominant motor technology in use today, representing more than 90% of installed motor capacity. Induction motors are available in single-phase and polyphase configurations, in sizes ranging from less than one to more than ten thousand horsepower (hp). They often serve as an integrated direct drive, where an impeller (fan, blower, pump, etc.) is mounted directly on the shaft of the motor. In this configuration, the motor is the driver for many essential plant assets.

A wide range of applications benefit from the use of centrifugal fans and blowers, including gas handling, chemical processing, dusting collection, drying, fume control, and process heating/cooling. Their size and blade configuration are specific to the application and industry, but they all have one thing in common: normal wear-and-tear on components such as bearings, rotors, blades, and the like can lead to unexpected shutdown of the production process.

Often described as the workhorse of the process industry, the shell and tube heat exchanger is an immensely versatile unit, able to handle a wide range of process applications and conditions. Whether you are looking to cool, heat, vaporize or condense, the shell and tube can meet your needs.

Maintaining the health and performance of this asset could be critical to maintaining your production schedule!

Gearboxes are among the most common pieces of equipment used in many different industrial applications, from food and beverage, pharmaceutical, mining, metals, and quarrying, power generation, chemical, and more. Despite their critical role, they are often overlooked until they develop a fault or fail unexpectedly. An unexpected failure can, at best be inconvenient, and at worst result in considerable loss of production and unplanned costs, often totaling to many thousands of dollars. Maintaining the health and performance of this asset could be critical to maintaining your production schedule.

Low-speed rotating equipment can be found in many different industrial applications, from food and beverage, pharmaceutical, mining, metals, and quarrying, power generation, chemical, and more. Heavily loaded machines will typically be equipped with antifriction bearings. The usual vibration analysis provides very rare opportunities to detect the symptoms of bearing degradation before failing unexpectedly. An unexpected failure can, at best be inconvenient, and at worst result in considerable loss of production and unplanned costs, often totaling many thousands of dollars. Emerson’s PeakVue and PeakVue Plus analytics are the proven and very powerful tools for monitoring of the low-speed assets.