This is not science fiction, but the application of practical electrical engineering methodologies. Using Phoenix Contact condition monitoring, your rotating equipment can operate around the clock every single day without errors. Just one investment leads to a lifetime of payback.
Proactive Maintenance with Minimal Effort
Monitoring electrical variables enables preventative maintenance, minimising the need for extensive maintenance and repair work. Phoenix Contact’s condition monitoring requires minimal installation effort and allows for easy retrofitting of active power measurement in rotating equipment. Additionally, optional vibration analysis can further enhance system availability.
Phoenix Contact Condition Monitoring
In automation, the term rotating equipment refers to electric motor driven devices such as pumps, compressors, agitators, fans, and extruders. Yet, how do you know what the availability and the precise condition of your production-relevant system components are? This is important as rotating equipment is the primary cause of unplanned system downtimes.
With condition monitoring for these types of equipment, you will certainly benefit from better maintenance intervals. Moreover, you will also reduce your energy costs because the system runs at its optimal operating point. It will also increase system availability because it reports issues due to cavitation, blockages, bearing damage in time to avoid damage.
Empowering Predictive Maintenance
A sizeable proportion of unplanned failures are due to rotating equipment. Until now, these elements were either maintained at predefined intervals or on demand. Thus, maintenance is either too early, or too late, leading to production downtimes. On the other hand, permanent automatic motor and pump monitoring signals the signs of wear early and hence meet the conditions for predictive maintenance.
Armed with information of a pending failure ensures the performance of maintenance at the optimal time. Moreover, you always have access to information on the state of health of your system parts.
Reliable Rotating Equipment Monitoring
With Phoenix Contact’s condition monitoring of critical pumps and motors, we enable you to perform maintenance at precisely the right time. Depending on the size and type of machine, hydraulic, mechanical, or electrical, monitoring may be useful. Below we offer starting points for status assessment using a pump as an example.
Early Detection of Defects and Malfunctions
The electrical power provides information regarding the run, state, and operating point of the system parts. Retrofitting the monitoring system is quick and cost-effective making it also suitable for smaller or medium-sized pumps and motors. Using the active power characteristic helps to identify numerous error patterns, allowing maintenance to be performed at the right time.
Typical Active Power Characteristics
The graphics illustrate the monitoring and diagnostics of electric motors for blockages, pollution, and wear, for example. These allow you to recognise critical load states and to protect pumps, actuating drives, fans, and compressors.
Active power characteristic: normal operation and air bubbles
Active power characteristic: pollution and blockages
Active power characteristic: dry running
Effective Motor and Pump Monitoring
The system records motor operating values using the electrical active power via current and voltage measurement. For three-phase machinery, this is possible in combination with a direct circuit, contactor, or variable speed drive.
Using additional monitoring sensors allows further fine-tuning of the monitoring model. Transferring the data to a higher-level system such as a cloud, MES, database, or asset management system ensures it does not impact the production process.
Return on investment
Investing Phoenix condition monitoring unlocks a world of benefits:
- Reducing downtime by predicting and preventing equipment failures before they disrupt production.
- Optimising maintenance ensure the perfect timing, maximising equipment lifespan.
- Lowering energy costs to ensure your systems operate at peak efficiency.
- Improving decision making by gaining valuable insights into your equipment’s health.
- Peace of mind from knowing that your critical operations are running smoothly.
Contact us today using the contact form below, to learn more about how Phoenix Contact’s condition monitoring can transform your rotating equipment management.
