Turck Banner’s newly launched Asset Monitoring Gateway (AMG) helps optimise and maintain your critical equipment. Start with a few connected sensors, then simply add more as your needs grow. Your asset monitoring system can be as big or as small as you need it to be, and it always assembles quickly and simply, operating with ease.
The gateway includes SNAP ID technology, which enables the gateway to identify a wired sensor automatically, understand what data it is, then share and present the data in easy to understand units such as pressure and current. The AMG allows real-time insights into the operation and performance of the assets in your facility by collecting and analysing data from up to 20 connected sensors. This allows you to make informed decisions about an asset − decisions that can increase productivity, save energy, and prevent unexpected maintenance issues.
The AMG features a user-friendly, no-code setup, and the ability to automatically recognise an array of compatible wired sensors. These can measure vibration, differential pressure, temperature and humidity, tank level and more. You can easily select sensors that fit your application and monitor almost any asset in your facility, for example conveyor systems, industrial fans, pumps, electric motors, compressed air systems and dust-collection units.
Deploying the AMG is quick and simple, meaning you’ll be monitoring your equipment in minutes, not months. Critical system information is easily viewed locally via the onboard touchscreen display, or remotely, using the optional Turck Banner Cloud Data Services (CDS) platform, which provides access to your data in customisable online dashboards. This data gives your maintenance and production teams real-time data access to evaluate operational performance.
Maximise uptime and increase efficiency
A key function of the AMG with SNAP ID is condition monitoring for predictive maintenance. Both the AMG and the optional Cloud Data Services (CDS) platform allow users to access, store and export critical data collected by connected sensors. Using actionable device data, it is easy to identify trends, predict maintenance requirements, avoid costly equipment failures, and prevent unplanned downtime.
With Turck Banner wired sensors installed, you can use the touchscreen display on an AMG to easily view machine performance, and provide comprehensive automation intelligence. The optional CDS platform allows users to set up, customise and monitor online dashboards to gain global visibility into equipment from anywhere.
For a single asset, installing the AMG is easy; using standard M12 connectivity, compatible wired sensors simply plug into the gateway and work. These sensors use the same simple connections. They can monitor a variety of points, and are preconfigured to begin processing data from the wired sensors automatically when you connect to the gateway. No special expertise, laptop, or programming is needed.
The onboard touchscreen display allows you to commission the sensors, create unique names for sensors and groups, and set warning and alarm thresholds. It also enables vibration monitoring software called VIBE-IQ. The software uses machine learning to simplify the process of setting warning and alarm thresholds for rotating assets like motors and gearboxes. VIBE-IQ continuously monitors vibration for changes, and sends warnings and alarms automatically to ensure optimal performance and prevent unplanned downtime. As a result VIBE-IQ does all the complicated analytical work, making the process effortless for users. Meanwhile, the onboard lighted indicator on top of the asset monitoring gateway shows the status of your assets at a glance, even from a distance. When the indicator is green, all assets are operating normally. A yellow or red light indicates a warning or alarm, helping maintenance teams quickly identify a failing asset.
Using the Turck Banner CDS, basic dashboards are auto-generated upon commissioning, but it’s easy to build a dashboard tailored to your specific needs. Drag-and-drop widgets, and the ability to load images to your dashboard, let you build exactly what you need to visualise your operation. You can also create custom alarms and alerts based on the levels you choose for the sensors installed on your equipment. These can provide remote users with email or SMS alerts based on preset parameters. Should multiple shifts be running, it’s easy to set time constraints so the right people get notified at the right time.
Summary
Have you ever asked yourself if you are you doing enough to optimise and protect your plant’s critical assets? Now, with the AMG it takes just a few simple steps to set up your entire end-to-end condition monitoring solution. Just install the gateway, connect, and commission and install the sensors. You will now be able to “think big, start small and scale fast”.
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