December 2005Maintenance, Test & Measurement, Calibration
The latest cost effective vibration pens are being used more and more as effective inspection tools for quickly locating and reporting high vibration areas.
By providing maintenance and process personnel with a cost effective pocket size vibration monitor, employees are giving them an inspection tool which can quickly locate high and low vibration areas, which are often indications of underlying problems. By focusing maintenance efforts on exactly what needs repairing, maintenance routines become cost effective.
This approach to plant monitoring is normally the first step to initiating a full predictive maintenance programme. This being a proven way to increase equipment availability and apply the appropriate maintenance strategy for all your plant equipment.
The investment required is small considering the benefits. These include partial elimination of unplanned equipment shutdowns, extended periods between scheduled overhauls, reduced spares inventory, improved production and checking of new and rebuilt equipment specifications.
The full Time range of portable vibration equipment starts with a simple low cost vibration pen, which can be used by process and maintenance personnel, and extends through vibration data collectors to a full data analysis device. Time has been manufacturing non-destructive surface testing equipment for many years and is used extensively worldwide.
Vibration parameters covered by all ranges including the simple pen are Acceleration, Velocity and Displacement. This then allows all process requirements to be covered by the simplest of units. There are many reasons why vibration monitoring should be added to maintenance inspection checklists. Large capital investment is not necessary to start reducing maintenance costs and increasing plant availability.
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