Introduction If you spend any time at all with a machinery diagnostic engineer, the first thing you will learn is that they almost never rely solely on vibration data. Instead, they need a full “tool kit” of data. In fact, their first task upon arriving at site to collect data – or to remotely analyze […]
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Introduction With the founding of vibro-meter in the 1950s, we quickly established ourselves for not just innovation, but, as a Swiss company, for a level of quality that is consistent with the proverbial “Swiss watch”. Our earliest years focused primarily on accelerometers and piezo-electric devices, but we understood then – as we do now – […]
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Introduction The consequences of a false or missed trip can be enormous on modern turbomachinery. Consider for a moment an ethylene compressor incurring a thrust bearing failure without a reliable trip function. As the bearing destroys itself there is nothing to constrain further axial movement of the rotor assembly. Seals are wiped and ethylene escapes, […]
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Humorist and author Mark Twain famously quipped “the report of my death was an exaggeration1” In like manner, dire predictions anticipating the demise of stand-alone vibration monitors have been ongoing for decades. Will rack-based monitors be swallowed up and made obsolete by tightly integrated PLC or DCS modules? What are the advantages of stand-alone systems […]
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Like the VM600, the new VM600Mk2 system is designed as a centralised system, with a well-thought-out modular structure allowing smart function combinations that enable complex systems to be built from a minimum number of modules.
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The American Petroleum Institute’s standard for machinery protection systems (API Standard 670) is a widely recognised industry standard, used actively by regulators and operators around the globe.
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