Case Studies and Stories
Maintenance Efficiency in a Water and Air Treatment Plant
A plant in Poland was still performing costly interval-based maintenance on its water and air treatment utilities. They needed a more efficient solution at a reasonable price…
- Christian Benk
- BK Vibro
Crackdown on Piping Issues: A Geometric Survey of Pump Support Structure
The piping of this very large pump was about 10 feet in diameter, and structural cracks were forming. We measured the flatness of each individual bearing foot, and then measured that flatness against a best-fit plane of all four feet to check for soft foot. We also measured…
- Tony Planamento
- Advanced Mechanical Enterprises/AME
How a 3D Geometric Survey Diagnosed Faults in a Grounded Tugboat
We received a call regarding a tugboat that had run aground. Our survey included measurements of the hull mating flanges, Z-Drive cones, gearbox mounting flanges, bell housings, stems, and starboard lower gearbox housing for parallelism…
- Tony Planamento
- Advanced Mechanical Enterprises/AME
Ensuring Precision Pumping: A 3D Geometric Survey
We conducted a thorough 3D geometric survey of a submersible pump, leaving no bolt hole unmeasured and no intake distance unspecified. Utilizing the CAM2 software, we constructed a coordinate system, level plane, and exact angles to ensure precision flatness and distances…
- Tony Planamento
- Advanced Mechanical Enterprises/AME
Achieving a Proactive Maintenance Culture and Increasing Plant Reliability
In 2017, Worthington Industries embarked on a maintenance challenge. Their goal was to improve overall plant reliability and transform their maintenance and reliability division from a reactive culture to a proactive one. It was a visionary look toward the future for the global metals manufacturing company.
- Jaidev Krishnan
- AssetWatch
Separator Fan Cleaning Prevents Lost Production and Repair Costs for Cement Plant
A global cement manufacturer needed an affordable wireless predictive maintenance solution to monitor their tier-II critical machine assets at their flagship North American plant. Wired solutions were too expensive and route-based solutions were not feasible on most of these assets.
- Jaidev Krishnan
- AssetWatch
Simple and Easy Steps for Implementing Predictive Maintenance in Machinery using High Frequency Vibration Data and Edge AI
Currently, the most commonly used standard for maintenance processes is Time-based Maintenance (TBM) that involves inspection, repair, and part replacement at regular intervals. In general, TBM is not optimal and cost effective. On the other hand, Condition-based Maintenance (CBM) involves the utilization of various types of sensor data collected from machines to perform repairs or other countermeasures before malfunctions or anomalies occur, hence reducing the unnecessary cost of maintenance.
- Vikas Kumar Singh
- Macnica
Sustainable Predictive Maintenance for Improved Reliability of Car Manufacturing
This study provides brief details of an early warning system of an impending failure for an overhead conveyor in an automotive manufacturing plant in the US.
- Tumay Karaver
- Artesis Technology Systems
Stator Looseness
A 6.6 kV motor that is used to cool the temperature of gas after going through a gas phase polymerization process at a Petrochemical plant was experiencing abnormal symptoms. A technician conducted a vibration test and noticed an abnormal vibration...
- Mark Koch
- ALL-TEST Pro, LLC
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