Condition Monitor Product Applications For The Energy Industry

Machine condition monitoring using oil analysis is a predictive maintenance solution for industrial environments. ...

By AMETEK Spectro Scientific based in Chelmsford, MASSACHUSETTS (USA).

Power plants are expected to operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Downtime and equipment derating (when a generator fails to deliver power at its rated capacity) can cost a power plant thousands of dollars per hour. The cost of replacing failed equipment is also extremely high. Vibration analysis by itself is not enough to anticipate catastrophic failures. Oil analysis is often able to detect problems at a much earlier stage than vibration analysis. This is why more and more power plants are bringing oil ...

By AMETEK Spectro Scientific based in Chelmsford, MASSACHUSETTS (USA).