LDPE Company avoided cost, as high as $250 M by trusting PROGNOST monitoring on high pressure reciprocating compressor (Hyper)

Detection of various valve failures on LDPE hyper compressor within the six weeks of operation saved 250 million USD in…

Startup monitoring of LDPE Hyper compressor

After two months of unscheduled downtime, the customer asked our Customer Support team for support during compressor startup. Depending on…

Emergency trip avoids consequential damage

Crosshead vibration initiated immediate shutdown of the machine preventing consequential damage

Early indication triggered the scheduling of maintenance stop – Outer race fault in gearbox

The PROGNOST®-Predictor system showed increasing Confidence Factor values on the HFE spectrum for the Bearing Bottom Torsion Shaft on August…

COST SAVINGS OF $ 2.8 MILLION

If best scenario had played out there would have been additional cost savings of $ 2.8 Million This case study…

Implementation of a Condition Monitoring System on a hydraulically-driven Hyper Compressor

This presentation was given by Mirko Graf of Innospec Leuna GmbH during the 13th LDPE Plant Improvement Conference 2018 Processed topics About…

Detected misalignment in the input shaft bearing – Successful shutdown of MAAG gearbox

PROGNOST®-Predictor successfully detected misalignment in the input shaft bearing that progresses to imbalance within 15 minutes, allowing the extruder line…

Timely trip of a LDPE hyper compressor

Monitored Machine The monitored machine is a secondary high pressure compressor (Hyper) in Ethylene service of LDPE production line. What…

Detection of a damaged crankshaft bearing

Information about monitored Machine Hitachi-Buckhardt Hyper Compressor F10 10 cylinders, 2 stages, in Ethylene service for LDPE production Speed: 189…

Lube oil in compression chamber

Machine data NEA (Neumann Esser) horizontal reciprocating compressor with 4 throws. 1 stage in Natural gas service. The Pressure for…