Condition Monitoring on a reciprocating compressor in a shale oil plant
Reciprocating compressors are often used to handle very dirty and corrosive gases that have a negative impact on component lifetime…
Customer case studies
Customer case studies are real life cases reporting advantages of Online Condition Monitoring and Machine Protection.
Company (LDPE industry) avoided costs, by trusting Machine Monitoring System
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…
Use of a Condition Monitoring System on a Hyper Compressor
Mirko Graf (Innospec Leuna GmbH) showed this presentation during the 13th LDPE Plant Improvement Conference. He explained all the details 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…
