Condition monitoring
The annual revenue of a production plant is significantly determined by its reliability. Particularly for difficult to reach plants and plants that can only be reached under specific conditions, such as offshore wind power plans, focused planning of maintenance is necessary. A Condition Monitoring System (CMS) integrated in the automation system can provide all information, in order to detect failure hazards early on and plan maintenance tasks in good time. Thus the costs for spare parts and maintenance can be minimized and downtimes can be significantly reduced.
The Germanische Lloyd certified the Condition Monitoring System ‚Ω-Guard‘ of Bachmann electronic as the worldwide first control-integrated solution. For the first time the complete record, analysis and evaluation of the realized solution is possible parallel to the control program.
The Bachmann CMS assembly group AIC212 of the M1 automation system offers high-resolution vibration measurement inputs for signal correlation registration of different metering points.
Up to four AIC212 modules can be integrated into the analysis with the Bachmann CMS application. This offers potentially 48 channels for vibration inputs and voltage inputs. Parallel to the acceleration signals, information from the controller or the fieldbuses can be recorded from other sources and be accepted into the analysis.
Condition monitoring is based on the continuous or regular acquisition
of the machine condition by measuring and analyzing meaningful physical variables (e.g. vibration, temperature, condition of lubricant, etc.).
A CMS that is built with the Bachmann M1 system benefits from its versatile communication and service interfaces and also reduces the training period of the operating and maintenance personnel. Secure web technologies also enable defined access to the full system or to individual parts of the plant from the outside. Thus data is accessible at all times for operators and maintenance personnel, so that optimal process control and power generation are ensured.
