This hydrocyclone separation control and optimization application addresses the problems associated with roping, plugging, and undesired particle classification. It characterizes the different operating parameters of each cyclone. Having this information per cyclone allows the execution of efficient control strategies.
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Continuous Condition Monitoring Cuts Costs
In an article in the AFPM Summit Conference News, Emerson’s Jacob Swafford makes the case for continuous versus intermittent condition monitoring. I don’t think I have ever met a maintenance manager who said that condition monitoring is a waste of time. They agree...
Diagnosing Gearbox Defects
In earlier posts, Emerson's Robert Skeirik highlighted how PeakVue impact detection analytics technology can provide early warning of bearing failure in time to plan and schedule maintenance before unplanned downtime occurs. These analytics help drive overall...
Remote Vibration Monitoring Case Study
Technology is great for solving problems, especially for complex problems when it's couple with expertise. But in many cases, the technology and the expertise is separated geographically. Thankfully communications technologies continue to advance to bridge the...
How Durable is Your Portable Vibration Analyzer?
In a post last summer, Portable Vibration Analyzer-Human Centered Design Style, we highlighted the latest advancements in handheld vibration analyzers. Since that time, Emerson’s Drew Mackley has been showing the device to reliability professionals around the...
Vibration and Process Data Spot Turbo-Expander Problem
Many industrial processes require refrigeration, such as in the extraction of ethane and natural gas liquids (NGLs) from natural gas. From Wikipedia, a turboexpander: …also referred to as a turbo-expander or an expansion turbine, is a centrifugal or axial flow turbine...
Remote, Automated Plant Asset Monitoring
Wireless technologies have established their value in process automation. In a MaintWorld magazine article, Remote, Automated Monitoring Keeps a Watchful Eye on Essential Assets 24/7 (pp. 14-16), Emerson's Nikki Bishop and Aaron Crews describe how these wireless...
Bigger is Better at MINExpo 2012
Last week members of the Emerson metals and mining industry team were at the National Mining Association's MINExpo 2012. At this event, two Emerson news items were shared, Emerson broadens online machinery monitoring to identify vibration issues on P&H mining...
Business Case for Essential Asset Monitoring
"According to Solomon Associates, a world-class performer is a company whose maintenance costs are below 1.4 percent plant replacement value, with mechanical availability greater than 96.7 percent." Are your maintenance costs below this 1.4% threshold and 96.7%...
Vibration Monitoring Improves Wind Turbine Availability
Rotating machinery including wind turbines are subject to wear and tear over time. Emerson's Douglas Morris, a member of the alternative energy team, shares how vibration-monitoring equipment can help avoid unplanned downtime and costly maintenance. The United States'...
Spotting Bearing Failure in Time before Complete Fan Failure
In a prior post, The Peaks Provide the Early Warning in Machinery Protection, I highlighted how using high-speed, PeakVue digital sampling of machinery vibration could help spot mechanical defects long before traditional vibration monitors could. I received a note...
If it Moves—Monitor it!
Emerson's Dan Nower, a member of the machinery health management team, provides his thoughts on the importance of monitoring mechanical assets in mining operations: As pointed out by Emerson's Michael Pearson last week, the supply of copper is expected to be at a...
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