Vibrations? It’s the ring of a maintenance revolution!
As Engineers, we all know the importance of vibrations: It is the heartbeat of any equipment/machine. We fret when vibrations go awry and immediately seek corrective action! Asset owners today spend a large amount of their bandwidth (and budgets) sourcing the best, most hi-tech vibration sensors to monitor their equipment health! We display our vast range of accelerometers, velocity sensors and proximity probes as validation of being ready for any breakdown. Rightly so too!
However, today, we must aim to be smarter. Rather than chug along the conventional path of traditional vibration monitoring(with ever-increasing maintenance costs, mind!), we must aim to adapt to new age technologies and maintenance practices. How about getting ahead of the curve, be predictive, rather than corrective?
The concept is not new, it is the algorithms developed that have opened several new possibilities on how we will measure vibrations in the future.
Why do I believe that it will be the new Industry standard? For starters, it is easy to use and operate. You do not need a trained ‘vibration specialist’ to either take readings or analyse them. We are therefore empowering a bigger group within our workplace to monitor vibrations. Finally, the device is extremely sensitive and can pick up deviations in a rotational movement much earlier than conventional sensors. It is a very early warning system.
I am excited to be exhibiting at INMARCO (the annual exhibition of the Insititute of Marine Engineers of India) this week (1st- 3rd November) at stalls M4 and M5. My team and I are excited to share our cutting-edge technology solution with colleagues in the marine and shipping industry. Please do join us on the 2nd and 3rd of November to visit us and lets talk technology!
