Chemical
Condition monitoring has become a natural and vital part of operations, for example, in companies employing Six Sigma to improve process variations systematically.
Chemical
SPM Instrument is a supplier of condition monitoring equipment to chemical industries worldwide.
Chemical industries are generally sensitive to production stoppages. Due to long production chains in the lines, breakdowns have a significant negative impact. Also, because special-purpose machines are used in production, spare part delivery times tend to be long.
Each chemical industry sector has its unique condition monitoring equipment and installation demands. Companies working with biotechnology have tough requirements regarding clean air. If an air system fan breaks down, all production in the area is wasted and the company suffers significant economic loss. A common factor for all sectors is the existence of Ex-classified production areas where safety is very important. Any equipment used in Ex environments must be certified by ATEX or similar organisations.
After trials with other companies and techniques, only SPM HD was able to detect the faults in sufficient time to plan in critical replacements. This has also given us the opportunity to manage our lubrication schedule and change our maintenance philosophy from reactive to condition-based, proactive tasks. We are looking forward to building on our condition monitoring portfolio with SPM and expanding to other areas within Severn Trent Water.
Laurence Thomas, Senior Asset Care Advisor, Severn Trent Water
Condition monitoring solutions for chemical industries
Products
The technical solution is online measurements and evaluation of trends with SPM Spectrum and applying the Shock Pulse Method for monitoring bearing condition. On slowly rotating machinery, the SPM HD® measuring technique can be used with benefit. SPM HD uses RPM-based sampling frequency and algorithmic correlation techniques to ensure the highest possible signal quality and razor-sharp spectrums for analysis.
SPM offers every piece of hardware and software equipment needed for an efficient condition monitoring solution, from the point of data collection all the way through to evaluated measurement data. Our measuring techniques for bearing and vibration monitoring are efficient and well-proven solutions for chemical industries.
