Maintenance method improvement project
Number of project hours: 40 hours
Project duration: 6 months
Customer expectations
Our customer called on DV GROUP’s expertise to improve its maintenance strategy. Indeed, it takes a minimum of 3 days to change a mill bearing during planned maintenance or in the event of unplanned breakdowns, resulting in major production stoppages. What’s more, the 2 annual vibration measurement campaigns are not enough to control unexpected breakdowns (bearing cage failure, lubrication failure, etc.).
Our customer’s objective is therefore to reduce maintenance downtime, and ensure 24/7 monitoring of the drive, by implementing a monitoring solution that can be deployed in the plant for other critical applications.
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DV GROUP Solution
To achieve these objectives, we offer our customer several solutions:
- An ENGINEERING solution with a study of the mechanical drive system
- A CONTROL solution for monitoring during commissioning
- An Electromechanical MAINTENANCE solution for assistance during installation
Technical Zoom: Equipment used
Machine monitoring
Vibration monitoring solution using wireless sensor technology.
This solution consists of 2 parts:
- An electrical box placed close to the customer’s installation for data acquisition and reception, and a router with a 4G Sim card for Internet connectivity.
- Sensors mounted at various strategic points on the equipment. The sensors continuously measure the vibration of the machine and send the data to a platform for processing by the customer or by a DV GROUP expert.
During installation, DV GROUP’s vibration analyses set alert and alarm thresholds for vibration levels. When thresholds are exceeded, an e-mail alert is sent to the customer and our technical support.
Machine monitoring
Customer benefits
- 3-day maintenance operation reduced to an 8-hour shift
- Automatic lubrication reduced by a factor of 4
- Bearing temperature reduced to 40°C instead of the initial 70°C
- Instant reaction and analysis time in case of drift
- Test on a mill validated, the solution will be deployed on other customer process equipment (extruders, ventilation, etc.).