Applying Acoustic Vibration Monitoring to Predictive Maintenance

Chemical corrosion control. Chemical corrosion can destroy the containment materials in contact with a process. Means exist to mitigate and even prevent chemical corrosion. 

We like to be warned about things well ahead of time: when to buy or sell a stock, when we can expect 3 to 6 inches of snow, etc. The same could be said about the equipment and systems that drive your processes every day. These critical and expensive assets are expected to produce the valuable products your company is known for with little or no interruption. We might have a reasonably clear picture of how things look today, but what about 30 days from now? Wouldn’t it be beneficial to have a picture of what our systems might look like that far into the future… and have confidence in that view?

For facility managers, a consistent power supply is paramount, and Electrical Preventive Maintenance (EPM) is the cornerstone of its reliability.

“How dare you mix the modern word predictive with the ancient concept of running equipment to failure! Those are on opposite ends of the maintenance maturity spectrum! See the graphic below… what is wrong with you!”

Many impurities may transport to boilers via contaminated condensate return. Boiler tube and steam system failures are usually much more costly than preventive installation of treatment equipment and chemistry programs. This article touched upon only some of the important condensate return issues, but will hopefully galvanize readers to focus on these critical topics.