Brüel & Kjær Vibro has launched a new solution for vibration measurement and machine condition monitoring. Machines are the primary assets of production in process industries and are monitored in order to detect and diagnose faults that could reduce performance and increase life cycle costs. The capital cost of a machine is high, but the operating and maintenance costs are even higher and just a couple of days of downtime can translate into millions of dollars in lost production for some plants.

However, similar process applications may give rise to different problems for identical machines from one plant to the next, depending on factors such as individual machine production capacity, condition of the machine, availability of spares and manpower. Brüel & Kjær Vibro's Smart Integrated Monitoring System (SIMS) is the first in a new generation of measuring and diagnosis systems, allowing the system to be configured to the monitoring requirements of individual production sites. Where previously it was often necessary to use a number of different instruments for reliable monitoring, the unique "building block" principle behind SIMS means that each instrument can be individually configured for specific applications. The modular approach means that the system can be extended at any time to provide a complete solution for an entire plant. The SIMS monitor uses "Sm@rt" technology which sets new standards for machine monitoring, with intelligent yet simple characteristic values used to independently identify and assess the operating mode of the machine. Bearing and shaft vibration, axial position, temperature and speed can all be monitored, protecting the machines from breakdown and the consequential costs of loss of production. The key benefits are that costly false alarms are avoided, machine uptime and efficiency is increased, production optimised and maintenance costs reduced.

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