Customer Success Story
Thanks to Condition Monitoring on a Paper Machine
A renowned Spanish cardboard manufacturer records four unplanned downtimes every year. This results in high financial losses. In order to avoid such downtimes in the presses of the wet section in the future, the plant operator relies on condition monitoring solutions from Schaeffler. The data analysis of the online system used revealed that the gearbox was ultimately responsible for the damage to the bearings.
Benefits
Less unplanned downtime and consequential damage
High customer satisfaction through accurate analyses
Lower repair costs
Lower costs for the procurement of spare parts
Challenge
Solution
Schaeffler Iberia recommended the customer to monitor its paper machine with the help of condition monitoring. First, Schaeffler monitored the bearing vibrations of the relevant press using an offline vibration measuring device. In the second step an online measuring system was installed on the paper machine.
This system monitored the bearings continuously for a duration of six weeks. The subsequent data analysis revealed that the gearbox had absorbed the axial loads of the machine what had caused bearing damage in the gearbox.
With this information the customer was able to take appropriate measures and solve the problem.
Advanced development
The solution was implemented at the time using the online monitoring system FAG DTECT X1. Today, Schaeffler would use the current Prolink CMS.
What's Special
Technical Information
Schaeffler ProLink CMS
Schaeffler ProLink CMS is used to monitor several production-critical machines. The vibration monitoring solution is particularly suitable for machines with variable operating conditions and harsh ambient conditions such as surface temperatures in excess of 70 °C. Measurement data are exchanged via the fieldbus.
