Alfa Laval CM wireless condition monitor

The Alfa Laval CM monitors the operating condition of rotating equipment, such as pumps, mixers and agitators, used in hygienic process environments. Compact and easy to use and install, it tracks equipment vibration, temperature and total run time to detect and diagnose equipment faults. This should enable manufacturers in the dairy, food, beverage, home-personal care and pharmaceutical industries to protect critical assets, ensure process uptime, improve worker safety, reduce maintenance costs and gain competitive advantage.

Powering the monitors are equipment sensors that transmit data to a connected compatible mobile device for predictive maintenance analysis, thereby supporting decision-making with diagnostics such as trend monitoring. Maintenance staff can check equipment vibration and temperature — either by visible notification on an LED indicator on the monitor or through an intuitive mobile app on a connected iOS or Android device within a 20 m range during a periodic walk around.

Trend analysis and FFT (fast Fourier transform) vibration data assist in diagnosing faults. These also enable operators to use the monitors to make informed decisions on scheduling maintenance and process shutdown based on actionable information in addition to actual run time and time to next service.

Originally published here.