The vibration of equipment or products during transportation is inevitable. Due to vibrations, machinery often loses its calibration, which triggers problems downstream. The low-frequency vibrations cause problems in a variety of machinery and equipment such as rotary screw compressors, pipes, off and onshore drilling rigs top drives, conveyor belt drives, wastewater treatment plant equipment, etc.
The monitoring of vibration is a vital component of machine maintenance and monitoring programs. All equipment having belts, bearings, gears, drive motors, and other moving parts experience vibrations as a regular part of their function. The OpsWatch helps to monitor vibrations of equipment at premises or during transportation. It provides early alerts and streams data based on conditions to the central operational unit using a web-hosted platform through Wi-Fi.
The real-time monitoring of vibration visualises and instantly identifies the equipment’s changes due to the low-frequency levels. This advanced unit provides excellent monitoring and alerts whenever the vibration is outside the specified range.
With the use of OpsWatch, maintenance professionals can learn about equipment failure even before it happens. It helps in preventing unexpected breakdowns and various other failures that follow.
The sampling rate of OpsWatch ranges between 1,000 and 5,000 times/second. It quickly works between the temperature range of -22°F and 185°F and records vibrations as low as 1Hz. This means it operates even in the harshest environments.
Benefits
- Single unit with a single footprint
- Detects even the lowest and most intense vibrations
- Records most extensive range of temperature in the harshest environments
- All-in-one design
- Cost-effective and high performing
- Allows continuous monitoring even when other devices stop working
- Improves preventive maintenance measures
- Monitors vibrations in real-time
- Provides alerts for inspection of equipment
Applications
- Aggregate Material Equipment
- Construction Sites
- Conveyor Belt Driver Systems
- Cooling Towers
- Energy and Utilities Equipment
- Facilities Management
- Fin Fans
- Hydraulic Fracking
- Industrial Combustion Gas Engines
- Industrial Pumps
- Iron & Steel Manufacturing
- Mining
- Offshore Drilling (top drives)
- Onshore Drilling (top drives)
- Pipe Vibration
- Pulp and Paper
- Rotary Screw Compressors
- Transportation and Logistics
- Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Others
- Records peak X, Y, Z RMS vibration values and impacts
- User-defined alarm levels for vibration and impact
- Access to information and programmable thresholds from any web-enabled device
- Alert users to inspect equipment for potential damage
- Alarms cleared only after being acknowledged in the system
- Detects impacts and vibrations to allow fast corrective action
- Real-time vibration monitoring to enhance preventative maintenance plans
- Identifies mishandling during transit
- Full accelerometer streaming available for post-processing data
- An intrinsically safe version of OpsWatch (EX) available
OpsWatch
- Enclosure Rating: IP67
- Case Material: Aluminium
- Drop Test Survival: 1m
- Flash Memory: 8192 kilobytes
- Battery Life: Up to 12 months
- Sampling Rate: 1000-5000 samples per second
- Scale Factor Accuracy at 5G: ± 2%
- Additional Error Other Ranges: ± 2%
- Acceleration Range: ± 1G to ± 200G
- Cut-off Frequency Options (Programmable): 10Hz, 40Hz, 50Hz, 90Hz, 120Hz, 250Hz and 500Hz
- Wake-up, Warning, and Alarm Threshold (% of Range): 5 – 95%
- Wake-up Time: 0.25ms
OpsWatch Unit
- Operating Temperature Range: -40°C to 85°C
- Size: 100mm x 110mm x 40 mm
- Weight: 1180 grams
- Power Source: 2 x 3.6V lithium thionyl chloride; 2.2 Ah
- External Power Source Voltage: 6 – 30V
- External Power Source Average Current: @ 28V (Normal): 35mA, @ 28V (Clearing or downloading): 50mA
OpsWatch Ex
- Operating Temperature Range: -40°C to 60°C
- Size: 150 mm x 110 mm x 39 mm
- Weight: 544 grams
- External Power: Ui = 28V, li =100mA, Pi = 1.2W, Ci = 0, Li = 0
