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​My team is getting ready to embark on an initiative to implement continuous condition monitoring on a small sampling of equipment in one of our plants.  One of the common subsystems across the target equipment are Centrifugal pumps with electrical motors.  My perception is that a standard package of input to monitor for a pump probably makes sense across multiple applications.  For example Hydraulic power units and cooling towers.  I am looking for some recommendations from others that have been down the road before me.  Any insight would be appreciated.

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Edward Carter
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Eaton Vehicle Group
Galesburg MI
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​I have used several different condition monitoring systems.  In today's IIOT world, there are so many to choose from it can make you dizzy.  Here are a couple of suggestions.

• ITT/Goulds has the ialert wireless system that is pretty good.  They are a major pump manufacturer so they understand the pump system as well.  If your pumps are Goulds pumps, they also feature the ability to setup pump detail where you can actually pull up pump curves, BOM, etc. right from your wireless device (phone, pad) or PC software platform.  They have developed software as well to run condition monitoring for a fleet.  Their option is pretty economical as well. 

• Choose a system that matches your current predictive maintenance system whoever you are using.  That is a good way to build some synergy and efficiency in building your reliability platform in a plant.  Plants are now getting too fragmented with all these one off projects and not building any leverage for long term success. 
  
  

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Randy Riddell, CMRP, PSAP, CLS
Reliability Manager
Essity
Cherokee AL
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-18-2019 06:05 PM
From: Edward Carter
Subject: Pump condition monitoring

​My team is getting ready to embark on an initiative to implement continuous condition monitoring on a small sampling of equipment in one of our plants.  One of the common subsystems across the target equipment are Centrifugal pumps with electrical motors.  My perception is that a standard package of input to monitor for a pump probably makes sense across multiple applications.  For example Hydraulic power units and cooling towers.  I am looking for some recommendations from others that have been down the road before me.  Any insight would be appreciated.

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Edward Carter
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Eaton Vehicle Group
Galesburg MI
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Original Message------

​I have used several different condition monitoring systems.  In today's IIOT world, there are so many to choose from it can make you dizzy.  Here are a couple of suggestions.

• ITT/Goulds has the ialert wireless system that is pretty good.  They are a major pump manufacturer so they understand the pump system as well.  If your pumps are Goulds pumps, they also feature the ability to setup pump detail where you can actually pull up pump curves, BOM, etc. right from your wireless device (phone, pad) or PC software platform.  They have developed software as well to run condition monitoring for a fleet.  Their option is pretty economical as well. 

• Choose a system that matches your current predictive maintenance system whoever you are using.  That is a good way to build some synergy and efficiency in building your reliability platform in a plant.  Plants are now getting too fragmented with all these one off projects and not building any leverage for long term success. 
  
  

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Randy Riddell, CMRP, PSAP, CLS
Reliability Manager
Essity
Cherokee AL
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Each sensor is a triaxial accelerometer taking 3 planes of vibration and temperature.  With the app you can also run an FFT, generate reports and other things.  The app and online platform will do quite a bit.  The dashboard of devices is pretty good to scan for items in alarm quickly.  They also make ialert pressure transmitters that work on the same type Bluetooth so you can also trend system pressures.

I would credit ITT for basically having one of the first AI systems with pump smart some 20-25 years ago before that was even a topic in industry.  It never took off for a variety of reasons.​

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Randy Riddell, CMRP, PSAP, CLS
Reliability Manager
Essity
Cherokee AL
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-21-2019 12:32 PM
From: Edward Carter
Subject: Pump condition monitoring

Randy,

 

Thank you for those thoughts.  Do you recall what characteristics ITT / Goulds tracks with their system for pumps?

 

Edward T. Carter PE

Regional Manufacturing Engineering Manager – VGNA

Galesburg, MI - Building locator C12-WL

(269) 342-3657 Desk

(248) 219-3110 Mobile

 

Original Message------

​I have used several different condition monitoring systems.  In today's IIOT world, there are so many to choose from it can make you dizzy.  Here are a couple of suggestions.

• ITT/Goulds has the ialert wireless system that is pretty good.  They are a major pump manufacturer so they understand the pump system as well.  If your pumps are Goulds pumps, they also feature the ability to setup pump detail where you can actually pull up pump curves, BOM, etc. right from your wireless device (phone, pad) or PC software platform.  They have developed software as well to run condition monitoring for a fleet.  Their option is pretty economical as well. 

• Choose a system that matches your current predictive maintenance system whoever you are using.  That is a good way to build some synergy and efficiency in building your reliability platform in a plant.  Plants are now getting too fragmented with all these one off projects and not building any leverage for long term success.
  
  

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Randy Riddell, CMRP, PSAP, CLS
Reliability Manager
Essity
Cherokee AL
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