Industrial Vibration Quarterly

Promote Safety | Ensure Uptime

Frustrated with False Vibration Switch Trips?

If your vibration monitoring team is still dealing with false trips from shock events and other hassles that come along with mechanical vibration switches, you’ll want to take a look at our latest video. Mike Scott, Industrial Product Manager at The Modal Shop, walks you through how to program a fully programmable Smart Electronic Vibration Switch, confirming the settings with a portable shaker table, and discusses the advantages over mechanical switches.

Boost Safety and Uptime

Our teams are focused on delivering solutions designed specifically for Power Generation applications – from sensors to precision instrumentation. We believe there is strength in numbers – with wide ranging application experience, a global 24 / 7 support team, and 50+ years solving complex problems, The Modal Shop, PCB Piezotronics, Larson Davis, and Accumetrics are here to support you as you monitor and measure vibration, noise exposure, ground faults, and more to enhance efficiency and reliability. Explore our Solutions for Safety and Uptime to learn more about maximizing uptime.

Unlock Better Throughput

Accumetrics has been partnering with operators of large AC and DC motors to make their processes safer and more efficient for over two decades. For example, monitoring rotor temperature is essential to understanding safe operating limits at rolling mills. Take this case study featured in Efficient Plant Magazine way back in 2002.

Since then, Accumetrics systems have been providing real-time, reliable, non-contact measurements from rotating shafts in a wide array of industries. Now, that same application publicized by Efficient Plant 20 years ago has an updated solution. The new AccuTemp™ Temperature Monitoring System is now improving operational efficiency at Rolling Mills with added benefits like digital data communication and better diagnostic data.

Experience A New Link to Your Industrial Vibration Monitoring

Is your plant already gathering real-time operational information with IO-Link devices? Add wide frequency range vibration data to your monitoring for better insight into equipment health. IMI’s ICP Accelerometer + IO-Link Model 674A91 provides more effective fault detection than comparable MEMS-based devices on the market.

New to IO-Link? This universal open-source communication protocol is a great starting point to take the plunge into real-time monitoring with remote accessibility to your sensor data. Want to see how to get started? Take a look at our website to learn how Model 674A91 can improve your plant monitoring. Read how the sensors reduced costs while improving data collection to monitor large industrial fans at an ethanol plant, and watch a video demonstrating operation.

Understanding API’s Standard 670 to Improve Safety in Refinery Operations

American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 670 specifies requirements for machinery production systems designed to monitor and protect industrial equipment such as pumps, compressors, and turbines. The standard underwent further review at the API 2024 Fall Refining and Equipment Standards Meeting, so it’s a good time think about vibration protection systems in refinery operations. Read our whitepaper on how to improve safety, increase uptime, and reduce risk, “Vibration Monitoring in Refinery Applications Under API Standard 670.”

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