Automotive Plant Confirms Huge Savings Thanks to Condition Monitoring

This site specified a system to monitor vibration, temperature and current on its paint plant air handling units. Paint plants can suffer fan failures due to several factors. One is paint build-up on the fan impellor. The build-up can cause imbalance on the fan causing excessive vibration, which, if left alone, will eventually cause a failure on the direct-drive motor. On this particular paint plant’s air handling units, the Meerkat system detected changes early on and alerted the maintenance teams so they could take action to prevent in-service failures.

Unplanned stoppages and downtime are unwanted in all industries. Those in automotive plants can cause significant headaches, scrutiny, and massive losses.

Having a system to monitor and alert when there is a problem in the early stages is undoubtedly preferable to dealing with the aftermath of a failure, and this is a powerful example of just how valuable, timely preventative maintenance data can be for an organisation.

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