In good condition?

Condition Monitoring increases availability of vertical mills

Quelle/Source: Siemens

Prinzipieller Aufbau einer Vertikalmühle mit konventionellem Antrieb # General structure of a vertical mill with conventional drive

Quelle/Source: Siemens

Darstellung des neu entwickelten Getriebes mit integriertem Motor # Presentation of the newly developed gearbox with integrated motor

Quelle/Source: Siemens

Mit einem Förderband wird Klinker zur Zementmühle transportiert, wo er feinst zermahlen wird # A conveyor belt transports clinker to the cement mill to be finely ground

Quelle/Source: Siemens

Bei der Vor-Ort-Inbetriebnahme zeigen sich als Vorteile des Konzepts: flexible, ortsunabhängige Überwachung aufgrund Firewire-Kopplung über LWL, zusätzliche Online-Analysen vor Ort und aufwandsarm zugeschaltete zeitsynchrone Signalaufzeichnung # During commissioning on-site, the advantages of the concept become obvious: flexible, location-independent monitoring due to Firewire coupling via LWL, additional online analyses on site and synchronous signal recording connected with minimal effort

Quelle/Source: Siemens

1 Durch integriertes Condition Monitoring lässt sich die Verfügbarkeit von Vertikalmühlen erhöhen (im Bild mit Vertikalmühle mit Flender EMPP-Antrieb) # Integrated Condition Monitoring can help increase the availability of vertical mills (in the picture with vertical mill with Flender EMPP drive)

Quelle/Source: Siemens

Summary: Limestone, clinker or coal: the cores of vertical mills that crush such materials are the drives. An operator increases availability by relying on an integrated condition-monitoring system right from the commissioning. Thus, early failure detection and, in combination with remote service, even trouble shooting is possible – and maintenance costs can be reduced.

Condition Monitoring Systems:

rather integrating than retrofitting

The use of Condition Monitoring Systems (CMS) is state of the art in modern industrial plants. However, they are still retrofitted in already existing plant components, since many companies spare investment costs when installing new plants or they do not consider necessary the use of CMS during the warranty period. Apart from the general advantages, even disadvantages occur, such as increased investment costs, interface problems or poor accessibility of installation sites. Thus, retrofitting of a main drive, for instance, is...