How to Listen to What Machines and Spindles Are Telling Us
Combining today’s latest sensors and wireless and mobile devices, it is now possible to listen to machines using M2M. This is all done without causing any incomplete or lost data. A manufacturing plant can either permanently mount or manually collect vital sensor data wirelessly from the machine and spindle. Manufacturing companies can rely on International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for predictive decisions. However, vibration and ultrasound ISO standards are useless without data to apply to them. M2M connects the data to the science used to develop these standards.
Several types of vibration and ultrasound sensors exist that can talk to a tablet or phone and transmit this vital data to the Cloud. Permanently mounted sensors can talk directly to the server without using mobile devices to transmit the data. Sophisticated software applications make it simple to collect, analyze and export this spindle health data.
The M2M network then pushes down an alert of an approaching failure to the people that need that information. Correcting the degradation prior to significant deterioration of the spindle or equipment saves production costs, crucial downtime and expensive run to failure spindle rebuilds. The M2M network also contains a sophisticated engine to diagnose what the problem is, extending valuable time to correct before the failure becomes catastrophic.
How to Listen to What Machines and Spindles Are Telling Us
Combining today’s latest sensors and wireless and mobile devices, it is now possible to listen to machines using M2M. This is all done without causing any incomplete or lost data. A manufacturing plant can either permanently mount or manually collect vital sensor data wirelessly from the machine and spindle. Manufacturing companies can rely on International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for predictive decisions. However, vibration and ultrasound ISO standards are useless without data to apply to them. M2M connects the data to the science used to develop these standards.
Several types of vibration and ultrasound sensors exist that can talk to a tablet or phone and transmit this vital data to the Cloud. Permanently mounted sensors can talk directly to the server without using mobile devices to transmit the data. Sophisticated software applications make it simple to collect, analyze and export this spindle health data.
The M2M network then pushes down an alert of an approaching failure to the people that need that information. Correcting the degradation prior to significant deterioration of the spindle or equipment saves production costs, crucial downtime and expensive run to failure spindle rebuilds. The M2M network also contains a sophisticated engine to diagnose what the problem is, extending valuable time to correct before the failure becomes catastrophic.
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