Three New Sensing Technologies Have Brought the
Most Disruptive, Revolutionary, and Relevant Changes
to Machinery Condition Monitoring Since the Last Century
model-Based Voltage and Current (mbvi) Systems
Your plant is already wired and outfitted with remarkable sensors. They just need to be plugged into your BAS or DCS.
MBVI systems do not need sensors affixed to the rotating equipment. They measure the voltage and current drawn by the motor and perform NASA-strength signal conditioning that reveals mechanical and electrical conditions of both the motor and its driven equipment. The measurements are made and analyzed online, continuously, and at the edge (in the motor control center). This eliminates the cost and complexity of mounting accelerometers on each bearing, and avoids costs of wireless network apparatus (and related signal transmission challenges). It also overcomes the limitations of systems that offer anomaly detection as the product rather than also incorporating diagnostics, prognostics, or economic decision support.
your plant is already outfitted with sensors on all of its motor-driven equipment
the motor itself is an extremely sensitive sensor of mechanical and electrical conditions
- The motor is a wound sensor – with large number of precisely located windings
- Stator windings simultaneously create and sense electrical signals
- Magnet moving inside coil
- Transmits electrical and magnetic fields over small air gap
- Voltage and current related to phenomena inside the machine (both the motor and its driven component) offer rich details pertaining to mechanical, electrical, and operating conditions.