In the paper industry, mills normally operate 24 hours, 7 days a week and the cost of process plant shutdown is extremely expensive.
Many forward thinking Plant Managers have invested time and money installing extensive plant monitoring systems. Their aim is to monitor the trends of the important parameters around the plant machinery and with the information gathered, they can predict possible future shut down failures and also plan maintenance procedures effectively.
With the adoption of new Health and Safety regulations to reduce accidents within the workplace this has also led to the requirement of fitting distance machine guards. This reduces the opportunity for accidents, but prevents maintenance personnel from getting close enough to carry out critical vibration monitoring. The solution Monitran can offer is to install MTN/1100 series vibration sensors. Used in conjunction with our MTN/3000 series switching units this allows inaccessible points to be hard wired back to a safe accessible position, where readings can be taken using a portable data collector, the resultant data being used to identify maintenance requirements for planned shutdowns. Where space is limited Monitran's MTN/1100S low profile accelerometers can be installed, which at only 30mm high allow areas previously inaccessible to be monitored safely. These products are being used very successfully in a large number of UK and European Paper Mills.
