Customer Success Story

Comprehensive Concept for Converter Monitoring

The concern that a converter might fail unplanned due to bearing damage, is a permanent issue for maintenance at the Kardemir Karabük Demir-Çelik plant in Turkey. To change this, the Turkish steel manufacturer was looking for a predictive monitoring solution for the converters. The company opted for a comprehensive concept. This consists of vibration, sound, distance and strain measurements as well as grease monitoring with GreaseCheck. All sensors are recorded and evaluated with the Prolink CMS. The characteristic values are visualized on site in the control station. Schaeffler experts evaluate the data via remote diagnosis in the German Online Monitoring Center (OMC). In this way, maintenance always has an overview of the condition of the converter and unplanned downtime is prevented.

Savings per avoided downtime: ~ 6 million euros