Customer Success Stories
With its diverse markets and customers, a leading global food and biochemical company in Asia must always ensure that the machines run smoothly. This is why for many years the biochemical plant has been using Schaeffler’s offline and online monitoring solutions for their most critical machines. In search for a comprehensive condition monitoring package, the maintenance team decided on the OPTIME wireless monitoring solution for their increasingly demanding applications.
Customer savings: 30,000 euros
Prevention of unplanned downtime per year: 144 hours (6 days)
Benefits
Real-time condition monitoring
Autonomous monitoring of 157 pieces of equipment
Precise trend data
High efficiency monitoring and analysis
Increased reliability of monitoring solutions
Prevention of unplanned downtime
Early detection of failures
Challenge
*The derivative acid is available in packaging sizes from 1 kg to 1,200 kg. It is used in different ways:
as a food additive for bakeries, breweries, as an
acidifier in confectionery products
in pharmacy for skin irritations (warts) because
of its corrosive and disinfecting effect
for biodegradable packaging
Solution
Working together with the customer and understanding the demanding needs of the application, Schaeffler‘s experts recommended OPTIME, an easily scalable wireless condition monitoring solution consisting of wireless sensors, a gateway and digital services based on proprietary Schaeffler algorithms. 50 OPTIME sensors have been installed on pumps, cooling tower fans, agitators (gearboxes), and refrigeration compressors. With this solution, the majority of the machines are continuously monitored online.
