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Vibration monitoring for power-plant rotating equipment
Power and energy application

Vibration monitoring for power-plant rotating equipment

Power-plant availability depends on the condition of critical and auxiliary rotating equipment. A monitoring architecture should combine clear machine hierarchy, reliable sensors, practical alarm logic and diagnostic evidence that maintenance teams can review.

01

Equipment commonly included

Monitoring scope is selected from equipment criticality, failure consequence and maintenance access.

  • Coal mills
  • ID and FD fans
  • Boiler feed and cooling-water pumps
  • Motors and gearboxes
  • Turbine auxiliaries
  • Cooling-tower fans
02

Recommended measurement context

A useful record includes measurement direction, machine speed, operating load and the applicable machine state.

  • Horizontal, vertical and axial points
  • Drive-end and non-drive-end bearings
  • Speed or tachometer reference
  • Operating load or process state
  • Event time and maintenance notes
03

Dashboard and alarm workflow

Operators need an immediate view of machine status while engineers need access to trend and spectrum evidence.

  • Unit and machine hierarchy
  • Latest warning or danger event
  • Trend across selectable date ranges
  • Waveform and FFT record
  • Acknowledgement and action note
04

Implementation approach

Site survey, point mapping and network approval are completed before commissioning.

  • Survey and nomenclature
  • Sensor and junction-box installation
  • Acquisition and server configuration
  • Threshold review
  • Training and handover

Frequently asked questions

Engineering questions answered clearly.

Can multiple coal mills be monitored from one server?

Yes, the system can organize multiple machines and measurement points in one server architecture, subject to channel count, network and retention requirements.

Can historical trends be retained for a year?

Long-term retention can be planned using raw, event and aggregated data policies appropriate to storage capacity.

Can alarms operate when the dashboard is closed?

Server-side monitoring and event logic can continue independently of the display client when configured that way.

Can the system integrate with a plant network?

Integration is planned with plant IT and cybersecurity teams using the approved addressing, firewall and access method.

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