How an online monitoring system works
Sensors are installed at defined machine locations and connected to acquisition hardware. Overall values and diagnostic records are processed, time-stamped and stored. The dashboard associates each signal with the correct plant, machine, bearing location and measurement direction.
- Machine and measurement-point hierarchy
- Continuous or scheduled acquisition
- Overall vibration and temperature values
- Time waveform and FFT records
- Alarm, danger and event history
- Local network or remote dashboard access
Monitoring beyond a single RMS value
Overall RMS is useful for fast condition indication, but it cannot explain every fault. Diagnostic confidence improves when the system retains time waveform, spectrum, speed, operating state and historical trend around the event.
- RMS, peak and peak-to-peak values
- Acceleration, velocity and displacement views
- Spectrum and frequency-band levels
- Speed and process context
- Alarm persistence and event de-duplication
Machines commonly monitored
The architecture is suited to rotating equipment where developing faults can cause downtime, product loss, safety risk or expensive secondary damage.
- Pumps and motors
- Fans and blowers
- Gearboxes and pinions
- Compressors
- Coal mills and process machinery
- Turbines and generators
Deployment and integration
A monitoring project should define network availability, data retention, user roles, alarm ownership and the response process before installation. Quadvion can structure the system for a plant PC, industrial network or remote dashboard based on the approved cybersecurity environment.
- Site survey and point identification
- Sensor installation and cable routing
- Threshold and event configuration
- Dashboard commissioning
- User training and maintenance workflow