Pump health monitoring

Industry estimates suggest that approximately 5 per cent of production capacity is lost each year to unplanned downtime, much of it caused by equipment failure. Emerson Process Management’s integrated Pump Health Monitoring solution enables users to detect and predict problems – greatly reducing the risk of unexpected pump failures that can cause lost production and expensive repairs, as well as safety and environmental incidents. The scalable solution can detect several conditions, including cavitation, excessive temperature, vibration, process leakage, seal pot level and differential pressure imbalance. These conditions can independently and jointly bring about pump damage, failure, and several otherwise avoidable consequences. The integrated solution includes intelligent Rosemount and CSI instruments that let users continuously monitor for the conditions they are most concerned about. A user-friendly asset management interface gives maintenance technicians, operators, and managers an at-a-glance view of all conditions, with alerts for situations requiring attention. In addition, Smart Wireless technology makes implementing the solution easy and affordable even on existing pumps, without expensive engineering, trenching, and cabling that discouraged more extensive monitoring in the past.