 It’s a fact of life – mechanical equipment is going to break down. It is simply a matter of time. You can only hope that the breakdown doesn’t occur at the peak of your production schedule, or be caused by an out-of-inventory part. But if you know the health of your rotating mechanical assets, you are able to plan for repairs rather than react to unexpected failures. And sharing that information between maintenance and operations means repairs are anticipated and production schedules are adjusted accordingly. The plant recognizes increased availability and performance from production assets, rather than expensive downtime and costly repairs.Emerson's
AMS Suite: Machinery Health Manager diagnoses and communicates the health of mechanical and rotating machinery using data from several predictive maintenance technologies.
The result? A comprehensive view of each monitored machine and a more accurate diagnosis when developing problems are discovered.
Notice of developing problems can be issued as PlantWeb Alerts sent to Emerson's DeltaV digital control system. These alerts are then directed to the appropriate maintenance or operations personnel depending on the nature of the alert and the actions to be taken.
In addition, AMS Machinery Manager has tools to interface machine health information to other business systems such as EAM or ERP applications. Events on the plant floor can trigger a work order with machinery health findings and recommendations in the work management system, and the status of those work orders can be reported back to AMS Machinery Manager. AMS Machinery Manager is a key component in the AMS Suite of applications for diagnosing the health of production assets within the facility. Other components include:
- AMS Device Manager – for predictive and proactive maintenance using intelligent field devices.
- AMS Performance Monitor – for performance monitoring of process and mechanical equipment.
- AMS Real Time Optimizer – for real-time performance optimization.
The components deliver asset health information to the AMS Asset Portal, a secure web-based application that provides a single comprehensive view of the health of the production assets.
Get the Right Information at the Right Time
Maintenance personnel does not need to know every time production speeds up the production line; likewise, operators shouldn't be concerned with the daily performance of every mechanical asset. Each department should only be alerted to conditions that effect their ability to continue operating at optimal levels. For example, when the CSI 4500 Machinery Health Monitor detects an early developing bearing fault within a production-critical motor, Maintenance will see the early fault listed in the Online Watch dashboard screen. The view in AMS Machinery Manager alerts them to the developing problem. Operations will be notified via a PlantWeb Alert in the alert banner of the control system, but only when the fault severity develops to the point of potentially impacting production.
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