MEETA

Model-based V-I systems:

- using your existing electric motors
to tell you about your driven
equipments condition

Geoff Walker, Director, Artesis LLP

The level 1 challenge

How to keep existing, sometimes
elderly, plant going at max
performance and min cost, avoiding
unexpected downtime

Moving from BD to PM to CBM (PdM)

is a frequently chosen route

Why Predictive?
Cost

50% breakdown maintenance

10% breakdown maintenance

Predictive maintenance
Planned maintenance
Breakdown maintenance

Remember
1
The
levelthe
2 level
challenge:
challenge getting
to
Predictive
How to keep existing,
sometimes elderly, plant
going at max performance
and min cost, avoiding
unexpected downtime

Adopting CBM / PdM is not easy:

Technology?
Cost?
Culture / resource pressures

The level 2 solution: an

easier way to get what
you want
NASA developed technology! Model
based V-I systems
Use your existing motor as a sensor
Just measure voltage and current (3phases)
Provides an astonishing amount of
information on your equipment
Electrical (insulation, rotor bars,
stator windings, supply)
Mechanical (eg imbalance /
misalignment / bearing problems)
Operational (eg cavitation,
blocked filters, even tidal effects!)

How does it work?

Install

Learn

Run

What it is, what it

does, how it works
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Tech Case 1: typical example of

MCM maintenance cost saving on
water pumps >90% less
Series of pumps with history of
catastrophic failure needing
complete replacement of pump
and motor on each occasion
MCM detected developing
deterioration and advised repair to
pump (not detected by other
techniques)
Pump was repaired at low cost
(cold resin repair to casing,
replacement of cheap wear rings)
Motor, shaft, bearings, impeller all
re-used.
Cost and disruption a fraction of
previous experience; a few

Maintenance QA
verification
Fuel Pump
3th July; Change of
3th July; Change of
Oil Seal
Oil Seal

Pumping
Station

Trials of Shaft adjustments

Trials of Shaft adjustments

Fuel Pump
Misalignment

4th thJuly; laser

4 July; laser
shaft
shaft
alignment
alignment

Advantages of modelbased V-I systems

No sensors on plant
Easy to install
Great for inaccessible equipment
Not disturbed by maintenance activities

Easy to use
Easy to understand
Covers broad range of failure modes
Electrical, Mechanical and Operational

Fits with culture

Allows adoption of CBM: No unplanned

Conclusions
MCM allows you to do good things:
improve performance,
reduce costs,
avoid unexpected downtime,
improve efficiency.

Its simple to install and simple to

use
Try it!

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