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We specialise in Oil quality sensing and Oil Debris detection using both off-line and on-line technologies. Advising and sourcing condition monitoring systems from simple Magnetic chip detectors to full-flow metallic and non metallic debris monitoring and lubricant quality systems. Applicable at a range of price points from simple conveyor drives, complete process refineries to ships, power-plant and aerospace, both civil and military, fixed and rotary wing.
Serving the OEM, with bespoke system design and sensor integration advice to maximise benefits with low sensor count.
Serving the aftermarket in-service equipment operators and integrators, with upgrades and modifications to increase safety and asset availability.
OFF LINE. Oil quality and Oil debris are often investigated off line very successfully and reliably, allowing laboratory techniques like spectrographic material analysis and often identifying the root cause of machine distress. However transit time of samples to laboratories, testing and issuing results can be detrimental to protecting critical assets.
Anokhi Consulting Engineers support this off line activity with advice on the placement of oil sampling points, locating Magnetic chip collectors, (Mag Plugs), for the most effective early failure detection and may recommend complimentary technologies and techniques.
Depending on the asset’s circumstances, we may recommend laboratories offering unique capabilities as part of our portfolio. Where appropriate may also recommend an appropriate vibration, ultrasound or other monitoring system, as additional asset protection during off line sample analysis.
ON LINE, On line monitoring of oil quality and metallic / non metallic debris detection is the most effective method to maximise safety and uptime of process equipment, engines, vehicles and aircraft.
Building on the basics mentioned above for off-line analysis, the effectiveness of any early failure detection system rests on understanding the asset and monitoring it accordingly. It is easy to be drawn into complexity of vibration analysis as the panacea of condition monitoring, until you understand that the source of the energy to excite an accelerometer or acoustic emission sensor is usually physical damage due to material loss from bearings, gears and slides. The pits left from the loss of material when severe enough will start to become detectable by vibration systems, so If you capture these early particles from an impending failure, you can avert consequential damage in advance of a vibration alert.
It is a true statement that a bearing, correctly aligned, working within its design load and supplied with the correct quantity of clean lubricant, only has one failure mode at the end of its design life and that is rolling contact fatigue RCF. RCF releases platelets of material that are collected by a magnetic chip collector, Mag Plug, or advanced remote indicating debris sensor and the asset is protected. However, very few bearing operate in this utopia and failures are common, hence condition monitoring in real time is rapidly replacing time-based maintenance, as it is both cost effective and enhances asset availability.
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