Vibration monitoring in hard to reach areas
January 1st 2005

INA FAG’s latest addition to its Easy Check range provides a solution for monitoring machinery in hard to reach areas.

Easy Check Online is cost effective and offers an ‘early warning system’ of any impending damage to machinery. It can be fixed to the machine via an existing screw thread in the housing, using either the standard adaptor or other available adaptors for different sized screw threads. Once applied, it will immediately trigger an alarm if imbalances, errors of alignment or bearing damage make themselves felt in the form of vibration or temperature deviations either through direct visual contact or via the central control panel.

By using the central control station to display a machine’s operative status, Easy Check Online can be used in locations where direct visual control would otherwise be impossible. This centralised control function also enables any alarm resets, measurements (start and restart) as well as the teach-in mode to be easily initiated.

The base values determined upon start up of the respective monitoring system (teach in mode) represent reference values that enable relative monitoring. An alarm is triggered as soon as one of the parameters exceeds the reference level by an individually configurable valve. Easy Check systems carry out these measurements at regular, brief intervals and indicate the operating condition via LEDs. This is important as early detection of pending damage to machinery will avoid downtime.

Easy Check Online is simple to use. There is no need to install special software or perform timeconsuming configuration work.

Configuration is carried out using the DIP switches on the circuit board and no specialist knowledge is required. The products are supplied for most standard applications. All that is needed is an external power source.

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