Health indicator

A vibration and temperature monitoring device designed for rotating machinery in constant operating conditions has been launched by SKF. The SKF Machine Condition Indicator is said to cost less than a standard industrial accelerometer and frees up some of the time maintenance engineers spend on problem detection.

The device provides the capability to track basic machine health on assets that are not currently being monitored on a regular basis. It can be used indoors or outdoors.

The Machine Condition Indicator periodically makes two types of vibration measurement from the internal sensor: Overall Velocity (RMS), and Enveloped Acceleration (gE) as well as machine surface temperature. It has built-in intelligence for measurement evaluations and to avoid false alarms, with alarm status visually indicated via three LEDs.