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.