Field-based intelligence connects you directly to the machine. This unique architecture enables the AMS Suite to provide powerful predictive tools not possible through PC based data acquisition systems. Overall vibration trends, orbits, shaft centerline, Bode/Nyquist, cascade, waveform and spectrum can all be viewed live, for all bearings desired, simultaneously.

Below is a short scenario:

You are comfortably home for the evening when the phone rings and you learn the turbine just tripped. The decision to restart the equipment is yours. Although you feel the pressure, you are confident because you have two powerful tools to rely on – continuous data recording to replay and analyze the event and a live mode to provide feedback during start-up. Hours of live recorded data before, during and after the turbine trip is waiting for you. As you drive to the site, you review the facts:

1. You have the proper set up to capture the data surrounding the event. You are assured the right data and the anomalous event is captured.
2. Your online machinery monitoring system provides real-time continuous waveform recording to ensure events will not be missed. With AMS Suite, a running history is always available. The field-based processor is a continuous data recorder and records and buffers 50 hours+ of continuous time waveforms simultaneously at all bearings. Auto-archiving of data is also included so that small, one-hour snapshots can be saved to a network server.
3. Your live turbine view will support real-time decisions during startup.

When you arrive onsite, you learn it was a manual, operator-initiated trip. The operator had real-time vibration data from the CSI 6500 and real-time oil temperature and pressure diagnostics from the process automation system that indicated the turbine should be brought down. In fact, the maintenance team had already found the plugged oil line to the bearing. Now the only questions are "how much damage was done? And can we restart?"

Thankful for multi-channel, continuous data recording, you look at the quick views and extract the region of interest for more analysis. You review the data, compare with baseline, and confirm the vibration is isolated to one bearing. The shaft centerline plots tell you the bearing clearance was not exceeded. After fixing the oil flow issue, you restart the turbine. You watch the startup with AMS Suite for a real-time "inside the turbine" view.

The integrated online machinery monitoring solution of prediction, protection, performance monitoring, and PlantWeb allowed you to easily access critical information to make a confident decision.