Challenge: In an increasingly competitive market, you are continuously challenged to run your plant more profitably.  Since any equipment failure can have a dramatic effect, you need to be able to count on both the reliability and availability of your assets -- especially your pumps.  A process interruption can make the difference between profit and loss. With this much at stake, having the correct protection, prediction, and performance monitoring system in place is essential.

Solution: All mechanical equipment, including pumps, have the potential to deteriorate over time, causing a decrease in performance, a reduction in throughput, and an increase in operating costs. Deterioration of pumps is usually associated with misalignment or imbalance, corrosion and wear, fouling, sediment build-up or poorly lubricated parts. With Emerson’s online machinery monitoring technologies, you can monitor and analyze temperatures, vibration, efficiency, and deviation data for changes that might give an early indication of a pump problem. Detecting these underlying problems early allows you to correct issues before they adversely impact the performance of your plant.