SPM Instrument - Case studies

Bearing cage damage in vertical roller mill

This case study deals with the detection of a damaged bearing cage in a gearbox driving a vertical roller mill in the Hoang Mai cement plant in...

Gear damage on rotary kiln

This case study describes the detection of gear damage on an output shaft, detected during a capacity test involving a speed increase.

Assembly line drives in the automotive industry

Assembly line drive unit. This case study describes the online condition monitoring of production-critical assembly line drives in the plant of a...

Pinion bearing damage in ball mill

Ball mill at the Asarel Medet copper mine. Using HD measurement technologies , Bulgarian copper producer Asarel Medet AD monitors the mechanical...

Bearing damage on press roll

This case study involves the detection of bearing damage on one of the press rolls, showing the development of the damage over a period of about si...

Major savings through route-based condition monitoring on ball mill

The planned replacement of a damaged main bearing, detected through route-based measurement, saved Rana Gruber significant amounts.

Multistage gearbox failure

Part of a comprehensive project investigating and determining best practices for gearbox monitoring with HD technology, this case study involves...

Online condition monitoring on rotary calciner

This case study deals with the results of online test measurements on a calciner, involving the HD condition monitoring technologies and the DuoTec...

Comparative measurements with HD technologies on couch roll

This case study shows comparative measurements between SPM HD and HD ENV on a couch roll bearing in paper machine K25 at Romanian paper mill Vranca...

Outer race damage in Chemi-Washer detected with HD technology

This case study from Bulgarian pulp mill Svilocell is about the detection of a bearing damage through route-based condition monitoring on a...

Successful online bearing monitoring of autogenous mill with HD technology

In this case study from Bulgarian copper producer Aurubis, the SPM HD shock pulse technology is used to monitor the pinion shaft bearings of a...

Ultra-long forewarning on low-speed drying drum with HD technology

An international chemical company in Finland has monitored the condition of low-speed drying drums since 2012 using HD technology. This case study...

Successful wash press monitoring with SPM HD at Zellstoff Pöls

This case study describes test measurements performed on an 8 RPM wash press in the bleaching plant at Zellstoff Pöls AG in Austria using the SPM H...

HD technologies provide long pre-warning times for ball mill at Orcem

Dutch cement producer Orcem implements HD technologies to monitor the mechanical condition of a ball mill, which is a critical part of the milling...

Jaw crusher bearing monitoring with SPM HD

Mining operations include a number of critical applications which may cause severe disruptions in the production process in case of malfunctions. O...

Low speed bearing monitoring on low pressure feeder

This case study deals with the implementation of condition monitoring on a low pressure feeder in one of Sweden’s biggest pulp mills, Södra Cell...

Steel producer SSAB monitors bearing condition on continuous casting line

SSAB, Swedish steel manufacturer of hot and cold reduced strip, recently has equipped its Continuous casting line 5 with online condition monitorin...

Vibration monitoring on paper machine calender

Swedish paper mill Stora Enso Kvarnsveden applies vibration monitoring on the PM8 super calender to optimize its operation and extend the service...

Online condition monitoring on Boliden mine hoist

At the Renström mine in northern Sweden, Boliden monitors the mechanical condition of the multi-rope friction hoist using a combination of vibratio...

SPM HD successfully monitors low-speed autogenous mill at Boliden mine

On an autogenous mill in Garpenberg, Sweden the Intellinova online system monitors the condition of the motors and gearboxes using vibration...

SPM HD solves problems with bearing damages on low speed machinery

Ortviken Paper Mill in Sweden, owned by SCA, produces coated publication papers, LWC and newsprint on four paper machines with an annual production...