How I-Alert2 Monitor Augments A Condition Monitoring Program; Improved Program Efficiency; Improved Program Effectiveness; Improved Worker Safety - ITT i-ALERT2 Application Manual

HOW I-ALERT2 MONITOR AUGMENTS A CONDITION MONITORING PROGRAM

IMPROVED PROGRAM EFFICIENCY

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Faster data collection and less time spent walking routes because the need to physically mount a temporary
sensor is eliminated.
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Easily visible indication of equipment condition during data collection through the device's onboard LEDs.
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Data collection can be easily integrated into existing operator rounds.
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Allows your highly skilled vibration analysts to focus on solving chronic problems instead of routine monitoring.
This is becoming increasingly more important as these skill sets are in short supply.
• Users can simultaneously view any machine's current overall condition for any device in range. No need to
actually touch each machine to get the data.

IMPROVED PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS

• Continuous data collection allows for diagnosis of transient and process related problems which are traditionally
very hard if not impossible to spot with monthly or quarterly data collection cycles. Especially effective for batch
process equipment.
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Traditional monthly walk around monitoring with a portable data collector requires at least 2 months to generate
2 points or a "trend" upon which a baseline condition can be established. In 2 months, the i-ALERT2 monitor can
measure and store 720 points, giving the PdM practitioner a superior level of confidence and understanding of the
equipment's behavior.
• Changes in machine state automatically trigger the device to capture spectral and time waveform data. The ability
to capture this diagnostic data in conjunction with the trend and timestamp information improves a reliability
practitioner's ability to troubleshoot process related problems.
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Temperature and Kurtosis trending enhance the traditional overall vibration dataset, yielding more accurate
condition assessment than overall RMS vibration alone.

IMPROVED WORKER SAFETY

• No need to get close to dangerous rotating equipment hazards to collect the data. Just be in the same room with
it.
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