Description Structure - Schaeffler OPTIME User Manual

Description
OPTIME condition
monitoring system
Schaeffler Technologies
Structure
The overall system consists of several components designed
for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance:
OPTIME gateway
OPTIME sensors
OPTIME app
OPTIME dashboards in the Schaeffler IoT Hub.
Figure 5
The sensors automatically form a mesh network that transfers
data directly or via other sensors to the gateway. In the network,
the sensors transfer raw data on vibrations as well as KPIs via
the gateway to the Schaeffler IoT Hub, where the data are analysed
and the results sent to the OPTIME app. All analyses are also avail-
able in the OPTIME dashboard. Directly after activation the sensor
automatically starts to measure and transfer data at pre-set inter-
vals. At the same time this starts the learning mode, which defines
the alarm thresholds for the respective machine.
The mesh network organises itself automatically, when sensors or
gateways are added or removed. The use of several gateways in
the same network is also possible. Depending on the circumstances,
existing OPTIME installations can also be expanded subsequently
to 50 to 70 sensors per gateway.
Since an independent network is used to transfer the measured data
to the Schaeffler IoT Hub and wireless technology is used for other
communication (pre-set, optionally also WiFi or Ethernet), there is no
need for a connection to the local IT infrastructure.
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