Battery-Powered Unit Monitors Machine Conditions Wirelessly
SKF says its Multilog On-line System WMx
is designed to improve machine reliability,
reduce installation costs and increase personnel
safety in industrial applications.
Multilog WMx is a compact, battery-powered,
eight-channel, field-mounted monitoring
device that communicates using
standard 802.11b/g wireless networking. It
collects acceleration, velocity, displacement,
temperature and bearing condition
data and uploads it to proprietary SKF software
for viewing, alarm evaluation, and
analysis. According to the company, it is
“an ideal complement” to traditional walkaround
predictive maintenance programs,
as it requires no wires—which leads to
reduced installation costs compared with
traditional wired systems—and carries an
ATEX Zone 2 certification, allowing it to be
located in hazardous areas. The device is
robust and easily relocated, providing flexibility
to monitor moving machine components
where hard-wiring is not possible,
machines that are frequently moved within
the facility, or in temporary installations to
track a suspected problem. Offered as a
turn-key solution or as part of an SKF service
contract, WMx is compatible with other
SKF portable and on-line hardware.
www.skf.com/cm
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