Industries
Mining Equipment
- Key applications are measurement of slew bearings, pin play and other machinery parts for maintenance and repair operations.
- Key benefits are prioritizing safety, eliminating risks, and increasing monitoring capabilities.
Rail
- The key application is for the alignment of the traction motor.
- Key benefits include a significant reduction in work time by hours, as well as increased safety and risk elimination.
Coal/Gas Power
- The key application is for measurement of runout of turbine shafts.
- Key benefits include the ability for increased testing and accuracy with multiple dials on one shaft.
Hydro Power
- The key application is for measurement of runout of turbine shafts.
- Key benefits are prioritising safety, eliminating risks, and increasing monitoring capabilities.
Wind Power
- Key application is for blade bearing testing
- Key benefits are the ability to reach impossible locations, obtain accurate readouts, and prevent breakdowns.
Maritime
- Key application is for engine crankshaft deflection testing.
- Key benefits include the ability to take multi-dial readings and prioritize operator safety.
Agriculture
- Key applications are for wireless hydraulic pressure monitoring and testing
- Key benefits include the ability to increase monitoring capability from a safe location inside the cab, and reducing the risk of overloading equipment.
Hydraulics
- Key applications include deflection testing and wireless hydraulic pressure monitoring and testing.
- Key benefits include increased accuracy and monitoring through wireless multi-dial/ transducer setup, and accountability with cloud data logging.
Drilling
- Key application is wireless hydraulic pressure monitoring and testing
- Key benefits include the ability to constantly monitor equipment and pressure within hydraulic systems.
Case Studies
Mining - EQ Bar Deflection
Case Study 1
Situation
An Australian mining company needs to perform live testing with a dozer to measure EQ bar deflection for the maintenance of the mining equipment (dozer). Current practice has no good solution for measuring the readout of the dial gauge.
Improvement
Through the use of a BlueDial wireless digital dial indicator we were able to remove the need for an operator to be in any dangerous situations with the live dozer in order to read the dial indicator. Also, the digital dial indicator gave an exact accurate readout, and with the use of the graphs created by the software, the read out process was sped up significantly.
Outcome
The Risk Score was reduced from major injury likely (ten times per year) to minor injury unlikely (one every ten years). Furthermore, the device helped to reduce the amount of exposure to risk by getting the job done quicker.
Wind Turbine
Case Study 2
Situation
Blade bearing degradation in existing wind turbines is huge. Previously there was no testing performed.
Improvement
By measuring the blade pitching bearing run out, 30m blade length, maintenance operators are able to put a number to the bearing condition. Replacing bearings is a very expensive operation and having data to base decisions or prevent unnecessary replacement is a big improvement.
Outcome
Maintenance operators are able to measure and check whether bearings are still within tolerances. This gives a quantifiable measurement for maintenance decision making and prevents unnecessary expenses.
Rail Traction Motor
Case Study 3
Situation
The original process was using a dial indicator and a mirror. This was "upgraded" to a wired digital indicator solution, which required wires to be run around the the traction motor. This obviously was a suboptimal solution for safety and work efficiency.
Improvement
Wireless measurement enabled by the BlueDial Bluetooth Digital dial indicator eliminated all unsafe practices and speed the job up considerably. Operators are now able to get the highly accurate digital measurement readouts straight into their hands without running sketchy wires everywhere.
Outcome
Saving hours from aligning the traction motor and eliminating dangerous practice.