Asystom has introduced a standalone solution for monitoring equipment and preventing breakdowns.
Asystom, a specialist in predictive maintenance for Industry 4.0, has introduced a standalone solution for monitoring equipment and preventing breakdowns.
The company has recently formed technology alliances and commercial agreements with various oil and gas engineering groups to develop a sector-specific solution.
Its service involves taking the detailed operating imprint of a machine, and then in real-time monitoring and alerting of any drift or malfunction. The aim is to improve productivity of production units by avoiding unscheduled shutdowns.
Asystom is currently offering its first ATEX zone 1 certified beacons, which monitor vibration in 3-axes and heat and ultrasound, giving users an early possible alert of drift.
Total ABK installed the first system this month on a platform offshore Abu Dhabi for monitoring of a set of pumps.
André Naccache, managing director of Asystom, said: “Our predictive maintenance solution convinced Total with its ease of implementation, its record autonomy of 10 years and the quality of its prediction algorithms, based on data from multi-sensor beacons integrating vibration and ultrasound analysis.
“Total, which supported us throughout the product development phase, wanted to install this solution as soon as possible in order to benefit from this technology and increase its digitalization program.”
Another current co-operation is with Archer for the predictive maintenance of offshore drilling platforms.
This relies on a learning algorithm and multi-sensor technology to provide improved accuracy in prediction.
“The system will aid the asset owner to further reduce cost by enhanced condition control and optimized maintenance planning. Consequently, the system will respond to our goals to reduce our industry’s carbon footprint,” said Peter Nygaard Andersen, vice president Engineering at Archer.
Source: offshore-mag.com
