Condition Monitoring

A Complete Condition Monitoring Service

What is Condition Monitoring ?

Condition monitoring is a system of regular scheduled measurements of plant and machinery health. Condition Monitoring systems use various tools to quantify plant health, so that change in condition can be measured and compared.

ERIKS can do Condition Monitoring of the mechanical, electrical and thermal condition of plant, as well as identifying efficiency losses and safety critical defects. The object of condition monitoring is not only to identify defects, but also to identify the ROOT CAUSE OF FAILURE, in order that it can be engineered out. ERIKS's condition monitoring tools are listed with their uses:

Condition Monitoring Service	Electrical	Mechanical	Efficiency
Thermography
Vibration Data Collections
Ultrasonic Surveys
IMCA Testing
Oil Analysis Units
DLA Units
Relay injection kit
Partial Discharge Monitoring

The ERIKS Condition Monitoring services can be used in isolation or combined to give a totally predictive approach to the maintenance of machinery. All services are provided using ERIKS's own in-house trained personnel.

The benefits of using a condition monitoring based approach to maintenance are numerous they include :

Increases plant uptime & generates profit
Enables reduction in spares stock holding
Reduces maintenance costs
Reduces the number of catastrophic failures and can stop expensive secondary damage
Extends the interval between maintenance periods
Reduces the number of costly emergency repairs
Maintains the product supply
Identifies the fundamental cause of failure
Improved awareness of plant condition
Spares are ordered to suit shut down periods
Quality assurance tool for repairs
Improved manpower utilisation
Improved maintenance scheduling - shut down periods are planned