VIBRATIONS
Condition Monitoring Service.
Proactive reliability engineering.
We provide service World Wide.
• Our service personnel have qualified training and experience, with the ability to see and solve problems.
• Laser alignment and vibration measurement
• Vibration Analysis
• Thermography, electrical and mechanical
• Balancing
• Torque measurements
• Diesel engines; gas, pressure, calibration and ovality
• Inspection Jobs
• General technical assistance onsite and offsite
• Choosing the right solution for the customer, engineering, and installation
• Training
• Discipline courses in laser alignment, vibration measurement and analysis
• User training on all equipment supplied
• Supervisor services
• ISO CAT III vibration analyst certification
VIBRATION MEASUREMENTS AND ANALYSIS
• Troubleshooting
• Routine measurements
• Acceptance controls
• Field balancing
• Comfort measurements
We can measure your machine park and report the deviations. The report is clear and easy to understand.
We are also always looking for customers that want to have a service agreement where we do the vibration measurements and/or the vibration analysis on regular basis or when needed.
Our service organization within IKM has service engineers available with different types of background, we can offer engineers with experience on different machinery such as:
Drilling equipment (top drive DDM, mud pump, draw work etc.)
Thrusters
Gears
Generators
Cranes
Mills
Paper machines
Electric motors
Pumps
Hydro Power
Structure
Diesel engines
Machine Vibration is often a consequence of misalignment, unbalance, looseness and electrical problems etc. Vibration analysis can also reveal conditions, such as:
• Worn bearings and bearing defects
• Damaged gears
• Cavitation
• Mechanical looseness
• Resonance
• Broken or cracked rotor bars
• Electrical failure
• Cocked bearing
• Lubrication problems
• More ..
We can provide Implementation and successful condition monitoring programs
Customer Success guarantee
Our goal is to create a successful condition monitoring program at your plant. We can help you with the analysis or help you step by step on the way to be a vibration analyst
• Evaluate
• Every client’s needs are different
• Correct equipment
• Implementation/installation
• Training and training programs
• "Ask the Expert" telephone and e-mail consulting service at no cost
• Follow up of the customer on intervals for coaching and help client to “accelerate”.
• Report and analysis services
• Recommendations
• Field services, corrective work and troubleshooting if the client needs help.
ALIGNMENT
We perform Geometric precision measurements and align your rotating machinery
• All Rotating machinery
• Machine train
• Drive shafts
• Propeller shafts
• Measurement of thermal expansion and growth
• Straightness
• Angles
• Center Line Measurement
• Rollers
Today's high standards require accurate alignment of machines. Using laser technology, this work is made easier, faster and more accurate than older methods. In addition, the measurement results are stored automatically, simplifying the documentation work. The documentation is straightforward, easy to read and transmitted electronically.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Where can I expect to find alignment problems?
Wherever you have rotating shafts there is a need for alignment. The higher speed the more accurate alignment is required. If an application is generating vibrations, you should always check the alignment.
Do misaligned machines consume more power?
Misaligned machines generate forces to the bearings and the coupling. This force is converted into heat and can easily be recognized using a thermo sensitive camera.
Do I need to align when I use flexible couplings?
Flexible couplings are necessary. They reduces the detrimental forces, due to misalignment, during the start up until the machines have reached the operating temperature. A flexible coupling can only absorb a very small amount of misalignment. Even then the components are exposed to stress and wear quicker. It is therefore important to align the machines for running conditions and not cold conditions.
I have new machines, do I really need to care about alignment?
A machine, such as motor and pump, is often delivered on a frame or base plate. Plug and play, sort of! Even if the machine is perfectly aligned from the supplier it does not mean it is perfectly aligned when bolted down and connected to the pipes in your factory. Always check the alignment before starting the new machine.
Why can’t I refit the overhauled machine in the same position as it was before without doing an alignment check?
Even if you mark up the position before you remove the machine you cannot know if it will be positioned correctly.
The alignment requirements for a standard motor/pump installation is 0,08 mm/m or better. It is impossible to
replace a machine within that tolerance without performing an alignment.
BALANCING
• Field Balancing
• Balancing Workshop
THERMAL IMAGING
Our service engineers can perform thermography inspection on electric and mechanical installations. We report back with possible deviations in an easy and straight forward report.
DIESEL ENGINE
We have several measurement instruments for diesel engines and we are proud to be distributes for the German company Leutert and Prisma Teknik from Sweden.
We can offer instruments that can measure:
• Max pressure
• Gas instrument calibration
• Temperature
• Deflection; crankshaft and ovality
24hour service phone: +47 47 46 84 84