WORLDWIDE TELEDIAGNOSTIC SERVICE FOR LARG E DRIVES IN CEMENT WORKS - EXPERIENCE, DEVELOPMENTS AND DIAGNOSTIC EXAMPLES

Modern telediagnostic technology offers new opportunities for state-or iented maintenance, even in large drives in cement works. Flender-ESAT : which operates as the ''Engineering & Service'' sector of the compan y in the Flender company group, is a pioneer in worldwide telediagnost ic services. The ESAT InterMAC telediagnostic and monitoring system co mbines practical experience and a knowledge of drive technology and me chanical diagnosis with modem measuring, computer and communications t echnology. This telediagnostic system can also be retrofitted to exist ing drives. The examples of a drive for a roller grinding mill and a d rive for a tube mill are used to show how, after installation of the t elediagnostic technology and without any expensive travelling, the dia gnostic and drive specialists from a competent service company can car ry out remote diagnosis of the plant. By way of example, explanations are also given of the informative content of procedures and parameters which are relevant to the diagnosis. The services provided by Flender -ESAT include not only the application-specific consultation before in stallation of the telediagnostic technology but also diagnostic contra cts and a competent installation service.