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Bently Nevada Offers Comprehensive Monitoring for Recips |
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For more information: Mark Haakonson Project Engineer/Recip Program Lead Bently Nevada Corporation 1631 Bently Parkway South Minden, NV 89423 Phone: (775) 782-3611 Fax: (775) 782-9240 E-mail: mark.haakonson@bently.com  Bently Nevada's Rod Position and Cylinder Pressure Monitors Hi-resolution .jpg file (246KB) For other image formats, contact tannis.causey@bently.com. |
MINDEN, 10 JANUARY 2002 - Bently Nevada announces the latest additions to its broad range of offerings for reciprocating compressor monitoring. The 3500/72M Rod Position Monitor and the 3500/77M Cylinder Pressure Monitor represent two very important measurements for reciprocating compressors. The 3500/72M is the third-generation of rod position monitor from Bently Nevada. Rather than attribute all rod movement to rider band wear, it uses correlative measurements to confirm if excessive movement is due to other problems such as crosshead looseness or rod runout. Examining the cylinder pressure profile is widely considered the best method of determining the overall health of a reciprocating gas compressor. The new 3500/77M Cylinder Pressure Monitor uses permanently installed pressure transducers located on each chamber of the cylinder, collecting pressure data along with crankshaft position to obtain both continuous and performance data. On-line access to the internal pressure for each cylinder on the compressor provides valuable information on the condition of the valves, piston rings, packing glands, and the crosshead pin. "Reliability problems in reciprocating machinery are demanding top priority with plant operations and maintenance organizations. These problems can restrict production by 30% or more while absorbing a large part of the maintenance budget," says Bently Nevada President and Chief Operating Officer, Roger Harker. "Bently Nevada has responded to this pressing need with our comprehensive offering of monitor modules in the 3500 Series Machinery Protection System designed to make recip-specific measurements. We are also introducing recip-specific plot types, such as dynamic Pressure-Volume curves, in our System 1™ software. This allows us to now address your condition monitoring needs for reciprocating compressors as comprehensively as the rotating machinery monitoring solutions for which we're globally recognized." Bently Nevada Corporation is the world’s leading supplier of machinery protection and management solutions, and maintains nearly 100 sales and service offices in the principal industrial centers of 43 countries around the globe. It provides a comprehensive scope of products encompassing vibration monitoring instrumentation, software, advanced bearing designs, engineering services, lubrication condition monitoring, and fundamental rotor dynamic research - all with a common objective: helping customers protect and manage their machinery and other plant production assets. System 1™ is a registered trademark of Bently Nevada Corporation. |
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