Westar
Energy has a generating capacity of more than 5,850 MW
(mostly from fossil-fueled facilities) and serves
660,000 electricity customers in Kansas through its
utility subsidiaries. It also supplies wholesale
electric power to 48 cities in Kansas and four electric
cooperatives that serve rural areas. Pictured here is
the Jeffrey Energy Facility which generates 1857
Megawatts of power.
Program Highlights:
In 2002 Westar Energy made
the decision to aggressively implement a lubrication management program
throughout its 6 plant facilities. The Oil Analysis program started out
utilizing a professional lab service and quickly evolved to an in-house
program consisting of seven PdM technicians who are actively involved in
the oil sample collection and data analysis process.
Now Westar Energy’s program combines in house lubricant analysis backed
up by sample analysis by an external laboratory. Best practices for
lubrication, sampling and analysis have been incorporated into all
procedures at Westar Energy.
Equipment:
CSI
2120 Vibration Analyzers
CSI
5200 Mini Oil Lab
CSI
Machinery Health Manager
ME-scope VT-550
FLIR
PM695, PM395
MIKRON
7400
Thermocam Reporter Pro software
PdMA MCEMax motor tester w/Win-Vis software
The PdM Team:
Top row, left to right:
Carl Schultz, Stacy Warden, Mike Paulsen, Bruce Sackman
Bottom row, left to right:
Maggie Tryon, Wes Mizell, Allen Halderman, Mark Mayworm,
David Ent
