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Best Vibration Analysis Program |
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Profile In Excellence
Dofasco Steel
Dofasco is
Canada’s most successful steel producer and a global
industry leader. Hamilton, Ontario has been home to
Dofasco’s head office and main manufacturing facilities
since the company was founded in 1912.
Dofasco’s operations hub is its 730-acre steelmaking
complex in Hamilton - one of the most efficient,
flexible and technologically advanced steel plants in
North America.
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Program Highlights:
The Dofasco
group wasn’t satisfied with the other commonly used commercially
available ways of collecting vibration data. So they have invented new
ways of obtaining and interpreting vibration data on critical plant
components. They have been awarded one Canadian patent and a second is
pending for their work, which has already been proven and is in daily
use in their plant.
100% of critical equipment is monitored by the program. There is
lubrication analysis, vibration, infrared, and motor testing employed on
all critical (on-line and off-line) equipment. Trend (ICAS) computers
are used to complete trend analysis of critical equipment data
(pressure, flow, vibration, temperature) with a link to process data to
take the program to the next level.
Work is also being done on including small but critical supply equipment
(such as air supply fans) into the PdM program to ensure further
reliability of critical equipment.
Equipment:
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Agema - 550 IR camera with Reporter 200 software
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SKF - CMVA 60 datalogger with Machine Analysis
software,
version 1.0
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Cognitive Vision Real Time Analyzer CV395
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PdMA - MCE Max with the latest version of software
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ICAS Trend computer Version 4.2
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Access to in-house lubrication lab and NDT group
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