When designing safety-critical equipment, functional safety is very important. SpeedSys ODS is an overspeed detection system that exemplifies a modern approach to achieving safety without compromising system availability. Unlike many…
Enhancing operational safety at OCI Nitrogen’s nitric acid plant with the Istec SpeedSys 300 At OCI Nitrogen’s nitric acid plant, a critical machine train has been significantly upgraded with an…
Replacing a Bently Nevada BN3300 vibration monitoring and protection system with a Vibro-meter VM600 Mk2 The Maastricht Paper Production Mill operates a powertrain consisting of a gas turbine, gearbox,…
In this article, we will explain Meggitt Vibro-Meter’s motives to launch a new and improved second-generation version of the VM600 system; the VM600Mk2. The VM600 is the flagship solution…
Introducing the Vibro-meter VM600Mk2: Machine protection and condition monitoring system Meggitt Vibro-meter recently launched the VM600Mk2, the second generation of their VM600 machinery protection system. This new system is…
Proof-testing overspeed detection systems (ODS) and replacing Jaquet FT3000 ODS with Istec SpeedSys 300 at a gas compressor station in Germany Thyssengas is one of the leading gas transmission system…
Replacing a Jaquet FT3000 ODS with a SpeedSys 200 ODS on a combined cycled gas turbine (CCGT) Vattenfall operates a combined-cycle gas turbine at an energy plant in the Netherlands.…
Voting, regarding overspeed protection systems, can be defined by the number of safety loops that should switch to the safe state when an overspeed situation is detected. The desirable voting…
The FT3000 overspeed protection system, formerly supplied by the Jaquet Technology Group (now: TE Connectivity), has been discontinued by the manufacturer. Its obsolescence affects many end-users as the Jaquet FT3000…
Excessive vibrations on rotating equipment like pumps, gearboxes, turbines and compressors are a clear sign that the equipment is not functioning properly. Equipment that is showing excessive vibrations will most…
AVR is specialized in processing various types of residual waste and converting this waste into energy and raw materials for households and businesses. In their plant in the Botlek (Rotterdam)…
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