PECM Issue 37 2019 | Page 150

MEASUREMENT & MONITORING OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY IRISS FIND IT AND FIX IT BEFORE IT FAILS: CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES FOR ELECTRICAL ASSET RELIABILITY Companies continuously search for ways to reduce operating costs, increase productivity and mitigate safety risks. With electrical assets, maintenance personnel safety is paramount. Electrical equipment requires periodic inspections to maintain normal operations; however, these inspections must be performed with the assets under full load. Using the latest technology advances, these critical electrical assets can be monitored safely and efficiently. With low cost handheld Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) test equipment and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), companies are adopting CBM programs using innovative techniques to predict when an asset will fail. IRISS is a global leader in providing products and services to help companies implement and maintain an effective CBM protocol. Electrical Maintenance Safety Devices [EMSDs] maintain an energized compartment’s closed and guarded condition during the inspection process. No special Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is needed so inspection times are significantly reduced, and more frequent inspections can be performed without increasing maintenance resources. In addition, creating an IIoT searchable health history record of assets enables the maintenance team to track and act upon data trends. Finding a problem and fixing it before it fails allows a company to realize reductions in both downtime and operating costs. enclosure’s interior temperature and the second to monitor the ambient room temperature where the enclosure is located. The data is wirelessly transmitted for analysis and trending and warns the operator of temperature issues within the electrical enclosure long before a failure occurs. IRISS’s EMSD Devices include the following: Maintenance Inspection Windows: Maintenance Inspection Windows enabling viewing in the visual, ultraviolet and infrared spectrums. The CAP-ENV Series is the toughest, most reliable infrared window in the world. This series features a reinforced, environmentally sealed door design able to withstand the harshest industrial conditions. The FlexIR Series offers custom-sized, large format windows that make previously un- inspectable assets safe and easy to inspect. Ultrasonic Detectors: IRISS’s versatile range of handheld ultrasound testers offer choices for any size facility and any sophistication level of maintenance program. The Sonus 150 PECM Issue 37 XT is ideally suited for routine plant maintenance whereas the Sonus PD is designed for detecting partial discharge (PD), airborne emissions (AE) and Transient Earth Voltage (TEV) on medium and high voltage switchgear. Online Temperature Monitoring Systems: The patented Delta-T Alert™ System is a wireless, self-contained temperature and humidity monitoring system placed on an electrical enclosure. The system is simple to install and comprises two temperature sensors – one to monitor the electrical Intelligent Asset Tags: The E Sentry Connect ™ platform is an intuitive asset information tagging system using Near Field Communication (NFC) contactless Smart Card technology. Smartphones easily access critical data and save up-to-date inspection data directly to the asset’s E Sentry Connect Tag via a free App from IRISS. Data back-up and complete access to the current status of all assets provides historical data to the inspector so that asset tracking, maintenance history and trend analysis are available at the time of inspection Conclusion: Improved operational reliability and productivity is accomplished by implementing condition based inspection strategies using IRISS’s products to safely and proactively detect problems with electrical systems before a failure occurs. www.iriss.com