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
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.
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