Condition Monitoring System and Training Prevent Unplanned Downtime
By providing online condition monitoring and training, FAG Industrial Services is helping manufacturers in the cement, mining and quarrying industries to eliminate unscheduled shutdowns and avoid costly repairs to transmission gears, gearboxes and other critical rotating plant and machinery.By investing in online condition monitoring systems to automatically detect early damage to gearboxes, cement manufacturer Spenner Zement has prevented unplanned downtime and avoided costly repairs to transmission gears and gearboxes at its cement mill in Erwitte, Germany.
Spenner Zement produces a range of cement, lime and dry mortar products. The company also develops disposal concepts for different industry sectors whose waste products can be used for secondary raw materials and fuel. The company operates several cement mills (tube mills) at its Erwitte site.
Back in 2002, Spenner faced a production problem on one of its cement mills at Erwitte. One of the tube mills had to be shut down for three weeks because of damage to a gearbox that was driving the mill. At the time, the three-stage gearbox was being monitored by a temperature sensor, which failed to give Spenner
Product Model | Inside Diameter | Outside Diameter | Thickness |
3304J2Z bearing | 20 | 52 | 22.2 |
3304J2RS bearing | 20 | 52 | 22.2 |