EASYchange® Brush Condition Monitoring
EASYchange® Brush Condition Monitoring
Never before possible Brush health analytics can now be delivered to the control room system and maintenance can be performed based on brush condition, rather than a calendar.
BRUSH MAINTENANCE, FOR THE DATA-DRIVEN WORLD.
The Brush Condition Monitoring System is composed of the Brush Health Sensor (BHS), a Cutsforth™ developed industrial data logger, and a System Controller equipped with a touch-screen interface that compiles data collected from several BHS units installed with the EASYchange® brush holders.
The patented hardware & technology processes and transmits data points over a secure, wireless link to local displays as well as via MODBUS protocol into a plant’s DCS, Historian or NI’s InsightCMTM system:
Monitors, Trends, and Archives:
- Usable Brush Length (%)
- Brush Vibration (Mils Displacement, Pk-to-Pk)
Configurable Brush Health Alerts:
- Brush Length Warnings
- High Vibration
At the generator, the System Controller’s touchscreen user interface visually alerts users of short brushes and high vibrations, both based on plant defined thresholds.
This same critical data can also be relayed to the control room or historian reducing the number of unnecessary physical inspections.
