"Angarsk Petrochemical Company" JSC: Response on operation of the COMPACS system for condition monitoring of machinery at GK-3 unit

The COMPACS^® system нat GK-3 unit operates since 1995. The system covers 180 items of dynamic equipment. The unit’s operating personnel constantly uses the system’s readings, timely reacting to all the changes in them.

Here is the resent case, for example. According to the COMPACS^® system data, on 19.08.2014 there was a rapid growth of vibration acceleration value at the N-19/1 unit, the unit’s state exceeded "Unacceptable" rate. During the examination made by the maintenance personnel the defect of a bearing was found, during the repair the bearing was replaced and re-lubricated.

Results of long-term operation of the COMPACS^® condition monitoring system have approved its high efficiency, providing timely detection of malfunctions with issuing of recommendations to the operating personnel, thus, ensuring increase in safety and uninterruptedness of technological process, support of high level of technical readiness of the processing equipment, and accident prevention.

Authors: Acting First Deputy of the Director General – Technical Director M.V. Zamyatin, Refinery Chief Mechanic Deputy A.A. Dvornikov, Shop №11superintendent P. V. Laptev, Mechanic of Shop №11of the Refinery V.Andreev / 2014

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