The Compacs-Net enterprise diagnostic network

The Compacs-Net® enterprise diagnostic network scheme

The Compacs-Net^® enterprise diagnostic network

The Compacs-Net^® enterprise diagnostic network - is a powerful tool for transmission and presentation of information on the equipment health diagnosed by the stationary vibration analysis systems COMPACS^®, stand systems for product quality diagnostics and the Compacs^®-micro portable systems.

Using the Compacs-Net^® network the information on the diagnosed equipment health is transferred to the company’s managers, the related departments, divisions - the network users - so that they can control the equipment operation and maintenance and implementation standards.

The diagnostic network Compacs-Net^® is one of the main elements of the state-based operation technology, as a timely receiving of the information on the equipment health allows managing process of maintenance and repair making scheduled preventive maintenance unnecessary.

The Compacs-Net^® enterprise diagnostic network advantages

• wide networking capabilities of the server provide the user’s work and data exchange between the diagnostic stations COMPACS^® by both wireline/wireless network or by dial-up lines;
• several modems or modem pools can be connected to speed-up access to the information;
• transmission and presentation of the information is performed by using a standard HTTP protocol in the form of Web-pages;
• any network technology can be used (connection to the Internet, local network, mail server, etc.).

The Compacs-Net^® enterprise diagnostic network structure

• Server, i.e. an industrial PC which is a compatible rack-mount computer produced by world leading manufacturers.
• The COMPACS^®-SERVER software, which is preset and adapted to OS Linux.
• The COMPACS^®-USER software.

The Compacs-Net^® Server makes it possible for the network users to receive the following information:

• information on the equipment health diagnosed by the vibration analysis systems COMPACS^® and the Compacs^®-micro;
• results of tests, carried out on the stand system COMPACS^® for diagnostics of products manufacturing quality;
• general list of the company’s equipment and each process unit that requires urgent repair, being repaired at the moment or being in "Action required" or "Unacceptable" state;
• repair schedules;
• trends of any diagnostic parameter measured by the systems;
• temporal realizations, signal spectra measured by the systems for further processing;
• print-outs of any information presented by the Compacs-Net^® network;
• diagnostic information at a set past moment (object state history).

The COMPACS^®-SERVER software

This software functions under Linux, and this considerably increases its reliability and allows realization of additional networking features.

The server periodically exchanges data between the COMPACS^® stations integrated into the diagnostic network and archives the received data as SQL-data base.

The user works in the system using WEB-interface. The COMPACS^®-SERVER includes the WEB-site, JAVA applets, graphic Flash-interface, CGI and PHP modules, allowing the user receive the necessary information in a clear visual form.

The COMPACS^®-USER software

The COMPACS^®-SERVER software together with the browser Microsoft^® Internet Explorer 5.0 and its later versions is used for displaying diagnostic information and test reports, generating reports, analyzing trends and signals on the user’s stations.

Depending on a mounting type, the software can work both on the Compacs-Net^® network server and on the COMPACS^® stations. Both variants allow functioning as an operator’s workstation.

When the system functions as the operator’s workstation, it requires a mounting of an additional module for restriction of OS Microsoft^® Windows set-up functions, and the computer is configured in such a way that the operator will have access to the COMPACS^®-USER software only.

The Compacs-Net^® operation modes

"GENERAL CONDITION" Mode

"MONITOR" Mode

"ANALYSIS" Mode

"MECHANICAL ENGINEER LOG-BOOK" Mode

"GENERAL CONDITION" Mode displays the units health within the network (available only when the server connection is active).

For each unit it displays:

• colour indication of the unit state (red - "UNACCEPTABLE"; yellow - "MEASURES REQUIRED"; green - "ACCEPTABLE"; grey – the diagnostic station is switched off or the unit is in reserve);
• information on the number of the equipment parts found in "UNACCEPTABLE" and "ACTION REQUIRED" state;
• diagnostic station expert messages;
• time of the last server interrogation.

"GENERAL CONDITION" Mode allows receiving of:

• reports about all the equipment parts (test object name, test type, test objects connection chain, test date and the date of test results receipt by the server, expert messages, test conclusions, the operator’s full name);
• performed test statistics.

"MONITOR" Mode displays the detailed diagnostic information on a particular unit.

For each unit assembly it displays:

• numeric values of its parameters;
• colour indication of condition;
• operation time;
• expert messages of the COMPACS^® diagnostic station.

This mode is the main operation mode and allows obtaining trends, temporal realizations of signals, reports, voice messages of the COMPACS^® expert system, displaying the unit health at any past moment. The voice messages and expanded functionality of the log-book of a mechanical engineer (LME) are available only by connecting to the COMPACS^® station the features allowing to receive information on any past moment and signal temporal realization from archive are available only when the connection with the diagnostic network server is active.

"TREND" Mode - analysis and viewing of trends parameters.

This mode allows to carry out analysis of the parameters trends for the last 12 hours (when connected to the station only), 4 days, 40 days, 1 year and 9 years. Automatic pointer, automatic scaling and availability of setting the trend reference time provide an efficient analysis of parameters changes over time and track the changes in the equipment health by different parameters. Up to 8 trends can be displayed at the same time.

"ANALYSIS" Mode - analysis of temporal and frequency realizations of signals.

This mode allows to carry out analysis of temporal and spectral characteristics of the signals, saved in the local data base, saved on the server signals archive or received from the diagnostic station.

More than 50 parameters can be preset in the "ANALYSIS" Mode for analysing signals, including:

• sampling frequency;
• weight function type;
• cut-off frequency of the lower and higher frequency filters;
• filter parameters for calculating envelope curve;
• parameters for calculation of rotational components;
• filter types and parameters (to 20 order) for data analysis;
• parameters of 5 pointer types;
• axes types and scaling;
• analysis of characteristic frequencies of more than 1600 bearing types;
• spectral and temporal peak markers.

"MECHANICAL ENGINEER LOG-BOOK" Mode - generating reports on the equipment health.

This mode generates reports on the whole unit health, within a selected unit, or units in a specified condition (when connected to the server only).

Connection to the COMPACS^® station makes the expanded "MECHANICAL ENGINEER LOG-BOOK" (MEL) operation mode available, thus all the reports and functions of the COMPACS^® systems MEL are available as well.

"HISTORY" Mode displays the health data at a time unit in the past.

Upon a customer’s request, it is possible to install the COMPACS^®-SERVER software on the PC provided by the customer or perform installation and configuration of the Compacs-Net^® without connection to the server.

All the equipment and software are subject to 100% pre-sale inspection and preparation.

The warranty for supplied equipment - 12 months.

Industries using the Compacs-Net^®

1. oil refining
2. gas processing
3. oil production
4. gas-extraction
5. thermal power
6. petrochemical industry
7. oil-loading and commodity terminals
8. metallurgical industry
9. mining
10. municipal services
11. railway transportation
12. mechanical engineering

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