Condition monitoring in warehouse automation

Monitoring the condition of equipment to protect it and its performance is very important in warehouse automation, as a stoppage or reduction in the performance of machinery and equipment can have significant negative material and immaterial consequences. 

In warehouses and distribution centres, monitoring of crossbelt sorters, shoe sorters, conveyors, highly dynamic elevators/storage and retrieval systems, etc. for early detection of decreases in performance or abnormal behaviour, especially in motors, gears and bearings, is very important in order to prevent and avoid unplanned failures or malfunctions in the system that cause stops or slowdowns in activities.

Typical targets in the maintenance of material handling systems are:

• To reduce unplanned downtimes on critical process loops
• To identify an increasing risk of failure of rotating equipment (motors, gearboxes, conveyors and bearings)
• To reduce cascading effects due to damaged parcels
• To leverage information to prioritise and optimise maintenance scheduling

To meet these targets, the solutions proposed by ifm are based on:

• Continuous monitoring and trending in real-time
• Integration into existing IT architecture
• Flexibility to integrate into existing controllers and IT architecture
• Creating a basis for Industry 4.0 technologies (not simply an independent monitoring tool)
• Simple installation
• Vibration technology, ranging from simple process deviation to comprehensive root cause analysis. From simple vibration transmitters to high-performing vibration diagnostic units.

We have more than 20 years of experience in condition monitoring and vibration analysis.

We provide effective and simple solutions, accompanied by our outstanding level of service and based on our many years of experience in this technology.

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