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  2. Compressors

Full protection for your compressors

Peace of mind: monitoring and condition-based maintenance of compressors

Continuous diagnostics:
Detection of motor damage with full coverage of the real operating hours.

Early diagnostics:
Monitoring of imbalance, wear and overall vibration.

Maximum efficiency:
Permanent diagnostics of winding problems or dirt in the motor by monitoring temperature.

Easy integration:
ifm provides individual solutions suited for different types of compressors.

ifm application package – Applications
Screw compressors, as used in:

  • Compressed air supply for machine tools
  • General compressed air supply
  • Food industry
  • Granule conveying on injection moulding machines
  • Sealing air monitoring on machine tools
  • Assembly lines in the automotive industry
  • Placement of electronic components
  • Weight compensation on presses

ifm system solution for compressors

  1. Vibration sensor screw mounting or adhesive mounting
  2. Inductive sensor for rotational speed detection
  3. Temperature sensor and signal converter 
  4. 24 V switched-mode power supply
  5. Diagnostic electronics
  6. Connection cables with socket

As an option: analysis software
LR SMARTOBSERVER visualisation and alarm

Reduce costs
Condition-based maintenance when required instead of fixed service intervals.
Replacement of parts can be planned.

Prevent unplanned downtime
Detect imbalance vibration, shaft misalignment and rotor wear in the compressor in good time.

Process optimisation
Data acquisition and analysis.
Maintenance when needed.

Implementation independent of your IT department
Application package from the sensor to evaluation and network-based analysis. Scalable: Can be extended to other applications and / or ERP systems.