{"id":9549,"date":"2018-10-31T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T07:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=9549"},"modified":"2018-10-30T11:08:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T11:08:51","slug":"condition-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Condition monitoring prevents unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By installing Schaeffler SmartCheck condition monitoring devices on its furnace deflection rolls, steel producer ArcelorMittal has avoided any unplanned stoppages to the furnace and has improved its maintenance planning. Estimated annual savings (with a furnace stoppage) are 179,000 euros.<\/p>\n<span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/schaeffler-integrates-sensors-and-vibration-analysis-into-linear-guidance-systems\/\">Schaeffler\u00a0<\/a><\/span>developed an innovative service concept for the condition monitoring of all critical components on the continuous furnace. The solution comprises 14 Schaeffler SmartCheck condition monitoring systems that permanently monitor oscillation of the rolls, including bearing housings, bearings, alignment and roll imbalance.<\/p>\n<p>The SmartCheck sensors monitor bearing vibration, bearing temperature, rolling bearing components, lubrication, condition of the roll surface, imbalance and misalignment.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7565662001938327\" data-ad-slot=\"7585079586\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nBy installing Schaeffler SmartCheck condition monitoring devices on its furnace deflection rolls, steel producer ArcelorMittal has avoided any unplanned stoppages to the furnace and has improved its maintenance planning. Estimated annual savings (with a furnace stoppage) are 179,000 euros.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9550\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ArcelorMittal2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ArcelorMittal2.jpg\" alt=\"Condition monitoring prevents unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls\" width=\"269\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schaeffler developed an innovative service concept for the condition monitoring of all critical components on the continuous furnace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ArcelorMittal plant in Mouzon (Ardennes, France) is part of the Group\u2019s Flat Products division. From here, the steel producer supplies not only all the major automotive manufacturers, but also customers in the construction and household appliances industries.<\/p>\n<p>In Mouzon, an aluminium-based coating is applied to the steel coils supplied by the Group. Two coating units are in operation that make over 348,000 tonnes of finished coated steel product.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Continuous furnace LM1 has seven deflection rolls that support the running of the steel belt and its tensioning.<\/p>\n<p>Factors such as imbalance, excessive clearance or the fracture of a feather key can cause these rolls to fail.<\/p>\n<p>Damaged bearings or housings can lead to an immediate stoppage of the continuous furnace, resulting in a significant loss of production.<\/p>\n<p>In order to avoid such undesirable events, ArcelorMittal\u2019s maintenance department was looking for a suitable solution that would enable it to switch from a corrective (reactive) maintenance regime to a predictive maintenance regime with condition monitoring.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schaeffler developed an innovative service concept for the condition monitoring of all critical components on the continuous furnace.<\/p>\n<p>The solution comprises 14 Schaeffler SmartCheck condition monitoring systems that permanently monitor oscillation of the rolls, including bearing housings, bearings, alignment and roll imbalance.<\/p>\n<p>The SmartCheck sensors monitor bearing vibration, bearing temperature, rolling bearing components, lubrication, condition of the roll surface, imbalance and misalignment.<\/p>\n<p>Installed in a control cabinet is a Schaeffler SmartController that acts as a bi-directional gateway between the customer\u2019s control system and the SmartCheck sensors.<\/p>\n<p>The use of Power-over-Ethernet (PoE), which not only supplies power to the system but also ensures communication with the ArcelorMittal monitoring station, has minimised the amount of cabling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Customer benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SmartCheck condition monitoring solution enables ArcelorMittal to avoid unscheduled shutdowns of the furnace and to better plan any maintenance work.<\/p>\n<p>Any impending damage to bearings or adjacent mechanical components is detected at a very early stage and corresponding countermeasures are taken.<\/p>\n<p>Condition monitoring helps to effectively prevent costly loss of production and the bearing status is continuously tracked without having to stop the machine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By installing Schaeffler SmartCheck condition monitoring devices on its furnace deflection rolls, steel producer ArcelorMittal has avoided any unplanned stoppages to the furnace and has improved its maintenance planning. Estimated annual savings (with a furnace stoppage) are 179,000 euros. Schaeffler\u00a0developed an innovative service concept for the condition monitoring of all critical components on the continuous &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[405,302,5166],"class_list":["post-9549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-process","tag-condition-monitoring","tag-schaeffler","tag-schaeffler-smartcheck"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Condition monitoring prevents unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls - Engineer News Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Schaeffler developed an innovative service concept for the condition monitoring of all critical components on the continuous furnace. The solution comprises 14 Schaeffler SmartCheck condition monitoring systems\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Condition monitoring prevents unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls - Engineer News Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Schaeffler developed an innovative service concept for the condition monitoring of all critical components on the continuous furnace. The solution comprises 14 Schaeffler SmartCheck condition monitoring systems\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Engineer News Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-31T07:00:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ArcelorMittal2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"269\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"194\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/condition-monitoring\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/condition-monitoring\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4477342aea8e299c6a21761e513ea8e1\"},\"headline\":\"Condition monitoring prevents unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-31T07:00:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/condition-monitoring\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":523,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/condition-monitoring\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/ArcelorMittal2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"condition monitoring\",\"Schaeffler\",\"Schaeffler SmartCheck\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Process\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/condition-monitoring\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/condition-monitoring\\\/\",\"name\":\"Condition monitoring prevents unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls - Engineer News Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/condition-monitoring\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/condition-monitoring\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/ArcelorMittal2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-31T07:00:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4477342aea8e299c6a21761e513ea8e1\"},\"description\":\"Schaeffler developed an innovative service concept for the condition monitoring of all critical components on the continuous furnace. The solution comprises 14 Schaeffler SmartCheck condition monitoring systems\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/condition-monitoring\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/condition-monitoring\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/condition-monitoring\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/ArcelorMittal2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/ArcelorMittal2.jpg\",\"width\":269,\"height\":194,\"caption\":\"Schaeffler developed an innovative service concept for the condition monitoring of all critical components on the continuous furnace\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/condition-monitoring\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Condition monitoring prevents unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Engineer News Network\",\"description\":\"The ultimate online news and information resource for today's engineer\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4477342aea8e299c6a21761e513ea8e1\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Condition monitoring prevents unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls - Engineer News Network","description":"Schaeffler developed an innovative service concept for the condition monitoring of all critical components on the continuous furnace. The solution comprises 14 Schaeffler SmartCheck condition monitoring systems","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Condition monitoring prevents unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls - Engineer News Network","og_description":"Schaeffler developed an innovative service concept for the condition monitoring of all critical components on the continuous furnace. The solution comprises 14 Schaeffler SmartCheck condition monitoring systems","og_url":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/","og_site_name":"Engineer News Network","article_published_time":"2018-10-31T07:00:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":269,"height":194,"url":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ArcelorMittal2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4477342aea8e299c6a21761e513ea8e1"},"headline":"Condition monitoring prevents unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls","datePublished":"2018-10-31T07:00:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/"},"wordCount":523,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ArcelorMittal2.jpg","keywords":["condition monitoring","Schaeffler","Schaeffler SmartCheck"],"articleSection":["Process"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/","url":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/","name":"Condition monitoring prevents unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls - Engineer News Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ArcelorMittal2.jpg","datePublished":"2018-10-31T07:00:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4477342aea8e299c6a21761e513ea8e1"},"description":"Schaeffler developed an innovative service concept for the condition monitoring of all critical components on the continuous furnace. The solution comprises 14 Schaeffler SmartCheck condition monitoring systems","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ArcelorMittal2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ArcelorMittal2.jpg","width":269,"height":194,"caption":"Schaeffler developed an innovative service concept for the condition monitoring of all critical components on the continuous furnace"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/condition-monitoring\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Condition monitoring prevents unscheduled stoppages to critical furnace deflection rolls"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/","name":"Engineer News Network","description":"The ultimate online news and information resource for today's engineer","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4477342aea8e299c6a21761e513ea8e1","name":"admin","url":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9549"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9553,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9549\/revisions\/9553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}