1. INTRODUCTION of Thrust Load Monitoring System
The Thrust Monitor System (TMS) is a Real Time data measuring system dedicated for rotary equipment using antifriction (spherical roller bearings) on the support rollers, such as: dryers, coolers, calciners, breakers, crushers granulators, rock washers, debarking drums etc. to detect thrust force abnormalities during operation, which can lead to mechanical failures or excessive wear of components (bearings, running surface of tires and support rollers). The main objective is to detect an excessive axial force generated by the rollers at a very early stage, monitor this force and initiate a corrective action.
With the use of high precision thrust sensors, TMS as a permanent installation becomes a complete alignment and bearing condition monitoring system, which offers many advantages:
- Extend equipment service life to maximum (even up to 10 years)
- Improve mechanical performance of the machine
- Reduce operating costs – the longer the equipment survives, the capital costs in maintenance costs goes down in terms of dollars per ton of production.
- Reduce mechanical wear of components to the minimum.
- Greatly increased accuracy
- Mount on any bearing
- Mount on the base
- 0,01 mm sensitivity
- Greatly increased reliability
- Errors are immediately obvious (not 2 weeks later)
- Alignment results are not operator skill dependent
- Simplified procedures
- No centrelines or offset lines
- No position measurements
- No levels or auto-levels
- No theodolites or lasers
- No optical measurement of any kind
- Real time feedback
- With the drum in motion the simple physics of action-reaction makes changes in thrust immediately observable