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News Release from: Rockwell Automation | Subject: Allen-Bradley Entek XM Series
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 21 December 2004
Modules check on plant and engine
condition
The Allen-Bradley Entek XM Series range of distributed machinery protection and condition monitoring tools has two new modules for rotating plant and aero-derivative engines such as gas turbines.
Rockwell Automation has expanded its Allen-Bradley Entek XM Series range of distributed machinery protection and condition monitoring tools with two new modules designed for rotating plant and aero-derivative engines such as gas turbines The XM Series is ideally suited for a wide array of specialised applications within the marine, power generation, water/wastewater, petrochemical and other industries with large rotating equipment
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Ideally suited to rotary equipment such as centrifuges and turbines, the module measures rotor acceleration and peak speed and is capable of detecting zero speed, locked rotor and reverse rotation.
The XM-123 aeroderivative module is an intelligent two-channel special-purpose monitor that is uniquely suited for monitoring aeroderivative gas turbines.
The XM-123 can be configured, per channel, to perform either tracking filter or bandpass style measurements while also continuously measuring each channel's broadband overall level.
These capabilities enable the XM-123 to meet the demanding monitoring requirements of almost any engine in service today.
"The new XM Series modules broaden the range of applications that can take advantage of the technology as part of a predictive maintenance strategy", said Gary Mitchell, Manager, Asset Management, Rockwell Automation.
"By integrating maintenance into the control design and engineering environment, organisations can achieve greater return on investment over the life of the equipment".
Information gathered by the modules allows maintenance personnel to identify developing faults and correct problems before downtime events occur, helping to prevent impacts to production and safety.
Because the XM Series can use a plant's existing control architecture, users are able to reduce wiring by as much as 80%.
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