Title :
Intelligent motors move to the forefront of predictive maintenance
Author :
Kane, Matthew M O ; Sander, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
US Electr. Motors, Emerson Electr. Co., St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
The new global economic realities of consolidation and downsizing have significantly increased the awareness and the impact of continuous machine operation on profitability. Here, the authors provide the theory of reliability-based maintenance to describe the overall goals and advantages to such an approach. This leads to the importance and feasibility of embedded sensors and microprocessors within AC induction motors and their potential corresponding economic impacts
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; induction motors; intelligent sensors; maintenance engineering; microcomputer applications; power engineering computing; reliability; continuous machine operation; economic impacts; embedded sensors; intelligent induction motors; microprocessors; predictive maintenance; profitability; reliability-based maintenance; AC motors; Condition monitoring; Economic forecasting; Induction motors; Machine intelligence; Machinery; Predictive maintenance; Preventive maintenance; Profitability; Thermal stresses;
Journal_Title :
Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/2943.863635
