Insight Services Unveils TESTOIL - The Company's Highly Regarded Oil Analysis Services Brand Takes Center Stage

Insight Services, Inc., an independent provider of industrial oil analysis services located in Cleveland, Ohio, announces details of its brand TESTOIL, which represents the company’s full-service oil testing laboratory services. TESTOIL offers a comprehensive range of oil analysis testing services that help reliability engineers save money by alerting them of potential machine problems before catastrophic failure occurs.

“Insight Services has been providing exceptional oil analysis services for nearly 25 years and the TESTOIL brand continues that tradition,” explained Dan Richards, President and CEO, Insight Services. “We have always kept our promise of providing customers with same day turnaround on test results and will continue to provide customers with the highest caliber of laboratory expertise available under the TESTOIL brand.”

Customers of Insight Services are already familiar with the TESTOIL name as Insight Services’ website is http://www.testoil.com. Customers visit http://www.testoil.com to access their own customer website for report retrieval, database management, management reporting, supply procurement and much more. All of their oil analysis information is stored and accessible from their own password protected website at http://www.testoil.com.

Insight Services is ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited, which demonstrates TESTOIL’s technical competence for the methods in its scope, and for the operation and effectiveness of its standardized best practice in oil testing techniques. TESTOIL employs a sophisticated diagnostic technology that assists Machine Condition Analysts in making equipment and lubrication condition assessments.

“We are the recognized leader in the industrial oil analysis market and as we expand our marketing the TESTOIL brand becomes a logical evolution of Insight Services,” added Michael Barrett, Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

In addition to oil testing, Insight Services offers a variety of services including on-site lubrication programs audits, lubrication and oil analysis training, and on-site oil sample collection services. These services will remain under the Insight Services brand.

About Insight Services, Inc.
Insight Services Inc. opened its doors in 1988 to provide Ferrographic Analysis to industry. Since that time we have greatly expanded our oil testing laboratory in both instrumentation, technology and data interpretation capabilities. Today, our full service oil testing laboratory, TESTOIL, employs a sophisticated Diagnostic Technology to assist our Machine Condition Analysts in making equipment and lubrication condition assessments. For more information about Insight Services please visit our website at http://www.testoil.com.

Emerson selected for Turkey plant upgrade project

Emerson Process Management is to provide technology and services, including the Plantweb digital plant architecture and Ovation control system to automate two units of the Ambarli power plant.

The units are being updated by engineering contractor EPP to help the company meet increasing demands for electricity in Turkey and the contract is part of a rehabilitation and full repowering programme that will improve performance, reduce environmental impact and increase total plant output by 516MW.
The oil-fired units four and five are being converted to natural gas with the installation of two new combined cycle gas turbines and modern heat-recovery system generators, and the rehabilitation of two existing 150MW steam turbines.
Emerson was selected for the automation contract based on its industry experience in  retrofitting turbines, and ability to provide a complete solution and specialists from the company will manage the automation project and be responsible for the design, procurement and installation of all instrumentation and control systems, as well as overseeing the commissioning and start-up of both units, scheduled for April 2012.
Emerson's Plantweb digital plant architecture with Ovation control system will replace the existing outdated controls.
The Ovation system will directly control each unit's steam turbine and balance-of-plant processes and equipment and interface with the gas turbine control systems, enabling all inputs to have a common platform for operators to work from. The system will oversee automatic unit start-up/shutdown and automatic unit operation within the full range of load changes.
As part of the Plantweb digital architecture, Emerson will also install a range of instrumentation, including its Rosemount measuring equipment. Using open standard IEC 62591 WirelessHART technology, an Emerson Smart Wireless network will connect Rosemount wireless temperature transmitters and CSI wireless vibration transmitters.
The company's CSI 65000 machinery health monitor will provide vibration, thrust, eccentricity, differential expansion, and phase measurement as well as over-speed protection of the turbines.
The HART communications protocol will also enable Ambarli plant operators to access the predictive intelligence of the field devices through Emerson's AMS Suite predictive maintenance software, which is designed to optimise plant performance, improve maintenance and avoid unplanned downtime.

Contents from the latest issue of Condition MOnitor

News & Views

Control Station Expands Portfolio with New Joint Venture

ABB Releases Enhanced Version Of Analyst™ Software

RIGmonitor protects asset operation says Kittiwake

BASF FINA Petrochemicals Partners With Apprion

Leak Detector Delivers 100% Detection Record In North Sea

FLIR Systems Announces 1st Quarter Results

Metro Vancouver Uses Azima DLI Services

Optimized 4-20 mA vibration sensors

FLIR Systems launches FLIR T640 / FLIR T620

FlowWorks Delivers Comprehensive Information Management to Water Utilities

IMI Sensors offers new Low-Cost, High Temperature ICP

® Accelerometer ... and Receives CSA approval for High Temperature Accelerometer

Metal Detection System meets pharmaceutical industry standards

Insight Services Unveils TESTOIL

Increase in Usage of Vibration Modules for Monitoring Industrial Machinery

Quality of Fine Powders Is Assured

Intelleflex Wins “Best in Show” Award

Improved aircraft CM

 

Features

Rolling bearings and condition monitoring ensure safe elevator rides at The Eiffel Tower

Condition Monitoring Development for Escalator Main Drive Shafts

 

Condition Monitoring Paper Abstracts

A selection of ten recently published condition monitoring related abstracts from leading peer reviewed, scientific and academic journals.

Case Study

High speed rail monitoring points toward more intelligent infrastructure

 

Patents

A selection of fifteen recently published patent abstracts

Condition Monitoring 2011 - Conference Topics

We have been given exclusive access to the topics being covered at the annual conference being held in Cardiff next week and they are as follows (click on the graphic to enlarge):

Condition Monitoring 2011

The annual international condition monitoring conference is due to start this weekend in Cardiff, Wales.

The global gathering of experts will hear presentations from approximately 120 presenters from June 19th - 22nd.

Further details can be found at: http://www.bindt.org/Events/CM_Conferences_&_Seminars/CM_2011_and_MFPT_2011

On-line system for continuously monitoring a chemical plant or refinery – Patent Abstract

Applicant:Shell Oil Co, USA, and Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij Bv, The Netherlands

A near real-time system and method for continuously monitoring a plurality of operations in a chemical process facility is described. The method of monitoring the operations is based on a multivariate statistical model developed using off-line, selected process-specific historical process data. Such a model is used by the on-line system to monitor the operation of the plant or refinery from a remote location. It enables the operator of the facility to determine whether one or more of the plurality of operations are running within normal or specified parameters. This real-time, continuous monitoring system also can be used to predict impending failures or trouble-spots within the continuous production process, or to minimise catastrophic process failures which may occur in a continuous manufacturing environment. Process variables or ‘tags’, which are most likely related to predicted process failures, can be identified by the model system, such that appropriate control action can be taken to prevent an actual process failure - which can lead to costly production down time - for occurring.

Patent number: WO/2009/023659

Inventors: W.E Evans, D.J. Kozub, E.H. Theobald, G.J. Wells and G.L. Wise

Publication date: 19 February 2009

A near real-time system and method for continuously monitoring a plurality of operations in a chemical process facility is described by patent WO/2009/023659.

Process variable transmitter - Patent Abstract

Applicant: Rosemount Inc, USA

A process variable transmitter (12) for use in an industrial process control or monitoring system forms the subject of this patent. It includes a transmitter housing and a process variable sensor (72) which generates output that is related to a process variable. An accelerometer (80) is coupled to the transmitter and provides an accelerometer output which relates to acceleration. Diagnostic circuitry (82) provides a diagnostic output as a function of the sensor output and the accelerometer output.

Patent number: WO/2009/020591

Inventors: F.C Sittler and R.C. Hedtke

Publication date: 12 February 2009

A variable transmitter (12) for use in an industrial process control or monitoring system forms the subject of patent WO/2009/020591.

Contents from the latest issue of Condition Monitor

News & Views

Emerson selected for Turkey plant upgrade project

MIT spot composite damage using nanotubes

An ‘App’ for predictive maintenance

Uniscan Instruments unveils Shallow

μTriCell

Real-time monitoring of high pressure hose assemblies

Acoustic leak detection device is EPA approved

Advanced Pattern Recognition Technology Integrated into EtaPRO™ Plant Performance Monitoring System

Wilcoxon Research changes its name

Busbars and busways monitored by battery-free wireless sensor system

Winland Electronics, Inc. reports 2010 results

BPL’s new monitor for distribution transformers

Solution to increase helicopter safety

Canadian Institute for NDE appoints new President

GE claims battery-free wireless ‘first’

Mecnov NDT Systems acquires Contour Dynamics

Silver Anniversary Edition of ALERT Family of Predictive Maintenance Products

IMI Sensors reorganistaion announced

Xodus Launches New Vibrations Service in Southampton

 

Product début

Dual output sensors measure vibration and temperature simultaneously

 

Features

NI introduces optical sensor interrogator for use with FBG sensors

Real-time condition monitoring of equipment

Guohua wind turbines choose for SKF remote monitoring

 

Patents

Flow Monitored Particle Sensor

Fiber optic inner string position sensor system

System and method for monitoring condition of surface subject to wear

Model-based method for monitoring the condition of rotor blades

Monitoring drilling performance in a sub-based unit

Slag monitoring device for coal gasifier

Enery storage based countermeasure for a delayed voltage recovery

On-line system for continuously monitoring a chemical plant or refinery

To subscriber contact: samantha.mussard@bindt.org

Real-time predictive system for intelligent energy monitoring of an electrical power network – Patent Abstract

Applicant: EDSA Micro Corp, USA

A system for intelligent monitoring and management of an electrical network is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data that are output from the electrical system. The power analytics server comprises a real-time energy pricing engine, virtual system modelling engine, an analytics engine, a machine learning engine and a schematic user-interface creator engine. The energy pricing engine generates real-time utility power pricing data. The virtual system modelling engine generates predicted data output. The analytics engine monitors real-time data output and predicted data output. The machine learning engine stores and processes patterns observed from the real-time data output and the predicted data output, in order to forecast an aspect of the electrical system.

Patent number: WO/2009/020684

Inventor: A. Nasle

Publication date: 12 February 2009

Emerson selected for Turkey plant upgrade project

Emerson Process Management is to provide technology and services, including the Plantweb digital plant architecture and Ovation control system to automate two units of the Ambarli power plant. The units are being updated by engineering contractor EPP to help the company meet increasing demands for electricity in Turkey and the contract is part of a rehabilitation and full repowering programme that will improve performance, reduce environmental impact and increase total plant output by 516MW.The oil-fired units four and five are being converted to natural gas with the installation of two new combined cycle gas turbines and modern heat-recovery system generators, and the rehabilitation of two existing 150MW steam turbines.Emerson was selected for the automation contract based on its industry experience in  retrofitting turbines, and ability to provide a complete solution and specialists from the company will manage the automation project and be responsible for the design, procurement and installation of all instrumentation and control systems, as well as overseeing the commissioning and start-up of both units, scheduled for April 2012.Emerson's Plantweb digital plant architecture with Ovation control system will replace the existing outdated controls.The Ovation system will directly control each unit's steam turbine and balance-of-plant processes and equipment and interface with the gas turbine control systems, enabling all inputs to have a common platform for operators to work from. The system will oversee automatic unit start-up/shutdown and automatic unit operation within the full range of load changes.As part of the Plantweb digital architecture, Emerson will also install a range of instrumentation, including its Rosemount measuring equipment. Using open standard IEC 62591 WirelessHART technology, an Emerson Smart Wireless network will connect Rosemount wireless temperature transmitters and CSI wireless vibration transmitters.The company's CSI 65000 machinery health monitor will provide vibration, thrust, eccentricity, differential expansion, and phase measurement as well as over-speed protection of the turbines.The HART communications protocol will also enable Ambarli plant operators to access the predictive intelligence of the field devices through Emerson's AMS Suite predictive maintenance software, which is designed to optimise plant performance, improve maintenance and avoid unplanned downtime.

Rotary transducer with bearing monitoring system – Patent Abstract

Applicant: Baumer Hübner GmbH, Germany

This invention relates to a rotary transducer (1) and to a method for monitoring wear on this device. Patent WO/2009/015735 provides further details.

This invention relates to a rotary transducer (1) and to a method for monitoring wear on this device. The rotary transducer has a detector unit (11) that uses at least one measurement sensor (12). During operation, the measurement sensor can be used to generate a signal (13) that is representative of the angular position and/or velocity of an object which can be connected to the rotary transducer. The detector unit (11) has at least one rotary bearing (15) and at least one material measure (16) which can be rotated by means of the rotary bearing relative to the measurement sensor, and is arranged in the measurement field (17) of the latter. A monitoring device (20), which is connected to the measurement sensor such that data are transmitted and can be used during operation, to output a state signal (23) (which is representative of the state of wear of the rotary transducer) on the basis of the measurement signal, is also integrated in the rotary transducer (1). In order to provide early warning of mechanical failure of the rotary transducer, the monitoring device (20) is provided with a register (25) which can permanently store a value that is representative of the state of wear of the rotary bearing and is formed from the information relating to the angular position and/or velocity that is contained in the measurement signal.

Patent number: WO/2009/015735

Inventors: L. Wilhelmy, B. Hiller and J. Wilhelmy

Publication date: 5 February 2009