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• Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas, vibration & acoustics solutions leader, presents a high technology vibration monitoring system: PROTOR
  
  
• The company supplies vibration & acoustics solutions that remarkably improve the vibration analysis performance and efficiency in predictive maintenance systems

Madrid, 08.09.2010.- The monitoring and diagnosis of rotating equipment based on vibration analysis measurement is the core of predictive maintenance systems. This type of system allows the condition and health of machines to be assessed.  
During operation, rotating equipment experiences dynamic stress caused by hydraulic, mechanical or electrical forces that induce vibrations and contribute to both ageing and wear of machines. The damage level of a rotating machine is reflected in several measureable factors.

The PROTOR Vibration Monitoring System, supplied by Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas, provides reliable on-line monitoring of Turbine Generators, Main Boiler Feed Pumps and other auxiliary plant equipment. Without information on the condition of primary equipment, such as turbines, pumps and associated equipment, impending faults go unnoticed and develop into severe conditions that could result in failures. Failures may lead to unscheduled outages or more serious equipment damage with consequent loss of revenues.
With this in mind, IBERDROLA has launched a renewal plan for the existing monitoring systems in their plants.  This plan will be implemented gradually and Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas has been contracted to install the vibration monitoring system in three Iberdrola power stations.

Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas has already successfully commissioned and installed the vibration monitoring system in the Lada (Asturias, Spain) and the Pasajes (Guipúzcoa, Spain) power plants. The work primarily consists of cable layout, wiring, commissioning, acceptance testing and, finally, training the IBERDROLA staff.

Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas plans to complete the third, and final, step of the project by installing the Protor Vibration Monitoring System in the Velilla power plant, located in Palencia, Spain.