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New Monitoring System - FAG ProCheck
FAG Industrial Services (F'IS) and National Instruments (NI) Announce the Latest Generation in Online Condition Monitoring Utilizing NI Hardware and F'IS Software at the 2007 Hannover Industrial Fair.
Herzogenrath, April 16, 2007. In April 2007, FAG Industrial Services GmbH (F'IS) announced FAG ProCheck, a new powerful and flexible condition monitoring system for preventing unexpected production disruptions. The system stands alone in the marketplace by integrating the National Instruments CompactRIO hardware platform with the proven F'IS Administrator software to offer the right list of functions at an attractive price. "Because the system, based on CompactRIO, breaks so many of the previous boundaries for machine condition monitoring, we foresee it playing an important role in the future of the industry," said Preston Johnson, NI industrial measurement and control business development manager.
FAG ProCheck is an ATEX certified monitoring system, suitable for use in harsh ambient conditions. The system constantly records and analyzes data, including vibration, temperature and other process parameters in applications such as steel plants, aluminium plants, cement plants and paper machines. Using this system, damage and its causes are detected at an early stage so that appropriate countermeasures can be initiated quickly and operating costs are reduced considerably. Thanks to its compact size and large number of analogue and digital inputs and outputs, the condition monitoring system can be integrated into the central control station and control unit (PLC and SPC) without problems.
The FAG ProCheck also features a novel expansion slot system so that it can be adapted and extended as required. Moreover, the measuring system permits users to configure, analyze and correlate data in a flexible manner, providing a basis for more reliable predictions regarding the condition of a machine. The system has a large on-board memory, which enables it to work independently for extended periods while maintaining a high level of data integrity, for example, in the event of network and system disruptions, data integrity is guaranteed.
In field tests, the FAG ProCheck has been successfully used in applications requiring the most stringent quality standards. A recent application involved monitoring a side trimmer at AluNorf, the world's largest aluminium rolling mill. Side trimmers are used to cut off irregularities at the edges of aluminium coils cleanly, a task that the FAG ProCheck easily enabled.
FAG Industrial Services GmbH (F'IS) Headquartered in Herzogenrath near Aachen, FAG Industrial Services GmbH (F'IS) offers its services, service products and training all about maintenance on a manufacturer-independent basis, helping customers to save on maintenance costs, optimize machine availability and avoid unexpected machine downtime. F'IS takes responsibility for the Schaeffler Group's worldwide service business regarding the INA and FAG brands. In 2006, the Schaeffler Group employed a workforce of about 63,000 at 185 locations worldwide and generated sales of 8.3 billion EUR with its three brands INA, LuK and FAG.
About NI CompactRIO CompactRIO is a high-performance embedded control and acquisition platform powered by reconfigurable I/O (RIO) technology for advanced applications where small size, low cost and reliability are crucial. National Instruments RIO technology gives LabVIEW developers the ability to define their own custom measurement hardware circuitry using reconfigurable FPGA chips and LabVIEW graphical development tools. By taking advantage of the performance and small size of reconfigurable FPGA chips, CompactRIO delivers unprecedented control and acquisition capabilities in a compact, rugged form factor. For more information on CompactRIO, readers can visit www.ni.com/compactrio.
About National Instruments (NI) National Instruments (www.ni.com) is a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation - a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists in industry, government and academia approach measurement and automation. Leveraging the PC and its related technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs through easy-to-integrate software, such as the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, and modular hardware, such as PXI modules for data acquisition, instrument control and machine vision. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,400 employees and direct operations in approximately 40 countries. Readers may obtain investment information from the company's investor relations department by calling (512) 683-5090, by sending e-mail to nati@ni.com or by visiting www.ni.com/nati.
CompactRIO, LabVIEW, National Instruments, NI and ni.com are trademarks of National Instruments. Other product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
Contact FAG Industrial Services GmbH Frau Christiane Reimer Marketing & Communication Tel. +49 (0)2407 9149-47 Fax +49 (0)2407 9149-88 Email: reimer_c@fis-services.de
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