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CSI 4500 Online Vibration Monitoring System
Maintenance Systems Consolidated P/L (MSc) have had continuing success with the CSI 4500 online vibration
system as more and more companies look at continuous vibration monitoring of their critical fixed and rotating
assets.
The NEW 4500 with GT2 Technology and PeakVue enables powerful predictive intelligence, real time feedback
to process control and real time transient analysis for turbines.
As well as longer term users like Australian Paper Maryvale, BHP Billiton (ex-WMC) Fertilizers Phosphate Hill,
Worsley Alumina Collie and Millmerran Power Station, some further additions in recent months to the family of
4500 Online Vibration system users include BlueScope Steel Pt Kembla, Hydro Tasmania, TRU Energy Yallourn
and Xstrata Oaky Creek Coal.
BlueScope Steel Pt Kembla, Australia’s largest steel mill purchased twelve CSI 4500 Online Vibration Systems to
permanently monitor the variable speed mobile cranes used in their steel making process. The 4500 systems are
providing continual vibration data to BlueScopes condition monitoring and operational personnel on these critical
items via wireless communication. BlueScope also purchased volume CTC accelerometers to aid in monitoring
over 300 different points on the cranes. MSc’s ongoing support and training was also an important factor in the
final decision to proceed with the 4500 systems.
Hydro Tasmania needed to continuously monitor their critical hydraulic turbines. The purchase of the Transient
version of the CSI 4500 provided the solution which gave them days of continuous data and the capture of transient
events.
TRU Energy Yallourn went with the CSI 4500 system to continuously monitor the critical FD and ID fans on the
boilers used in their thermal power station.
And Xstrata Oaky Creek Coal had the need to monitor a critical conveyor at their Oaky Creek No 1 underground
coal mine. Oaky Creek also run a successful portable vibration program using the CSI 2130 portable vibration
analsyer to monitor their coal shearers and longwall.
Continuous monitoring, coupled with powerful diagnostic tools and Ethernet connected exceptions based reporting
make the CSI 4500 the monitoring system of choice for a wide range of rotating machinery applications.
So why not talk to Maintenance Systems Consolidated about the continuous vibration monitoring of your critical rotating assets.
Maintenance Systems Consolidated P/L info@maintsys.com.au www. m a i n t s y s.com.au
Datastream Rejuvenates China’s Leading Port Company
13 September 2005 Datastream China announced today that Lianyungang New Oriental Container Port (currently
known as New Oriental Port) would utilize Datastream’s asset maintenance software to optimize the IT infrastructure
of the company.
The New Oriental Port is a specialized container port well known for its developed sea and railway transport
network, and is in charge of the entire business operation of 11 provinces’ economical centers. At present New
Oriental Port has more than 10 international containers scheduled ship routes, covering Asia Pacific, North A m e r i c a ,
Mediterranean Sea, Europe and the major domestic port’s interior branch routes. With the advantage of peripheral
developed highway transportation network, New Oriental Port has become one of the most important East China
container transfer ports in the world.
Along with increasing expansion of the shipping business, it has become an important strategy to construct a
transfer port with optimized asset management and decrease the cost of operations. Datastream EAM (enterprise
asset management) solution will provide the powerful safeguard to New Oriental Port by ensuring effective
operations and ultimate performance.
“We strongly recommend an EAM system which addresses and anticipates the many problems faced in business
expansion and modernization for the New Oriental Port. Datastream's solution is our natural choice as it is highly
effective and cost-efficient in maintenance operation, especially for those big scale key assets in port services,”
says Zhu Tongshun, senior engineer, Shanghai Port Technology Engineering Service Co. Ltd, the company
responsible for implementing the system for the New Oriental Port.
It has implemented the fleet management module of Datastream EAM which are specifically developed to fulfill
the requirement of managing harbor hoisting machinery equipment such as the bridge hangs, the wheel hangs
and so on. EAM has effectively helped the port company establish the related maintenance required, and regulate
the inspection planning and management of workflow. The system also provides specified tracking method to track
the maintenance of large amount spare parts, as well as manage the mechanism of reclamation. More importantly,
the system enables the port to inspect vehicles operation based on fixed time and without ceasing its flows, hence
effectively decrease the breakdown rate of equipment. In addition, Datastream’s newest GIS module is able to
gather real-time information via a wireless device, thus enabling the administrative personnel to make informed
decisions in the shortest time.
“Datastream has a very comprehensive EAM solution especially designed for ports business requirements. Many
port companies chose Datastream EAM for daily equipment management, such as the Pudong International
Container Port, The Shanghai International Container Port, etc,” says Mr Jerry Tng, Datastream China Country