Challenges
- Plant has failures, unrepetitive, each time a different failure occurs in a different location.
- ncrease visibility of plant. Failures occur in overlooked and ignored parts of plant.
How Product helped
- Software created a very precise warning for Raw mill fan #4, out of ten fans.
- After respective inspection, broken dampers were detected. Draft repair conducted immediately, reducing vibration. Complete repair is scheduled.
Value
- Overlooked broken dampers were replaced thanks to SAM GUARD’s alerts. A significant damage to the raw mill fan was prevented.
- By fixing a small problem ahead of time, a greater problem causing shutdown and lost production was eliminated.
- $ 103,000 of damage prevented (1 day shutdown - 600,000 tons of cement per year/350 days of production x $ 60 per ton)
