Temperature / Humidity Monitors
Monitor measures vibration, position, and temperature.
Press Release Summary:
Targeting balance-of-plant equipment, General Purpose Equipment Monitor, Model 1900/65, offers stand-alone, multi-channel monitoring. It provides 8 input channels, 6 configurable alarm relays, four 4-20 mA outputs, buffered output facilities for connection to portable diagnostic instruments, and optional display that can be mounted locally or up to 75 m away. Monitor can accept up to 4 vibration transducers and 4 thermocouple inputs.
Original Press Release:
GE Energy Adds New Vibration/Temperature Monitoring Solution for General Purpose Equipment
HOUSTON, TEXAS-September 21, 2004- GE Energy has announced an important addition to its Bently Nevada® product offerings with the introduction of an all-new vibration, position, and temperature monitor, the 1900/65 General Purpose Equipment Monitor. The product was unveiled to customers today during the 33rd Annual Texas A&M Turbomachinery Symposium and will begin shipping to customers in January 2005.
Targeting essential and balance-of-plant (BOP) equipment, the 1900/65 is designed to offer affordable stand-alone, multi-channel monitoring on those assets that require continuous machinery protection but do not warrant the cost of larger, more sophisticated monitoring systems that are intended for critical turbomachinery. It can be easily retrofitted to existing machines or used by OEMs for cost-effective inclusion on smaller skid-mounted and packaged machines such as pumps, fans, blowers, generators, engines, and single-stage steam turbines.
With a compact footprint that is smaller than half a sheet of notebook paper (200mm x 150mm) and less than 75mm thick, the 1900/65 provides extensive capabilities: eight input channels, six configurable alarm relays, four 4-20mA outputs, buffered output facilities for easy connection to portable diagnostic instruments and an optional display that can be mounted locally or up to 75 meters away.
The monitor accepts up to four vibration transducers (accelerometers, velocity sensors, or proximity probes) that can be configured for vibration or thrust position measurements. It simultaneously accepts up to four thermocouple inputs (type E, J, K, and T) for temperature measurements.
Special emphasis has been placed on a highly configurable and flexible design that can be easily adapted for individual applications and provide multiple measurement parameters for each input sensor. For example, a single seismic transducer input can return up to four different measurement parameters incorporating bandpass filtering, integration, RMS or Peak detection, bias voltage and acceleration enveloping. Combined, the vibration and temperature inputs can be processed into 20 different measurement variables of the user's choosing, each with its own alarms, providing high measurement density in a very small package.
Alarm logic is also highly configurable, allowing the user to incorporate sophisticated voting logic between various parameters and channels in virtually unlimited combinations.
An optional IP65-rated weatherproof housing is available and the monitor will be approved for use in hazardous areas by a variety of global approval agencies. Connectivity to GE's System 1® condition monitoring software is slated for inclusion within the next 12 months.
Ricardo Artigas, president of energy services for GE Energy, notes that the 1900/65 fills an important niche. "There are really very few offerings designed to address this category of machinery," says Artigas. "Users have generally had to choose between high-end offerings designed to monitor critical turbomachinery, or simple devices such as 4-20mA transmitters that have very limited capabilities. Most small monitoring systems simply don't provide the balance of functionality and affordability that customers require for their general-purpose equipment. We listened to our customers and designed the 1900/65 to address those needs."
More information on the new 1900/65 General Purpose Equipment Monitor is available under "New Products" at www.bently.com.
Bently Nevada products and services provide global leadership in assessing and ensuring the mechanical and thermodynamic health of industrial machinery. With operations in Minden, Nevada, and offices in the principal industrial centers of over 40 countries, the highly experienced Bently Nevada product team serves a broad base of more than 25,000 global customers in the power generation, petrochemical, and other industries. Bently Nevada is a GE Energy (www.gepower.com) business.
About GE Energy
GE Energy (www.gepower.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technology, with 2003 revenues of nearly $18.5 billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Energy provides equipment, service and management solutions across the power generation, oil and gas, transmission and distribution, distributed power and energy rental industries.
For more information, contact
Dennis Murphy
GE Energy
(678) 844 6948
dennis.murphy@ps.ge.com
