About Vibration Data
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Vibration data is part of a fully managed integration that MaintainX® sets up with you. For more information, contact your MaintainX representative.
Rotating equipment, such as motors, pumps, fans, and compressors, often shows signs of mechanical trouble in its vibration before it fails. Bearing wear, looseness, gear wear, misalignment, and imbalance each leave a recognizable pattern. Vibration data brings those patterns into MaintainX so your team can act before an asset goes down.
As part of Asset Intelligence, vibration monitoring is different from the other ways of bringing data into MaintainX. You don't set up the data pipeline or the monitors yourself. MaintainX and ERBESSD INSTRUMENTS® provide the sensors and the integration. MaintainX raises alerts internally when your vibration data shows a problem, and MaintainX vibration analysts review each one on your behalf to determine whether it's valid.
A Fully Managed Integration​
Vibration data comes from a fully managed integration with ERBESSD INSTRUMENTS. MaintainX provides and manages the full data pipeline on your behalf, including the hardware and the software. MaintainX attaches the PHANTOM® sensors to your assets, deploys the gateway, and registers each sensor to its asset.
This is different from OT data connectors, which are self-managed. With an OT data connector, you manage your own OT hardware, software, or data platform, and MaintainX provides the connector that streams your existing data into MaintainX. Because the vibration data program is fully managed, it isn't a self-serve feature, and it isn't a general-purpose OT data connector. Instead, the program brings its own sensor and gateway ecosystem into MaintainX.
For availability and how to sign up, see Before You Start.
How Vibration Monitoring Works​
Vibration monitoring takes your equipment's vibration data from the sensor on your asset to a work order for your team in four steps.
- Sensors measure: ERBESSD INSTRUMENTS PHANTOM wireless sensors, mounted on your assets, measure vibration and temperature, and report to a nearby gateway.
- MaintainX receives the data: The gateway sends each sensor's readings to MaintainX, where they're stored as meter readings on the asset.
- Analysts review: MaintainX vibration analysts use internal AI models to detect and classify faults, and MaintainX raises an alert internally for each one. An analyst reviews each alert on your behalf to determine whether it's valid.
- Your team acts: Your team only gets work when an analyst confirms that action is needed. When action is needed, the analyst creates a work order for the asset. Completing the work order's procedure gives MaintainX feedback that helps improve its models over time, giving you more accurate alerts the longer you monitor your equipment.
For more information about the sensors, the gateway, and how data flows, see About the ERBESSD INSTRUMENTS Integration.
What Each Sensor Reports​
Each sensor reports the following meters to its asset:
| Meter | What it reports | Example units |
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| Signal | The strength of the wireless connection between the sensor and its gateway. | dBm |
| Battery | The sensor's remaining battery power. | Volts |
| Horizontal Velocity RMS | The root mean square (RMS) vibration level along the sensor's horizontal axis. | Millimeters per second, inches per second, or meters per second |
| Vertical Velocity RMS | The RMS vibration level along the sensor's vertical axis. | Millimeters per second, inches per second, or meters per second |
| Axial Velocity RMS | The RMS vibration level along the axis of the asset's shaft. | Millimeters per second, inches per second, or meters per second |
| Temperature | The temperature at the sensor's location on the asset. | Celsius, Fahrenheit, or Kelvin |
The three velocity meters correspond to the sensor's axes, which MaintainX sets when it registers the sensor. Together, these meters let your team track an asset's condition over time.
MaintainX prefixes each meter name with the sensor's serial number.
Where to See Vibration Data​
From the sidebar, select Asset Monitoring > Meters to see the readings from your sensors as meters. For more information, see About Meters.
When MaintainX creates a work order for you from your vibration data, it appears in MaintainX like any other work order. A MaintainX vibration specialist has already reviewed it on your behalf and determined that it warrants your team's attention.
Before You Start​
The vibration monitoring program is currently available only in the United States and Canada. Vibration monitoring isn't a self-serve feature. To get started, contact your MaintainX representative. MaintainX performs the implementation, including:
- Identifying the assets to instrument.
- Installing and registering the sensors, which links each sensor to its asset.
- Connecting the integration to your organization.
If you already own qualifying ERBESSD INSTRUMENTS sensors, contact MaintainX to learn how you can sign up using the sensors you already have.