Challenges • Plant has non-repeating failures that occur in a different location each time. • Need to increase visibility within the plant. Failures occur in overlooked and ignored parts of plant. How SAM GUARD Helped • SAM GUARD created a very precise warning for raw mill fan #4, which is just one out of ten fans. • After inspection, broken dampers were detected. Draft repair was conducted immediately, reducing vibration. Complete repair was scheduled. Value • Overlooked broken dampers were replaced thanks to SAM GUARD’s alerts. Significant damage to the raw mill fan was prevented. • By fixing a small problem ahead of time, a greater problem was eliminated that would have caused shutdown and lost production. • $103K of damage prevented (1-day shutdown = 600k tons of cement per y

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