Paper Mill Avoids $5M in Lost Production Benefits of online remote monitoring system nurses cracked fan to outage When one of its two Through Air Fans developed a large crack in a blade, Kimberly Clark ’s Owensboro, KY paper mill was six weeks away from its scheduled outage. Taking the damaged fan down early would cripple mill production by 50% for weeks, but trying to run the fan until the shutdown could result in catastrophic consequential damage if it failed. Azima DLI was hired to take frequent vibration readings and determine whether the fan could stay in operation until the outage. If the fan had to be taken out of service, the mill faced nearly $5 million in production losses. Azima DLI quickly deployed its Roamer (a mobile remote monitoring system) and b

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