Pump Vibration drift over time Phosphate Plant – Pump Problem • The pump was experiencing vibration drift: • There was an observable change in the behavior of pump #3 ’s vibration tag. • The rise in vibration magnitude and range started ~06/07/19. How SAM GUARD Helped • SAM GUARD alerted about changes in vibration behavior while the pump ’s power remained in baseline. • This indicated that the issue was not related to higher performance by the pump, because performance remained the same (flow/RPM wise) while the vibration was increasing and becoming unstable. • SAMGUARD detected a deviation from standard tag behavior in reference to other parameters related to equipment. • Alerts led the engineer to suspect a problem with the pump ’s impeller or in the pump ’s fixation to the c

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