Reliable Monitoring Around the Clock

Customer Success Story

with OPTIME from Schaeffler

Schaeffler uses the OPTIME monitoring solution not only for customers such as Stora Enso or Finnsementti, but also in its own plants. OPTIME was first installed in the supply systems at the Schweinfurt plant. Many plants have already installed OPTIME. In the future, all Schaeffler plants worldwide will benefit from the monitoring solution. Find out more on the following pages.

Benefits
Brasov
Skalica
Kysuce
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Benefits

Easy installation of OPTIME solution.
Greater safety for employees, as access to hard-to-reach
machinery is no longer required with the digital service.
Wireless solution
More efficient planning of maintenance measures, staff and spare parts supply.
Unplanned downtimes are reduced to a minimum.

Monitoring Motors – Schaeffler Plant in Brasov

Monitoring motors in milling machines

€ 49,152 Savings per year after deduction of acquisition costs and assuming only one downtime per year.

Abrasion and breakage are frequent causes of motor failure in milling machines. To prevent unplanned downtime, six OPTIME sensors on a critical milling machine and a total of 100 sensors on the 38 milling and grinding machines.

Expected benefits

Reduced unplanned downtime
Improved maintenance planning
Less resulting damage

“OPTIME is for sure a big step forward in Condition Monitoring Solutions.”

Gad Pop

Maintenance Manager, Brasov

OPTIME on motors of an emulsion pump
OPTIME on a motor of a hydraulic system
OPTIME on motors of an emulsion pump

Monitoring motors of heat treatment machines

€ 46,000 Savings per year after deduction of all costs

High temperature and continuously functionality are the main factors for the excessive wear of the motors. In order to prevent unplanned downtime, around 7 OPTIME sensors have been installed on the heat treatment machines with a total of more than 200 sensors installed on machines in industrial plant 2.

Expected benefits

Reduced unplanned downtime
Zero scrap due to breakdowns
Improved maintenance planning
Less resulting damage

“Smart and intuitive, Schaeffler OPTIME, our newest partner in predictive maintenance.”

Alexandru-Catalin Moga

Maintenance Manager of industrial plant 2, Brasov

OPTIME on a mixing motor
OPTIME on a cooling motor
OPTIME on a fan motor

Monitoring pumps – Schaeffler plant in Skalica

Monitoring pumps in a central supply system

€ 18,161 Savings per year after deduction of all costs

Abrasion and breakage are frequent causes of pump failure in the central oil supply system. To prevent unplanned downtime, 150 OPTIME s ensors were installed on the pumps in the 14 central supply systems at Skalica.

Expected benefits

Reduced unplanned downtime
Improved maintenance planning
Less resulting damage

“OPTIME is a perfect solution for entrance to the professional Condition Monitoring Systems with a great price and value ratio.”

Marek Zezula

Project Manager Maintenance – Digitalisation, Skalica

OPTIME on oil supply system pumps
Central oil supply system
OPTIME on main oil supply system pumps

Monitoring motors – Schaeffler plant in Kysuce

Monitoring motors in central systems

€ 17,953 Savings per year after deduction of all costs

Abrasion and breakage are frequent causes of motor failure at the central supply system. To prevent unplanned downtime, 200 OPTIME sensors are installed on the various units such as the motor, pump or coupling in the 17 central supply systems of Kysuce.

Expected benefits

Reduced unplanned downtime
Improved maintenance planning
Less resulting damage

“We have an overview of the condition of strategic facilities. Perfect IoT device.”

Filip Krakovský

Maintenance Project Manager, Kysuce

OPTIME sensors on KSB motors
Close view: OPTIME sensors on a KSB motor
Gateway installed on the wall

Solution

Schaeffler OPTIME

High-scale monitoring at the lowest cost
OPTIME from Schaeffler allows for comprehensive condition monitoring that is both easy and affordable. Thanks to its simple plug & play installation, OPTIME allows you to start monitoring hundreds of rotating machines in just a few hours.

Technical Details

An image of the OPTIME Condition Monitoring solution

Performance data for the OPTIME sensors 3 and 5

Vibration bandwidth	Optime-3 2 Hz - 3 kHz Optime-5 2 Hz - 5 kHz
Calculated parameters	7
Sensor commissioning	NFC (Near Field Communication)
Communication	Wirepas Mesh (2.4 GHz ISM band)
Measurement cycle	Parameters: every 4 h Time signal: every 24 h

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Reliable Monitoring Around the Clock

Customer Success Story

with OPTIME from Schaeffler

Benefits

Monitoring Motors – Schaeffler Plant in Brasov

Monitoring motors in milling machines

OPTIME on motors of an emulsion pump

OPTIME on a motor of a hydraulic system

OPTIME on motors of an emulsion pump

Monitoring motors of heat treatment machines

OPTIME on a mixing motor

OPTIME on a cooling motor

OPTIME on a fan motor

Monitoring pumps – Schaeffler plant in Skalica

Monitoring pumps in a central supply system

OPTIME on oil supply system pumps

Central oil supply system

OPTIME on main oil supply system pumps

Monitoring motors – Schaeffler plant in Kysuce

Monitoring motors in central systems

OPTIME sensors on KSB motors

Close view: OPTIME sensors on a KSB motor

Gateway installed on the wall

Solution

Schaeffler OPTIME

Technical Details

Performance data for the OPTIME sensors 3 and 5

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OPTIME - for peace of mind

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