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Machines installed on the ground in Construction or Mining work make the surrounding ground to move and vibrate.

Such vibration and movement are required to be measured and monitored regularly for the following technical and mandatory reasons.

• Reduction in damage and risk to the plant and equipment, structures, and sensitive areas


• Compliance with environmental regulations


• Identifying any change in the operational behavior of the machinery. By making a predictive analysis of the changed behavior, the maintenance activities of the Mining and Construction machines are scheduled.


• Limiting community annoyance and-over ground inconveniences


• Earlier, the ground vibration monitoring was done by industrial wired accelerometers. The New Vibration Monitoring System, having wireless transmission and long battery life has been replacing it rapidly.

The equipment can be used alone or part of the Environment Management Solution “Sentinel.”

Machine Failures

The vibration monitoring system helps you in predicting machine failures and saving a significant amount of non-programmed downtimes in production. The following are the most common machine failures.

• Mechanical looseness


• Misalignment


• Shaft and Bearing wear


• Bearing failures of stages I, II, III, IV


• Imbalance


• Electrical Noise


• Resonance.

The system can send data to a local database so that you can keep track of your machinery by keeping with you a smartphone, tablet, or computer. The ground vibration monitoring equipment has a portable system and can be used either attended or unattended. The quality of decision-related to the work of mining could be taken up by having an in-depth understanding of mining vibration. The vibration monitoring unit automatically notifies any real-time alerts about any impending breaches to pre-set norms of activities or behavior. On the complaints of the neighbors, you can take remedial measures

You can use your mobile applications for:

• Receiving notifications of alarms on your cell phone while the vibration of your machines goes below the acceptable level.


• Analyzing the vibration spectra, you can view waveforms in all available parameters such as displacement, velocity, or acceleration envelope. You can then thoroughly analyze your gearboxes or bearings.


• They are analyzing the trends and statistics related to your machines through the graphics. They help in detecting any abnormal behavior.

Ground Vibration Compliance

Ground vibration over and below any mining work is directly related to the safety and security of the lives of the employees as well as the public in general. Hence, there is strictest government regulation for “ground vibration compliance.” Any deviation from non-compliance needs to avert, and else it may take to an investigation, operational delays, and shutdown of the site.

You can efficiently and more effectively manage your ground vibration system in the following manner.

• Prediction of the future adverse eventualities and keep yourself prepared for the unexpected.


• Make a correct analysis and evaluation of the damages caused and mitigation efforts chalked out for making better decisions and reduce your future expenses


• Keep the guidelines strictly as per the guidelines prescribed by the mining authorities and report due to compliance with ground vibration, to the competent authorities.


• The complicated affairs of the insurance claim for insurance can be accomplished without much of agreement-disagreement


• The mining or the construction project is completed within the budgeted time and cost.

With the advancement of wireless technology, wireless sensors play essential roles in the vibration monitoring system. The technology uses ultra-low-powered BLE 5.0 technology. It is simple to be installed and integrates other parameters such as current, temperature, RPM, and speed into a single diagnostic system. You can just screw the wireless sensor to the base of your machine.

The providing distance range varies up to 1 km with no obstacles. It has 250 meters in line-of-sight with competing signals. Convenience, Cost, Capacity, and Compatibility are the four pillars of the Monitoring System.

2020-04-13 15:26:01, views: 246, Comments: 0