Mechanical Solutions, Inc. (MSI), a leading provider of solutions for complex or urgent vibration, dynamics, or performance related problems in critical rotating machinery and systems, today announced VibVue™, a tool to help engineers and technicians identify and solve critical vibration issues. VibVue™ obtains vibration measurements and associated analysis using a high-speed camera and novel software solution for faster, easier, and less error-prone diagnosis of vibration and system dynamics problems.
Streamlined Software Delivers Measurements You Need, Without the Wait
Until now, reliability and maintenance engineers have struggled with cumbersome, less-sensitive, commercially available tools that help visualize machinery vibration. There are shortcomings in the underlying video processing technology, which produces the vibration measurements. As a result, engineers ultimately settle on missed measurements due to limited frequency span or low displacement amplitude, and spend significant time working through data to get an analysis result.
Now, with VibVue™ technology, engineers and technicians can maximize a commercially available video processing tool to get accurate vibration measurements at low displacement levels and high frequencies, and intuitively analyze the resulting data to quickly identify and solve vibration issues.
VibVue™ combines Motion Magnification technology – a proven solution licensed from a major university – with streamlined, intuitive software to help engineers precisely and easily acquire and analyze the data needed to quickly pinpoint root causes of vibration problems. Using VibVue™ will result in lower maintenance costs, reduced problem resolution time, and decreased machine or plant downtime.
“The VibVue system is the best tool we have to get funds approved to fix the right thing at the right time,” said Gary Adams, Director of Reliability Solutions at John H. Carter. “With VibVue, management gets a clear, precise, visual understanding of vibration issues in a system.”
Complete Solutions for Vibration and System Dynamics Problems
MSI designed VibVue™ for accuracy and simplicity, with extremely low levels of displacement detection, greater frequency range, and faster analysis time. The solution magnifies motion up to 1,000x – twenty times more powerful than advertised by other commercially available solutions.
VibVue™ system support includes a review of customer videos by MSI’s own rotating machinery troubleshooting professionals. If identified problems require more time or expertise than customers have access to, MSI can deploy teams with deep experience solving vibration or system dynamics problems to diagnose the issue and propose effective fix options.
VibVue™ Features and Benefits
Overall, users find that VibVue™ is faster, easier to implement, and more versatile than traditional methods, allowing problems to be diagnosed more easily, and with more certainty. For more information, visit https://www.mechsol.com/products/vibvue/.
About Mechanical Solutions, Inc.
MSI provides rapid response and resolution of difficult or urgent vibration, dynamics, or performance problems for plant operators, designers, and maintainers of critical rotating machinery and systems (including centrifugal or reciprocating pumps, compressors, turbines, fans, and blowers). Whether it’s pre-installation problem prevention, post-installation remedies, or lowering maintenance costs, MSI delivers clear, cost-effective solutions by combining computer simulation and field testing, backed by decades of machinery and system experience.
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CONTACT: Morgan Norris, morgan.norris@trewmarketing.com
Cook Compression®, part of Dover Precision Components and Dover (NYSE: DOV), has been awarded a multi-year contract by ISAB S.r.l, a part of Lukoil Oil Company, to provide technical support, reconditioning and upgrades for reciprocating compressor valves and actuators. The contract encompasses support for 27 reciprocating compressors in the ISAB Sud and Nord refinery sites in Syracuse, Italy, on the island of Sicily.
To support the rapid reconditioning requirements of the contract, and to offer similar services to other refineries in the region, Cook Compression has opened a satellite service facility in Sicily.
“Our new service center demonstrates Cook Compression’s commitment to building lasting partnerships with its customers,” said Dean Lewis, Cook Compression VP Aftermarket, Europe & Russia. “We look forward to growing our relationship with ISAB as we apply our expertise to minimize their equipment downtime and enhance compressor performance.”
With rigorous inspection and best-in-class procedures and quality replacement components, the Cook valve reconditioning process returns valves to original specifications and as-new performance. Cook Compression also has the application knowledge and technical expertise to recommend valve upgrades for improved reliability and efficiency. Highly qualified in-house engineering teams optimize valves for the end user’s specific operating conditions, applying a range of proven designs. From the creation of the original radiused-disc Manley® valve to the extreme reliability of the patented MOPPET® valve, Cook has pioneered developments in valve designs and materials that yield meaningful improvements in performance.
The Cook Compression global service portfolio also includes reconditioning, replacements and upgrades for compressor sealing components, packing cases, pistons, rods and cylinders, providing proven solutions for emissions management and equipment optimization.
The Sicily service facility successfully passed its ISAB audit this past spring, and in May, Cook Compression celebrated the grand opening with key customer contacts. The facility has room to expand its capabilities in support of the region’s compressor service, repair and upgrade needs.
About Cook Compression:
Cook Compression® provides engineered solutions to increase reciprocating compressor reliability and performance, offering components, repairs, field mechanical services and turnkey project management. High-quality compressor valves, packing cases, packing rings, piston rings, rider bands, oil wipers, pistons, piston rods, cylinders and liners are backed by the services and systems to install, control, monitor, maintain and repair them. Cook Compression is a major global presence, with manufacturing centers, repair facilities and technical sales representatives around the world. Cook Compression is part of Dover Precision Components, an integrated provider of performance-critical solutions for rotating and reciprocating machinery. Additional information is available at www.cookcompression.com.
About Dover:
Dover is a diversified global manufacturer with annual revenue of approximately $7 billion. We deliver innovative equipment and components, specialty systems, consumable supplies, software and digital solutions, and support services through five operating segments: Engineered Products, Fueling Solutions, Imaging & Identification, Pumps & Process Solutions and Refrigeration & Food Equipment. Dover combines global scale with operational agility to lead the markets we serve. Recognized for our entrepreneurial approach for over 60 years, our team of approximately 24,000 employees takes an ownership mindset, collaborating with customers to redefine what’s possible. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dover trades on the New York Stock Exchange under “DOV.” Additional information is available at dovercorporation.com.
Dover Precision Components Contact:
Krista Betts, Marketing Communications Manager
+1 262 506 3084
kbetts@doverprecision.com
Dover Media Contact:
Adrian Sakowicz, VP, Communications
(630) 743-5039
asakowicz@dovercorp.com
Dover Investor Contact:
Andrey Galiuk, VP, Corporate Development and Investor Relations
(630) 743-5131
agaliuk@dovercorp.com
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A leading industrial gas company recently selected Siemens to supply three Dresser-Rand® 5HHE-VL-NL reciprocating compressors for a new, state-of-the-art steam methane reformer (SMR) in Texas. The SMR will provide high-purity hydrogen for the gas company’s customers throughout the region.
Commissioning of the compressors is expected in 2020. Once completed in 2021, the SMR will become the largest hydrogen production unit in the U.S., increasing the gas company’s hydrogen capacity to more than 1.5 billion cubic feet per day.
“Over the past two decades, Siemens has established trustful cooperation with this customer to expand its U.S. Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline system, which is one of the largest in the world,” said Patrice Laporte, Vice President, Siemens Gas and Power, Oil & Gas for the Americas. “This recent order builds on our companies’ longstanding partnership and will mark the 23rd, 24th, and 25th reciprocating compressors that Siemens has supplied to this gas company since 2001.”
With the goal of maximizing efficiency and reducing costs, the customer selected a standardized product design for the SMR. The three 12.75-inch-stroke 5HHE-VL reciprocating compressors will feature similar configurations to units that have been supplied to the customer in the past. Critical to the design is the non-lubricated cylinder construction, which eliminates the need for a costly oil removal system. Additional design features include integrated lube oil consoles, a cooling water console, purge panels, pulsation vessels, intercoolers, aftercooler, relief valves, and process control valves. A slow-speed synchronous motor will drive the compressors.
Designed for continuous service, maximum availability, and flexible operation, Siemens reciprocating compressors continue to be a preferred choice for customers in applications from refineries to pipelines.
Interest in hydrogen is growing and driven in large part by increased demand by secondary users where hydrogen is a significant component to the manufacture of their end products.
“Working early on to develop a standardized compressor design is yielding significant benefits by reducing plant design, engineering, and installation costs, decreasing personnel training requirements, and will allow our customer to minimize its inventory for spare parts,” added Laporte. “We look forward to helping them efficiently and reliably supply hydrogen to their customers across the Gulf Coast region.”
