Brüel & Kjær introduces Vibrostore 100
26/04/2021
Brüel & Kjær (B&K) Vibro has launched Vibrostore 100, a palm-sized device that provides vibration level and bearing wear monitoring for balance-of-plant machines at the push of a button.The lightweight device can be used single-handedly and enables even untrained personnel to take vibration measurements and assess the overall vibration condition of a semi-critical machine. The instrument is equipped with a preset cable-connected high-quality B&K Vibro acceleration sensor. Once the type and size of the machine based on ISO 10816 and its running speed are entered, the measurement can be performed with a one-button push. A traffic light display immediately indicates the severity of the vibration based on the built-in ISO 10816 alarm limits (velocity in mm/s or in/s). The main screen also shows the rolling element bearing condition in bearing damage units (BDUs) measurement and total g (root mean square (RMS) acceleration). The display of the vibration level in frequency ranges indicates the most common machine faults, such as imbalance, misalignment or looseness.
Vibrostore 100 is available either as a standalone device or packaged with the B&K Vibro Report & Route Manager software, a powerful and highly functional route editor and analysis software.Florian Endres, Commercial Platform Leader, B&K Vibro, said: “Whereas critical and semi-critical machinery is usually equipped with an online protection system to avoid catastrophic damages, it is often too difficult and costly to install an online condition monitoring system on every semi-critical machine. With a combination of B&K Vibro quality and extremely competitive pricing, the Vibrostore 100 fills the gap in detecting the most common machine faults and delivers quick, reliable and cost-efficient machine health monitoring for semi-critical and balance-of-plant machines.”
