Hengtong Optic-Electric (Guangdong plant)
An optical fibre and cable maker.
DHMSCare monitors the bearings and drives of its stranding-line binders.
- 35–45%Less unplanned downtime
- 24–72hFault warnings ahead
- 10–20%Higher availability
About the customer
Hengtong Optic-Electric (Guangdong plant) makes optical fibre and cable; this case covers the binders on its production stranding line.
The challenge
Binders: The binders on the stranding line spin at high speed to wrap yarn around the cable core, and their bearing pedestals and binder-drum drives decide whether the step keeps running.
A stop mid-run can scrap a length
Stranding produces continuous lengths, so a binder that stops mid-run can leave a length that has to be cut out or scrapped.
High-speed parts wear fast
The binder drums run fast, so their bearings and motors wear quickly and can fail suddenly.
Too many lines for manual rounds
The hall runs several lines side by side, and checking every binder by hand cannot keep up.
Monitored equipment and installation
Value
Pedestal bearings, watched as trends
The binder pedestal bearings' vibration level and temperature are sampled on a fixed schedule and compared with their own baseline, so early bearing changes are flagged before they affect stranding quality.
Full spectrum on the drive motor
The drum drive motor's spectrum is compared like for like against its own baseline, locating early faults to a specific component.
Products and deployment
- Software ProductDHMSCare - AI Care Version
- Terminal ProductDHMSCare wireless vibration and temperature sensors and smart gateways
- Monitoring scopeBinder pedestal bearings and drum drives of the stranding line
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