Zhongyun ICC's Intelligent Operations and Maintenance Monitoring Platform Empowers Cement Enterprises—Successfully Addressing Fan Malfunction, Ensuring Continuous Production

Recently, a certain cement company leveraged Wuhan ICC's intelligent equipment monitoring platform to accurately predict and efficiently resolve a lubrication issue in the motor bearings of a circulating fan. Throughout the process, there were no unplanned shutdowns, effectively ensuring the stable operation of the production line and fully demonstrating the platform's core value in predictive maintenance for industrial equipment.

1. Real-time monitoring and early warning to detect emerging risks 

Traditional cement enterprises rely on manual inspections for equipment management, making it difficult to detect hidden faults. The Wuhan ICC Intelligent Monitoring Platform, equipped with high-precision sensors, enables 24 Hourly data collection and analysis. 

9 Month 3 One day, the platform detected an abnormal trend in the vibration acceleration values at the no-load end of a certain circulating fan motor: This measurement point has been 8 Month 31 Starting today, the vibration magnitude has been steadily increasing, beginning from 1.5m/s ²升 to 5m/s ², The system platform generates trend alert messages. The platform automatically pushes alert notifications to the mobile client of operations and maintenance personnel, clearly indicating the alert device name, measurement point, alert cause, alert level, and alert time.

Image 1：8411 Detailed Trend Alert Information for the Circulating Fan Platform

Image 2 : Mobile App Alarm Message Details

II. Precise Data Diagnosis, Pinpointing the Root Cause of the Fault 

After receiving the alert, the Zhongyun diagnostic team conducted an in-depth analysis of the vibration data and discovered irregular impacts within the waveform, particularly in the high-frequency range. 2000Hz (The above) shows noticeable background noise, which is preliminarily determined to be caused by inadequate lubrication of the motor's unloaded-end bearing. It is recommended that, after the equipment is shut down, lubricating grease be added to the bearing.

Image 3 : Customer Communication Screenshots

3. Implement closed-loop management to reduce corporate losses. 

Platform Construction “ Early warning - Diagnosis - Disposal - Verification ” Full-process closed-loop management ensures controllable outcomes. 

1. Planned shutdowns minimize impact: Companies follow recommendations to 9 Month 3 A shutdown is scheduled this afternoon, And complete the replenishment of lubricating grease for the no-load-end bearings during the night shift. , production resumed the very next day, mitigating the risk of unplanned downtime. 

2. Data validation ensures effectiveness: 9 Month 4 After the daily equipment reboot, platform monitoring showed that the vibration acceleration dropped to 2m/s ² Below, the high-frequency background noise in the spectrum disappears. Equipment resumes stable operation 。

Image 4 : Vibration Acceleration Trend Chart Before and After Lubrication of the Motor's No-Load End Bearing

4. The platform's core value drives industry transformation. 

This case exemplifies the platform's three core values: 

1. By leveraging real-time monitoring to break the limitations of traditional inspections and enable early fault detection; 

2. Rely on precise diagnostics to reduce maintenance costs and extend equipment lifespan; 

3. Leverage closed-loop management to help enterprises transition from “ Passive Maintenance ” Turning “ Predictive Maintenance ” , accelerating the digital transformation and upgrading of equipment management in the cement industry. 

In the future, Wuhan ICC will continue to iterate its technology, expand into diverse industry applications, and provide more enterprises with efficient equipment management solutions.