Efficient fault analysis for maximum system availability and productivity
Malfunctions in machines and systems often cause unplanned downtime, production losses and high costs. Professional fault analysis helps you to quickly identify the causes of faults, detect weak points at an early stage and implement sustainable solutions. By using precise measurement technology and intelligent analysis tools, you can ensure the availability and reliability of your systems, optimize your processes and increase your productivity in the long term.
What advantages does a fault and malfunction analysis with Delphin offer you?
- Minimization of downtimes and stoppages through rapid detection and targeted elimination of error causes.
- Early detection of weak pointsto proactively prevent future faults.
- Increasing productivity and process reliability by systematically analyzing all relevant signals.
- Time-synchronous, high-resolution acquisition of digital and analog signalseven with complex control systems and sporadic faults.
- Flexible and autonomous data acquisition without a PCideal for use directly on the system.
- Clear evaluation with the measurement technology softwarewhich visualizes even complex signal relationships in an understandable way.
- Sustainable improvement in system reliabilitywhich increases the quality and efficiency of your production.
The aim of fault analysis is to increase the availability and reliability of machines and systems. Typical areas of application are
- Error detection in chemical production plants
- Error detection in control systems and controls
- Error detection on paper and printing machines
- Diagnosis of sporadic faults
- Error detection in flow and batch processes
- Fault detection in start-up procedures
- Mobile system for error diagnosis
Practical example of a fault analysis
Fault analysis in a chemical production plant
In a chemical production plant, irregular, sporadic effects repeatedly occurred during the manufacture of an important primary product, leading to unscheduled downtimes. These failures not only caused high production costs, but also jeopardized the operator's adherence to schedules and process reliability. Initially, attempts were made to find the cause using conventional data loggers. However, the devices used were not up to the task: either the time resolution was not sufficient to precisely record the sporadic faults, or the devices themselves failed precisely when a fault occurred.
The operator decided to use a Delphin message system to specifically analyze the cause and eliminate the error in the long term. In addition to digital inputs and outputs, this system was also able to record relevant analog signals in high resolution and time-synchronously over a longer period of time. After several weeks of operation, the error occurred again. Thanks to the clear evaluation options of the Delphin system, the fault could be narrowed down to a fluttering digital contact and clearly identified.
By using the Delphin system, the fault could be rectified quickly and reliably, preventing future downtimes and sustainably increasing the availability of the system. This not only ensured continuous and stable production for the operator, but also reduced costs and risks due to downtime and strengthened competitiveness through reliable delivery capability and process reliability.