SNF is a specialty chemical company and a water chemistry expert. With 21 production facilities and subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, SNF is the world’s leader when it comes to designing and manufacturing water-soluble polymers. SNF also offers pump installations that use polymer flooding in oil extraction applications. The equipment within the pump station is subject to high vibration levels that can cause malfunctions and result in unplanned downtimes. SNF was aware of unusually high vibration levels of their pumps and motors, but was unable to identify the precise location and the root cause. This meant that the equipment could suddenly fail without any prior warning, requiring maintenance personnel to travel to the remote oil reservoir to resolve the problem. This resulted in inefficient operations and high costs.

To address these challenges SNF selected the Drivetrain Analyzer Cloud – a motor and pump condition monitoring solution from Siemens. The raw data from SIMOTICS CONNECT 400 sensor modulesis analyzed in the Industrial Cloud application Drivetrain Analyzer Cloud. These modules were quickly and easily mounted on the pumps and motors in SNF’s installations. The data captured at the oil reservoirs is transferred to the Industrial Cloud via Siemens SCALANCE communication technology. This is where the Drivetrain Analyzer Cloud comes in. The application captures sensor module data. It provides powerful analytics and a transparent, customizable dashboard showing the actual condition of the equipmentat a glance.