GE Bently Nevada FieldMonitor

FieldMonitor Machinery Protection System Operation Manual
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Distributed vibration monitoring saves money by
reducing installation and wiring costs in the following
ways:
• smaller footprint reduces cabinet space and enclosure
size
• “on-skid” mounting and internal Proximitor modules
eliminate field wiring and reduce the number of
housings
• a network cable may be the only wiring necessary
between a central control room and the machine
• machine OEMs and packagers who use modular
manufacturing techniques can reduce cost by
completely installing, wiring, and testing the vibration
system
• break down consists of disconnecting the network cable
and power thereby leaving the vibration system intact
and eliminating expensive field wiring and
troubleshooting
• the 1701/06 Isolator Terminal Base (ITB) uses internal
galvanically isolated safety barriers which eliminate the
need for external safety barriers and an Intrinsically Safe
Earth connection.
FieldMonitor systems are nodes on a field bus network. Each
node consists of an Allen-Bradley or third-party Flex
network adapter, a number of Flex modules depending on
the application, and the Bently Nevada FieldMonitor system.
The Flex network adaptors support a continually expanding
variety of networks. Some examples are:
• ControlNet
• Remote I/O
• DeviceNet™ adapters
• Profibus™ DP
• Modbus® adapters
• Interbus S
• Ethernet TCP/IP
Appendix F lists the Flex network adapters that Bently
Nevada has tested with the FieldMonitor system.