Rod mill condition monitoring
Rod mills: trunnion bearings, drive resonances and load imbalance — Bently Nevada, Artesis, SDT. KEG TRK Kazakhstan.
Rod mills
Rod mills often run the first grinding stage. Rod impacts and changing load create a distinct vibration background: rising harmonics and ultrasound at the trunnions are early signs of bearing wear and drive issues.
Recommended stack: continuous motor monitoring with Artesis e-MCM, rounds with SDT340, and route vibration via SCOUT.
See also ball mills and SAG.
Olympus — NDT and remote visual inspection
- Thickness gauging — casings, piping and vessels (39DL PLUS)
- Videoscopes — cavities and flow paths on outages (IPLEX One)
Catalogs: NDT · endoscopes · Olympus brand.
SDT ultrasound, Artesis motor-current analytics, Bently Nevada vibration and Olympus NDT/RVI — built for mining duty
SDT340 - Advanced Ultrasound Detector
The most advanced ultrasound detector for collecting, analysing and trending data
Artesis e-MCM — Online Sensorless Motor Monitoring
Online sensorless electric motor monitoring with AI and digital twin
3500/42M Proximitor/Seismic Monitor
3500/42M Proximitor/Seismic Monitor: 4 channels for proximity and seismic sensors, vibration and position, 4–20 mA outputs
Olympus 39DL PLUS — ultrasonic thickness gauge
General-purpose Olympus (Evident) ultrasonic thickness gauge, successor to the 38DL PLUS: 0.08–635 mm, up to 60 Hz update, single and dual element transducers, THRU-COAT, Echo-to-Echo, B-scan, up to 792,832 readings, IP67, 0.83 kg.
Olympus EPOCH 650 — ultrasonic flaw detector
Portable Olympus (Evident) ultrasonic flaw detector: tunable square-wave pulser up to 400 V, 0.2–26.5 MHz bandwidth, VGA display, DGS/AVG, DAC/TCG and AWS as standard, 100,000 IDs, 15–16 h runtime, IP67.
Olympus IPLEX One — 10th-generation videoscope
The 10th generation of Olympus (Evident) IPLEX videoscopes: Plus, Expert and Prime tiers on one hardware platform, Swoptix optics without withdrawing the probe, 3DAssist, 10.1" 1100-nit tablet, four light sources, up to 360 min runtime.
SDT for rod mill condition monitoring monitoring
SDT Ultrasound instruments deliver full acoustic condition monitoring in dusty, noisy plants
SDT340 - Advanced Ultrasound Detector
The most advanced ultrasound detector for collecting, analysing and trending data
LUBExpert — SDT Ultrasound Bearing Lubrication Assistant
SDT instrument for precision ultrasound-guided greasing of rolling element bearings: tells you when to add grease and when to stop, follows routes from UAS3 and closes each task as GOOD, BAD or SUSPECT.
Artesis — continuous drive monitoring
Artesis EMCM analyzes motor current and voltage without sensors on the machine
Bently Nevada — vibration diagnostics
Permanent and distributed systems for critical mining assets
SCOUT Series — portable vibration analyzers
Portable data collectors and analyzers for equipment diagnostics
3500/42M Proximitor/Seismic Monitor
3500/42M Proximitor/Seismic Monitor: 4 channels for proximity and seismic sensors, vibration and position, 4–20 mA outputs
200150 Series — IEPE accelerometer
IEPE piezoelectric accelerometers for industrial vibration and bearing health measurement
Olympus — thickness gauging and videoscopes
When vibration finds a symptom, Olympus confirms metal, weld or internal cavity condition
Olympus 39DL PLUS — ultrasonic thickness gauge
General-purpose Olympus (Evident) ultrasonic thickness gauge, successor to the 38DL PLUS: 0.08–635 mm, up to 60 Hz update, single and dual element transducers, THRU-COAT, Echo-to-Echo, B-scan, up to 792,832 readings, IP67, 0.83 kg.
Olympus EPOCH 650 — ultrasonic flaw detector
Portable Olympus (Evident) ultrasonic flaw detector: tunable square-wave pulser up to 400 V, 0.2–26.5 MHz bandwidth, VGA display, DGS/AVG, DAC/TCG and AWS as standard, 100,000 IDs, 15–16 h runtime, IP67.
Olympus IPLEX One — 10th-generation videoscope
The 10th generation of Olympus (Evident) IPLEX videoscopes: Plus, Expert and Prime tiers on one hardware platform, Swoptix optics without withdrawing the probe, 3DAssist, 10.1" 1100-nit tablet, four light sources, up to 360 min runtime.
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