Boiler feed pump monitoring
Boiler feed pumps: cavitation, bearings, drive — Bently, Artesis, SDT. KEG TRK.
Boiler feed pumps
The boiler feed pump is among the hardest-working auxiliaries on a power unit. It holds boiler feed flow and head — any upset immediately limits turbine and generator output.
Unplanned unit downtime in Kazakhstan is measured in hundreds of thousands of dollars per day. Cavitation, bearing wear and drive issues show weeks earlier if you trend ultrasound, vibration and motor current.
Monitoring points
- Suction / NPSH — cavitation noise and head instability
- Pump and motor bearings — SDT ultrasound, Bently/SCOUT vibration
- Axial position on large machines — proximity / 3500
- Drive — Artesis e-MCM motor current from the MCC
- Gearbox / fluid coupling if fitted
Recommended stack
Continuous Artesis on the motor + Bently protection on critical BFPs; SDT340 rounds; SCOUT route spectra. Trend ultrasound dB and vibration RMS before an emergency trip.
See steam turbines, cooling water pumps, condensate pumps.
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.
Bently Nevada 3500, System 1, SDT ultrasound, Olympus and Ion Science — SF6/VOC for turbines, generators and balance-of-plant
3500/42M Proximitor/Seismic Monitor
3500/42M Proximitor/Seismic Monitor: 4 channels for proximity and seismic sensors, vibration and position, 4–20 mA outputs
3300 XL Series — Eddy-Current Proximity Transducer System
3300 XL eddy-current proximity probes for radial vibration, axial position and gap
Artesis e-MCM — Online Sensorless Motor Monitoring
Online sensorless electric motor monitoring with AI and digital twin
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.
SDT for boiler feed pump monitoring monitoring
SDT Ultrasound instruments deliver full acoustic condition monitoring in dusty, noisy plants
Bently Nevada — vibration diagnostics
Permanent and distributed systems for critical mining assets
3500/42M Proximitor/Seismic Monitor
3500/42M Proximitor/Seismic Monitor: 4 channels for proximity and seismic sensors, vibration and position, 4–20 mA outputs
SCOUT Series — portable vibration analyzers
Portable data collectors and analyzers for equipment diagnostics
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 38DL PLUS — ultrasonic thickness gauge (replaced by 39DL PLUS)
Previous-generation Olympus general-purpose ultrasonic thickness gauge. The manufacturer (Evident) redirects the 38DL PLUS page to its successor, the 39DL PLUS, which we offer for new supply.
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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