Hydro turbine monitoring
Hydro turbine and hydro unit monitoring on HPPs: shaft vibration, bearings, axial position — Bently Nevada 3500, 3300 XL, System 1. KEG TRK.
Hydro turbines
Hydro units have long outage cycles. Bearing, cavitation and generator issues build slowly, but plant downtime is expensive. Online vibration/protection beats rounds alone.
Watch guide/thrust bearings, axial position, cavitation/pulsation, and generator health. Use Orbit/3500 + System 1 online; SDT on auxiliaries; Artesis on station-service motors.
See steam turbines, gas turbines, generators.
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
System 1 — condition monitoring platform
Flagship Bently Nevada condition monitoring and diagnostics platform
SDT340 - Advanced Ultrasound Detector
The most advanced ultrasound detector for collecting, analysing and trending data
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 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.
Olympus IPLEX NX — flagship industrial videoscope
Flagship Olympus (Evident) videoscope: laser illumination up to 4 times brighter, stereo measurement and 3D defect modelling, 8.4" touchscreen, Ø4.0–6.2 mm probes up to 7.5 m, articulation up to 180°.
Ion Science SF6 Leakmate — portable SF6 leak detector
Simple portable SF6 leak detector with a high voltage ionisation sensor: sensitivity 1×10⁻⁶ mbar·l/s, response about 1 s, 355 mm flexible probe, LED bar graph and an audio tone that follows leak size.
SDT for hydro turbine 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
3300 XL Series — Eddy-Current Proximity Transducer System
3300 XL eddy-current proximity probes for radial vibration, axial position and gap
System 1 — condition monitoring platform
Flagship Bently Nevada condition monitoring and diagnostics platform
Orbit 60 Series — Next-Generation Monitoring System
Next-generation machinery protection platform with advanced cybersecurity and high channel density
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 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.
Olympus IPLEX NX — flagship industrial videoscope
Flagship Olympus (Evident) videoscope: laser illumination up to 4 times brighter, stereo measurement and 3D defect modelling, 8.4" touchscreen, Ø4.0–6.2 mm probes up to 7.5 m, articulation up to 180°.
Ion Science — SF6, VOC and industrial leaks
Portable and fixed detectors for SF6 at substations, VOC on chemical sites and refrigerant leaks in HVAC
Ion Science SF6 Leakmate — portable SF6 leak detector
Simple portable SF6 leak detector with a high voltage ionisation sensor: sensitivity 1×10⁻⁶ mbar·l/s, response about 1 s, 355 mm flexible probe, LED bar graph and an audio tone that follows leak size.
Ion Science SF6 LeakCheck P1 XTL — SF6 leak detector
Wireless SF6 and C4-FN leak detector on Negative Ion Capture technology: sensitivity to 1×10⁻⁸ cc/s (0.1 ppm), response about 0.5 s, ready at switch-on and no loss of sensitivity even at 100 % SF6.
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