The Motornostix system has been installed on many ore crushing mills (ball mills, rod mills etc) and successfully used for condition monitoring of the equipment.
Motornostix Sensors are permanently fixed to measure vibration and temperature on the Motor Drive End and Non Drive End, Gearbox Input Drive End and Non Drive End, Gearbox Output and Pinion Drive End and Non Drive End, as well as the Motor Speed.
Failure modes that have recently been detected on ball mill installations such as this are:
- Motor - gearbox alignment
- Coupling imbalance
- Motor/ gearbox loose foot
- Bearing surface wear
- Gearbox – pinion alignment
- Gear surface wear
- Sleeve bearing surface damage