Challenge: Excessive Vibration in Side Entry Mixers
A leading crude oil tank farm was experiencing significant vibration issues with its side entry mixers. Site operations were increasingly concerned that prolonged excessive vibrations could accelerate fatigue on the mounting connections, elevating the risk of failure and costly downtime.
Solution & Results: 92% Vibration Reduction & Enhanced Reliability
Westpower’s Reliability Engineering Services team helped reduce excessive horizontal vibrations of a client’s crude oil tank side entry mixer by 92%. Our reliability experts quickly diagnosed and rectified the issue using Motion Amplification technology, which filters high-speed video to specific frequencies and visualizes imperceptible movements to find the root cause of the issue. This client was able to mitigate any potential failures while significantly increasing their operational reliability.
Westpower’s Reliability Engineering Services help to mitigate small and excessive vibrations, overheating, unusual noises, cavitation, coupling misalignment and failures, mechanical seal issues and failures as well as cloudy oil and other lubricant issues. Our team utilizes the latest technology and techniques in addition to taking on-site measurements to analyze the actual behaviour of your facility, machinery and supporting systems, providing reliable solutions that create more reliable uptime and operational efficiencies.
