Handheld condition monitoring device detects imbalance in critical tanker exhaust fans

Handheld condition monitoring device detects imbalance in critical tanker exhaust fans

Using its handheld vibration monitoring and balancing system, FAG Detector III, FAG Industrial Services (F’IS) has recently helped restore a tanker to full operation by rapidly diagnosing the cause of failure of two of the ship’s critical exhaust fans.

After spending 14 days in a German port due to defective exhaust fans, a 228-metre long tanker has now been restored to full operation thanks to rapid diagnosis and repair work by engineers from F’IS, the maintenance management and condition monitoring company within The Schaeffler Group.

With twelve tanks and a capacity of almost 80,000 cubic metres, the tanker cannot afford to be out of operation for long. Each week the tanker is out of operation costs the shipping company around 300,000 euros. The two damaged exhaust fans are critical to the tanker’s power supply system. If the fans are out of operation for any reason, critical operational systems on the tanker are affected.