Case Studies
Chemical
Increase in the presence of hydrocarbons in the condensate CASE STUDY
EVENT REPORTED by SAM GUARD® SAM GUARD® has detected a real-time Increasing...
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Chemical
Continuing trend of increase in pump temperature CASE STUDY
EVENT REPORTED by SAM GUARD® SAM GUARD® detected a continuing trend of...
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Chemical
COOLERLEAKAGE CASE STUDY
EVENT REPORTED by SAM GUARD® SAM GUARD® detected a problem with an...
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Chemical
PUMPLEAKAGE CASE STUDY
EVENT REPORTED by SAM GUARD® SAM GUARD® detected a problem with a...
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Chemical
Flame Retardant Plant Prevents Drop in Product Quality Due to Faulty Temperature Indicator
Problem A faulty temperature indicator led to non-uniform furnace temperatures How SAM...
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Chemical
Flame Retardant Plant Prevents Production Loss Due to Poor Pump Performance
Problem A redundant cooling agent pump had mechanical problems, causing reflux temperature...
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Chemical
Chemical Plant Prevents Sudden Evaporator Failure
Problem Leakage within a tank that was not easily accessible or visible...
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Chemical
Data Showed Control Valve Failure Where Visual Inspection Did Not
Problem Control Valve Failure (fertilizer industry) Issue reported with SAM GUARD® •SAM...
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Chemical
Production Failure Prevented When Stirrer Displaced
Problem Stirrer Failure in Reactor (fertilizer industry) Issue reported with SAM GUARD®...
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Chemical
Critical Pump Failure Prevented in Fertilizer Plant
Problem Pump failure, inlet flow to distillation column in a fertilizer plant....
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Petrochemical
Continuous Discrepancy in a Relationship Between Vibration Tags
Problem SAM GUARD identified a continuous discrepancy in a relationship between two...
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Plastic
Tank Level Meter Faulty in Plastics Plant
Problem The meter measuring the level of polymer plastic in the tank...
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Petrochemical
Petrochemical Plant Prevents Damage Due to Faulty Valve
Problem A particular valve was behaving strangely One valve was constantly closed,...
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Petrochemical
Control Room Running Blind to Compressor’s Status
Problem The translator for the signals from the controller responsible for the...
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Petrochemical
Fixing Wear & Tear on Valve to Regain Control Over Flow
Problem A valve was not closing properly, which led to a lack...
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Chemical
Chemical Plant Fixes Reactor’s Pump to Maintain Batch Quality and Quantity
Problem Failure in the reactor’s jacket pump, which circulates the flow inside...
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Chemical
Early Alerts Prevented Product Loss
Problem Leakage in the heat exchanger – outlet temperature is higher than...
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Petrochemical
Flare Event and Communication Crisis Prevented
Problem Pressure difference was growing for control valve. How SAM GUARD Helped...
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Mining
Vibration Drift in Pump
Problem The pump was experiencing vibration drift: There was an observable change...
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Mining
Oil Temperature Rise in Pump
Problem The pump’s oil temperature rose by >10[C]. This temperature level is...
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Chemical
Blockages in Furnace
Problem The plant was experiencing blockages. Faulty product temperature reading may have...
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Pulp & Paper
Boiler Motor Failure
Problem Boiler motor failure How SAM GUARD Helped A failure that happened...
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Chemical
Chemical Plant
Problem Customer complained of availability issues. Operation was not smooth, and availability...
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Cement
Broken Tooth in Raw Mill Separator
Problem One of the plant’s raw mill dynamic separators had a broken...
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Petrochemical
Non-repeating Failures in Different Locations
Challenges Plant has non-repeating failures that occur in a different location each...
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Refinery
Beating the Fixed Alarm Threshold
Problem Indicators showed position tags of valve at 90%. Reformer tube temperature...
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Chemical
Blockage in Heat Exchanger
Problem Partial blockage led to reduced heat transfer, potentially higher energy costs,...
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Cement
Failures in Overlooked and Ignored Places in Plant
Challenges Need to increase visibility within the plant. Failures occur in overlooked...
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Pharmaceutical
Probe Failure in Fermenter
Problem •A probe is used in a fermenter to detect various process...
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Pharmaceutical
Pressure Sensor Failure in Bubble Trap
Problem •SAM GUARD detected a change in set point behavior of flow...
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Chemical
Chemical Plant Recalibrates Faulty pH Sensor
Problem Growing deviation between the values of two pH sensors Measurement Tags...
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