August 13, 2021
Failures in Overlooked and Ignored Places in Plant
Challenges
- Need to increase visibility within the plant. Failures occur in overlooked and ignored parts of plant.
- Plant has non-repeating failures that occur in a different location each time.
How SAM GUARD Helped
- SAM GUARD created a very precise warning for raw mill fan #4, which is just one out of ten fans.
- After inspection, broken dampers were detected. Draft repair was conducted immediately, reducing vibration. Complete repair was scheduled.
Value
- Overlooked broken dampers were replaced thanks to SAM GUARD’s alerts. Significant damage to the raw mill fan was prevented.
- By fixing a small problem ahead of time, a greater problem was eliminated that would have caused shutdown and lost production.
- $103K of damage prevented
(1-day shutdown = 600k tons of cement per year / 350 days of production x $60 per ton
