Schaeffler, a leading global supplier to the automotive and industrial sectors, has unveiled its cost-effective OPTIME system for comprehensive and automated monitoring of all plant’s assets. The new scalable system allows enterprises to monitor activities of all production units. OPTIME packs wireless sensors with proprietary software and can reduce financial costs of monitoring by up to 50 % compared to offline measurements using hand-held devices.
The system mainly consists of wireless, battery-powered vibration sensors, a gateway, and a software application visualizing the operations data. In addition to being economical, OPTIME is easy to utilize and can be effortlessly set up on hundreds of production units within a single day.
The system works proactively, recognizing the first signs of damage to components such as electric motors, fans and pumps. The system detects imbalances, misalignments, vibrations and provides early preventive warnings.
Schaeffler is a leading global supplier to the automotive and industrial sectors. Its portfolio includes high-precision components and systems for engine, transmission, and chassis applications as well as rolling and plain bearing solutions for a large number of industrial applications. Schaeffler is already shaping “Mobility for tomorrow” to a significant degree with innovative and sustainable technologies for electric mobility, digitalization, and Industry 4.0.
