Asset Maintenance in the Oil & Gas Sector

The oil and gas sector holds a central place in Brazil’s economic landscape. It supplies almost half of the country’s domestic energy demand, accounting for 10% of its industrial GDP. Globally, Brazil ranks as the 9th largest oil producer, with an estimated 3.9 million barrels per day.   Given such a complex and strategic sector, it’s… Continue reading Asset Maintenance in the Oil & Gas Sector

Proactive maintenance: convincing leadership of its benefits

Proactive maintenance aims to identify the root causes of failures in assets and prevent them from causing irreversible damage to equipment. Learn more about the concept of proactive maintenance, the strategies involved, and how predictive maintenance relates to it.

Conveyor Belt Failure Detection via Vibration Analysis

Practical use of autocorrelation and circular waveform A coupling problem was identified and corrected in a conveyor belt at Vale’s Cauê Plant, in Itabira-MG, through continuous monitoring of the condition with triaxial vibration sensors from Dynamox. In the following video you can also see the image of the coupling, which shows damage to the elastic… Continue reading Conveyor Belt Failure Detection via Vibration Analysis