PROGNOST®-NT

Machine Protection and Diagnostics for Predictive Maintenance

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 Confidence.

PROGNOST Systems provides the highest

level of confidence. Our system is proven

reliable and supports many global players

in the refining, gas, and petrochemical

industry for more than 30 years. Our team

of experts is available 24/7 to provide

consultations and system support.

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PROGNOST®-NT Overview

Total Machine Protection and Analysis

Detect component failures at the earliest possible stage
and limit the consequence of serious failures
to protect personnel, environment, and assets.

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PROGNOST®-SILver is a signal acquisition Reliable and useful piston rod position
system designed for SIL 3 Machine Conventional monitoring methods use piston
Protection of all Rotating Equipment rod position measurements for wear monitor-
Protection is based on vibration and other ing purposes only. PROGNOST®-NT uses the
critical parameters such as dynamic rod/shaft dynamic piston rod position for a more reliable
position and dynamic pressure. rider ring wear calculation and to monitor the
mechanical condition of the piston rod, piston
Signal plausibility checks help prevent and crosshead connections.
false alarms and warnings
Specialized signal processing avoids false warn- Automated p-V diagram analyses
ings caused by broken wires, loose sensors, and PROGNOST®-NT processes the online p-V dia-
other electrical failures. gram with dedicated analyses to optimize ma-
chinery performance and to detect leaks, such
Automatic 10-minute ring buffer as suction/discharge valves, packing, or piston
for detailed root cause analyses (RCA) rings. Further, the system calculates dynamic
Continuously recorded uncompressed signal piston rod loads to provide an early warning of
data of all connected sensors (hardwired and overload.
DCS connected) are available for detailed root
cause analyses. This ring buffer is automatically Pattern recognition with fully integrated
saved in case of an alarm, at every start/stop, or diagnostic database
can be user initiated. Each PROGNOST®-NT system automatically gen-
erates and saves new damage patterns when
Early Failure Detection component failures occur. All major failures are
PROGNOST®-NT automatically recognizes analyzed and integrated as failure patterns into
changing machine operating conditions and the default systems’ diagnostic database, along
adjusts the monitoring thresholds to avoid false with more than 150 patterns derived from mil-
warnings caused by variables such as changing lions of operating hours.
pressure, speed, and vibration during different
phases of production.

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Designed for all your monitoring tasks

PROGNOST®-SILver
SIL 3 Machine Protection system

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• Accurate, intelligent, and powerful machinery analyses

and protection based on 30 years of experience

• Proven reliable with installations worldwide on all types

of critical rotating equipment

• Global customer support and sales network

• 24/7 customer support capability

• Made in Germany

PROGNOST®-NT system in cabinet

• Online condition monitoring
• SIL 3 machine protection
• Automated diagnostics
• Failure pattern database
for clear text messages
• Ring buffer

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 RECIPROCATING EQUIPMENT
275 analyses and views
Process data
Components
Trigger (Speed)
Fundament Velocity
RMS 36 segments
Absolute Peak 36 segments
Single RMS
Amplitude spectrum - 180°
Turn frequency
0 - 200 Hz
1 - 10 kHz
FFT Peak
FFT Peak position
Turn frequency
Non harmonic band RMS
Non harmonic band Peak
1. Integration
RMS
Peak to Peak
Amplitude spectrum
Cylinder 1
Components
Process data
Crosshead slide 1
Absolute Peak 36 segments
Machine tree, p-V diagram, and p-V diagram trend RMS 36 segments
Crest Factor 36 segments
Amplitude spectrum
1,0 x Turn frequency
Amplitude
RMS
200 - 10 kHz
FFT Peak
FFT Peak position
Vibration
Single RMS
RMS 36 segments
Absolute maximum 36 segments
Piston rod position
Average 36 segments
Rider ring wear
Rider ring wear projection
Peak to Peak
Machine status with sensor and alarm status
Peak to Peak 8 segments
Single position
Cylinder 1 head end pressure curve
p-V diagram
Break through suc/dis pressure
Inertia valves
Losses
Volumetric efficiency
Indicated energy and efficiency
Polytropic exponents
DCS/CA Pressure ratios
Indicated power
Piston rod load
Compression ratio
Flow balance

Crosshead vibration threshold setting per segment

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 CENTRIFUGAL EQUIPMENT
188 analyses and views
Process data
Components
Trigger (Rotation speed)
Fundament Velocity
RMS 36 segments
Absolute Peak 36 segments
Single RMS
Amplitude spectrum - 180°
Turn frequency
0 - 200 Hz
1 - 10 kHz
FFT Peak
FFT Peak position
Turn frequency
Non harmonic band RMS
Non harmonic band Peak
1. Integration
RMS
Peak to Peak
Single absolute maximum
Drive power
Peak to Peak
Single RMS
Single arith. average
Bearing 1
Components Online shaft orbit
Process data
Shaft vibration Bearing 1
Shaft Orbit
Peak to Peak
Maximum displacement Sm
Greatest value So
Least value Su
Static shaft position
RMS
Maximum shaft displacement Smax
Angle of max. shaft displacement
Vibration range Sppm
Amplitude spectrum
Orbit center displacement
Orbit displacement angle
Bearing 1 vertical vibration
Single absolute maximum
Filtering of shaft orbit
Single RMS
Amplitude spectrum
1 - 10 x Turn frequency
0 - 200 Hz
1 kHz - 10 kHz
FFT Peak
FFT Peak position
Power spectrum
1, Integration
Amplitude spectrum
0,5 - 10 x Turn frequency
Bearing 1 axial vibration
Single absolute maximum
Single RMS
Amplitude spectrum

FFT phasing of orbit

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PROGNOST® Cloud Dashboard

Information instead of data

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 Let our experience help you!
The PROGNOST® Cloud Dashboard delivers the
knowledge of more than 30 years experience in
machine monitoring to you.

Machine Status showing affected components via color code (active failure patterns)
Benefit from our in-house vibration analyst exper-
tise and the in-depth machinery comprehension
demonstrated by our PROGNOST®-NT systems
performing hundreds of analyses in realtime.

All this knowledge has been used to create the

PROGNOST® Cloud Dashboard. Informative,
customizable, worldwide and easy to use.

Pattern Trend of all related damage patterns

Diagnostic Messages history for the machine

Logbook with alarms, limit violations etc.

Library to store all Health Reports and other machine relevant documents

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Modular software for varying degrees of protection
and analysis needs

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 Protection Analyses Performance Optimization
Visualizes and saves online and trend data to Evaluates the efficiency of a compressor
provide all information required for precise and its sealing elements with automated
root cause analyses. p-V diagram analyses.

Early Failure Detection Lubrication Monitoring

Detects developing damage at an early stage Monitors the flow rate of every individual
while accounting for changing operating lubrication point by trend analysis.
conditions to avoid false alarms.
Process Data Analyses
Wear Monitoring Incorporates both inputs and outputs between
Provides wear trend plots for critical the PRONGOST®-NT System and the DCS
components, such as rider rings or packings. connection in order to have a comprehensive
overview of all machinery values which can be
trended over time.
V I S U A L I Z AT I O N
RING BUFFER Component Tracking
D I AG N O S T I C S A tool for planning and tracking maintenance
activities along with real-time component
lifetime information.
Early Failure Protection
Detection Analyses

C H I N E P R OT E
MA SENSORS
CT
SIL 3

Performance Wear
ION

Optimization Monitoring
Rotating
Equipment

Lubrication Process Data

Monitoring Analyses

Component
Tracking

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PROGNOST Systems GmbH
Daimlerstr. 10, 48432 Rheine, Germany

6th Edition January 2020

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48432 Rheine
Germany

+49 - 5971 - 808 19 0

[email protected]

PROGNOST Systems, Inc.

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Webster, TX 77598
USA

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Equipment and Services L.L.C
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UAE

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