Power plant products | New engine rebuild facility in Krakow
Cummins has unveiled its new European Master Rebuild Centre for high horsepower engines in Krakow, Poland – the first of its kind in Europe. The company has invested $10 million in the development of the Centre, which remanufactures Cummins high horsepower engines with displacements of 19 to 78 litres, and in the 450 to 3500 HP range. This includes Cummins’ well known QSK19, QSK38 and QSK60 engines.
The new 4600 m2 facility has been developed
to increase Cummins’ capacity to meet growing demand across several sectors for high
horsepower engines that have been rebuilt and tested to the highest quality standards in a factory environment. There is growing demand for rebuilt engines, owing to the much shorter lead time for a factory ordered engine but with the same specification as a new engine. Rebuilds go through a six-stage process that sees the engine dismantled, cleaned, inspected, re-machined, reassembled with Cummins parts and tested.
Cummins will offer a range of rebuild and remanufacture options at the Centre. Its ‘Ultimate Remanufacture’ solution sees the full
dismantling and reassembling of the engine, with the replacement of all worn components with Cummins parts, including wear and tear components. ‘Ultimate Remanufacture’ engines have a full factory warranty equivalent to a new engine.
The Krakow facility is the newest of 13 Cummins Master Rebuild Centres around the world. It is an integral feature of a new base in Krakow, which is home to a warehouse, workshop and administrative offices, and key to Cummins’ wider growth strategy in Poland and across Europe.
Teledyne expands thermography range
Teledyne FLIR has launched its focus-free FLIR E5 Pro and FLIR E6 Pro cameras, providing a larger 3.5-inch touchscreen display along with access to FLIR ‘Ignite Cloud’ connectivity within the same point-and-shoot, pistol-grip form factor as legacy Ex-Series thermal cameras. These cameras are designed primarily for close- up, professional-grade mechanical, building,
and electrical thermal inspection scenarios. These include detecting water intrusion, air leaks, electrical connections, temperature differentials between equipment, and impending equipment failure.
Through a built-in touchscreen, FLIR Ex Pro users can share captured images over Wi-Fi via the FLIR Ignite Cloud software. FLIR provides 1GB of free storage, with the option to purchase additional storage for heavy users. The FLIR Ignite Cloud can be accessed anywhere from a wide variety of mobile devices, web browsers, or PC desktops, eliminating the need to carry extra data storage or cables. Images can be reviewed, edited, analysed, and shared as files or within quick reports; and can be synchronised with FLIR Thermal Studio software for situations requiring more advanced editing and reporting capabilities. The FLIR Ex Pro-Series features improved
640 × 480 visual screen resolution, providing greater visual detail when paired with the respective 240 × 180 thermal resolution of the FLIR E6 Pro and the 180 × 120 thermal resolution of the FLIR E5 Pro. Its cameras are 5MP, and feature built-in LED lamps to help users capture visual details in low light. With FLIR patented ‘Multi-Spectral Dynamic Imaging’ capability, which overlays the edge detail of the visual camera images on the thermal image, users experience greater detail and contextual awareness, even in low light, without sacrificing any thermal data.
The entire line of Ex Pro cameras has been robustness tested with a drop test of two metres (6.6 ft). The form factor also includes an IP54 rating, 25G-shock, and 2G vibration test ratings. The Ex Pro-Series cameras feature four hours of continuous operation on one rechargeable battery.
Digital valve controller first
Emerson has launched its Fisher Fieldvue DVC7K digital valve controller, a new design that it says improves upon 30 years of proving in the field. It is believed to be the first to offer embedded edge computing, to ‘streamline workflows and optimise performance’.
The unit features ‘Advice at the Device’ technology with embedded computing and analytics that convert raw data into actionable information locally with Bluetooth capability, within the device. Maintenance personnel can receive the data via their phone, tablet or computer.
The new valve controller technology is said to improve the performance, reliability and uptime of both on-off and control valves in a wide variety of process industry applications, and provides the information required to create streamlined work processes and reduce maintenance costs by providing the actionable
information required for proactive rather than reactive maintenance.
The DVC7K interprets data to create an optimised path to action by combining patented technology, experience-based algorithms, and continuous real-time analytics with flexible connectivity and easy integration. It uses powerful, real-time and on-board edge computing to analyse issues and create actionable information, providing real-time awareness of valve health by analysing data locally via its on-board diagnostics. If analysis reveals a problem, an alert is created, which can be viewed locally or remotely. All alerts include recommended actions to fix the problem, a new feature for digital valve controllers. Previously, digital valve controller data had to go to a host system to be processed and prepared for viewing, however, with the intelligence of this system, data is now accessible without requiring access to the host software. All information can
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be viewed at the DVC7K’s local user interface, via Emerson Secure Bluetooth wireless technology, or remotely after it is transmitted via a wired digital network to a host, such as a distributed control or asset management system.
The DVC7K can be specified for all new valve purchases, it can be retrofitted to most existing valve installations, and commissioned via the local user interface.
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