AEGIS® PRO Rings Protect Large Motors from Expensive Repairs

AEGIS® PRO Rings Protect Large Motors from Expensive Repairs

AEGIS® PRO Series Rings:  Protecting Large Motors from Expensive Repairs and Costly Downtime

AEGIS® PRO Ring Protects Pulverizer Motor at Cement Plant Electrical Supervisor Randy Riebel could not believe his ears.  The huge ball mill at Monarch Cement Company's Humboldt, Kansas, processing plant was making that sound again – the piercing squeal of fluted bearings.  Riebel had replaced the bearings on the 5000 HP motor that drives the mill three times already!  And he knew that the sound meant he would need to replace them again.  What he didn't know was how to prevent the damage from happening again in the future. The massive ball mill is capable of crushing 100 tons of clinker per hour. "We kept greasing those bearings, but they kept on squealing," Riebel recalls.  "We knew that if we waited too long, the bearing race walls would become fluted like they had in the past, and we weren't looking forward to another replacement because of all the expense and downtime.  It takes at least 10 days to pull that motor – it's a major production.  Sometimes we have to hire help, rent a hoist to put it on a truck, and take it away to be rebuilt." So this time Riebel decided to try something different.  He had a local motor repair shop install an AEGIS® PRO Series ring on the mill's motor.  A larger version of the AEGIS® Shaft Grounding Ring, the PRO Ring is designed to protect the bearings of high-current and medium-voltage motors.  With several rows of conductive microfibers that completely surround the motor shaft, it provides a path of least resistance for damaging shaft currents, channeling them safely to ground. After the PRO was installed, Riebel took shaft voltage readings.  They were very low, indicating that the ring has reduced damaging shaft voltages to negligible levels.  Riebel noted, "The last set of bearings only lasted a year.  But so far, we haven't had any squealing." To read the full Monarch Cement case study, click here. For more information on AEGIS® PRO Series Rings, click here.

Monarch Cement Company's plant in Humboldt, Kansas. Installed on the 5000 HP motor of a ball mill at the Monarch Cement plant in Humboldt, KS, the AEGIS® PRO prevented electrical bearing damage and put an end to a cycle of replacing motor bearings every year. Since its installation, the AEGIS® PRO Bearing Protection Ring has put an end to the ongoing cycle of bearing damage and replacements.

New Flowserve Bearing Gard™ Bearing Isolator Combines Protection and AEGIS® Protection Against Electrical Bearing Damage Specially designed for VFD-driven motors in harsh washdown and processing environments, Flowserve's new Bearing Gard™ bearing isolator protects against both contaminant ingress and VFD-induced electrical bearing damage.  The isolator's unique design offers both static and dynamic protection against contamination ingress.  A unique double drive ring design, an innovative static labyrinth shut-off, and an oversized contamination channel provide superior protection against harmful contaminants.  And Bearing Gard's built-in AEGIS® Bearing Protection Ring channels VFD-induced shaft voltages away from motor bearings and safely to ground. Bearing Gard™ Bearing Isolators are available from stock  in standard and slimline versions for motors with shaft diameters of 0.875 - 6.000 inches (23 - 152mm).  Custom sizes are also available. For more information on Bearing Gard™ Isolators with AEGIS® Bearing Protection, click here. Contacto:  José Garcia Araújo Morgan Advanced Materials http://www.morganelectricalmaterials.com/?_ga=1.239903107.1042953867.1456942937 Tel:+351932308640 /+351 252317314 Email:geral@tecmer.pt