Emerson’s new AMS® Suite Release Expands Machinery Monitoring with Wireless Vibration and Advanced Alarm Management

Friday, Jul 03, 2009

Emerson announces the release of AMS^® Suite: Machinery Health Manager 5.3, part of its industry-leading asset management software. The new AMS Machinery Manager release expands end-user machinery monitoring by adding Smart Wireless vibration data, new autoplot capabilities, and advanced alarm analysis and management. 

With AMS Machinery Manager 5.3, end users gain new insight into the operations of their critical machinery through the integration of wireless vibration information from the CSI 9420 Wireless Vibration Transmitter. In addition to wireless vibration diagnostics, process data from any WirelessHART™-enabled transmitter can be imported into AMS Machinery Manager. Part of a complete wireless solution for machinery monitoring, AMS Machinery Manager combines diagnostics from wireless devices with other machinery health information to deliver a complete picture of equipment health and reliability.

With AMS Machinery Manager, users experience a holistic view of machinery health in a single integrated application. Important device diagnostic information can be correlated from multiple sources, including online machinery monitoring systems, portable route-based analysers, and wireless devices. With this comprehensive picture of equipment health, users can identify alerts that could impact production and drive to the root cause of persistent problems.

New alarm limit functionality in AMS Machinery Manager 5.3 allows users to easily reset machinery health alarms for in-depth analysis of impending failures. With new autoplot capabilities, plot data is displayed sequentially or as one plot at a time for both online and portable vibration data, so users can manipulate the data as needed to make informed decisions. Users can also easily access case histories, automated diagnosis, and logged machinery health notes to support decision-making. 

A new infrared thermography module in AMS Machinery Manager 5.3 supports Fluke^® Ti55 IR images. With this new import functionality, users can view and configure Fluke visual and thermal images. Improved IR reporting formats provide user-selectable items for inclusion within the reports.

“In today’s business environment, Emerson’s innovations and proven expertise ensure users maximise value from plant assets,” said Craig Llewellyn, president of Emerson's Asset Optimization division. “With AMS Suite, users gain powerful predictive diagnostics that provide a foundation for plant availability, quality, safety, and environmental compliance.”

About Emerson Process Management

Emerson Process Management, an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, water and wastewater treatment, metals and mining, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and other industries.  Asset Optimisation, a division of Emerson Process Management, is a leading worldwide supplier of services and technologies to increase the availability and performance of production assets for improved bottom line results.  Asset Optimisation plays a key role in the Emerson mission of combining superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services to help customers achieve the potential of their operations.  Emerson brands include PlantWeb^®, Fisher^®, Micro Motion^®, Rosemount^®, Daniel^®, DeltaV^TM, Ovation^®, AMS^® Suite, and CSI.

About Emerson
Emerson, based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2008 were $24.8 billion and Emerson is ranked 94th on the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest companies.

Machinery Health and AMS are marks of Emerson Process Management. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

Source: Emerson