Predictive maintenance with intelligent components from igus®

With igus energy chains, cables and plain bearing products, we aim to improve the technical performance of your equipment on site, or reduce your costs. Ideally, we can improve technical performance and lower your outgoings by providing products from igus that are more wear-resistant and have to be replaced less frequently. The sensors and isense systems enable predictive maintenance of e-chains, dry-tech plain bearing products and chainflex cables.
 
Defects are detected before they occur, downtimes are avoided, repair times are shortened due to early intervention, and machine availability is increased. Scheduled maintenance inspections become unnecessary and employees can be more effectively employed.

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How does predictive maintenance work?

Under the name "isense", igus supplies various sensors that detect the status of igus components such as cables and energy chains. They measure wear, among other things, and alert the user or switch off the machine as soon as a component needs to be repaired or replaced. By networking with the icom communication module, the data is transmitted to an intelligent system. The module can be connected to all igus isense sensors. For example, with sensors for the measurement of abrasion or the amount of wear of the energy chain's pin/bore connection, as well as sensors for the detection of breakage and push/pull forces and for cable monitoring as well.
 
Once the measured values from a sensor have been transferred to the icom module, they have to be "interpreted" in order to generate instructions about what now needs to be done. This is possible via the connection to the igus cloud. Due to the increasing importance of IT security, however, many companies are increasingly relying on creation of their own SCADA systems. This is why igus has developed the "icom. plus" model. With this module, individual customers can integrate the data in the way that is most appropriate for their equipment and their company.

icom.plus module

• Module for the isense offline system
• Indication of service life by means of the equipment monitor
• Alarm function in the event of problems
• Indication in good time that maintenance is necessary
• Compatible with the sensors: EC.W, EC.I, EC.PP

icom module

• Module for the isense online system
• Continuous overview of the service life in real time, in all parts of the production plant thanks to "machine learning"
• Comparison with the igus server via IoT
• Indication of information through web dashboard or customer display
• Definition of limits and alarm if limits are exceeded
• Alarm output on dashboard and also by e-mail and SMS
• Compatible with the sensors: EC.M, EC.W, EC.I, EC.PP