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WEG Motion Fleet Management

Condition monitoring to your fleet

Developed to bring more practicality and agility in the operation, maintenance and management of industrial plants, the WEG Motion Fleet Management is the ideal solution to monitor and raise the availability of the industrial fleet. Based on “cloud computing” technology, asset monitoring can be followed at any time and from anywhere in the world.

With WEG Motion Fleet Management it is possible to know the operational status of electric motors, low and medium voltage variable speed drive and soft-starters, smart relay starting WEG(SRW), gearboxes, gearmotors, compressors, among other assets, which are applied in any type of industry or installation. Through periodic data collection and advanced data processing, both at the edge and in the cloud, valuable insights are generated. This way, it is possible to establish predictive maintenance plans, observing the operational condition of the fleet (condition-based maintenance). This approach reduces the number of unplanned stops, optimizes repair actions, and speeds up the decision making process for the operation and maintenance team. The end result is increased availability and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) of the drive fleet.

The Importance of Online Asset Monitoring

One of the main causes of lost productivity and profitability in an industry is unplanned production downtime. Most corrective maintenance events could be avoided if machine components and equipment were being monitored continuously (on-line monitoring).

The WEG Motion Fleet Management solution is a high-level tool for operation and maintenance staff to monitor and manage their fleet; o monitor and manage the drive fleet, through hardware for data acquisition, gateways for sending à cloud and software for data visualization and advanced analysis. With WEG Motion Fleet Management is possible to implement a predictive maintenance methodology, well orchestrated, and observing the operational condition of the asset.

Knowing the condition of the assets online contributes significantly to optimizing operational and maintenance resources, such as spare parts management, increased asset availability, and the reduction of (direct and indirect) costs. Additionally, approaches of this type contribute to the increase of asset lifetime, since, in general, a sudden failure results in stress and degradation of the mechanical and electrical elements of the equipment.

Main Features of WMFM Solution

  • Asset tree for organizing hierarchy (customer account, units, plants, assets) and measurement points;
  • Registration of equipment by type, with construction;
  • characteristics to determine failure frequencies and criticality
  • Bearing database for diagnostic support;
  • Visualization of assets on geographic maps, in an asset tree and multi-level navigation;
  • On-demand and periodic reports on equipment, assets and plant operation;
  • WEGsense®: technology to detect incipient mechanical failures;
  • WEGsync®: technology for multi-sensor synchronous measurement for structural vibration analysis;
  • Customization of tolerances for temperature, global multipoint vibration and spectral band to generate alerts and notifications;
  • Daily notifications of assets in alert and/or critical state (via e-mail);
  • Backup of parameters of AC drives, soft-starters and intelligent relays;
  • Module for analyzing vibration signals, in spectral mode and in the time domain, to perform diagnostics;
  • Maintenance module with CMMS (computerized maintenance management system) functionalities for creating and managing management of maintenance orders, execution resources and planning;
  • WEGscan application for sensor activation, instantaneous measurements and ODS (Operating Deflection Shape) analysis;
  • WEG Digital Notify application integrated with the Maintenance Module to speed up the flow of information to the team;
  • Specialist modules with Analytics and Artificial Intelligence for autonomous fault diagnosis;
  • Exchange modules for integration (via REST API) of data with other platforms and solutions.

 

 

 Advantages and Benefits of the WMFM Solution

  • Monitoring of various types of equipment, assets and plants in a single environment;
  • Ecosystem in constant development, both hardware and software;
  • Solution integrated with WEGscans, dedicated and robust hardware for the acquisition of application data;
  • Data processing at the edge and in the cloud, enabling advanced diagnostics;
  • Ready-to-use solution, suitable for a wide variety of equipment and assets, just register the WEGscan in the application and use it;
  • Enables maintenance management based on the operational condition of the assets;
  • Flexible solution available to service providers;
  • Technology to enable the reduction of the plant's operational cost (TCO, Total Cost of Ownership);
  • Multilanguage solution and available globally.

Structure

WEG Motion Fleet Management is a modular solution, with a flexible, layer-based structure that adapts to customers' needs. Assets.

Assets

WEG Motion Fleet Management allows on-line monitoring of low and medium voltage motors and drives, as well as gearboxes, gearmotors, compressors, pumps and fans/exhausters.

Scan

WEG Scans and Gateways are hardware responsible for data collection and connectivity of assets to the WEG cloud server, which hosts the WEG Motion Fleet Management application. To monitor the motors, the WEG Motor Scan and Gateway Cassia X1000 is applied, the data upload can be via gateway or smartphone. As for the low or medium voltage drives, the data upload is performed by the WEG Drive Scan.

 

Management Layer

The Management layer of the WEG Motion Fleet Management application receives data from the WEG Scans and allows the exploration of the functionalities present in the solution. Remember that the solution is constantly improving and new features will be frequently incorporated into the solution. Additionally, users can complement their experience with the Specialist and Exchange modules. They can access the system from anywhere via the Internet whenever a subscription plan is available, which is annual.

Users can view information related to the monitored assets, such as:

  • Asset operational condition information (normal, alert or critical);
  • Operating parameters such as:
    • Rotation;
    • Temperature;
    • Vibration;
    • Power;
    • Consumption;
    • Current;
    • Voltage;
  • Operation History;
  • Failures/Events and interventions;
  • Configurable alerts and notifications.

Diagnostics & Integration

With active subscriptions to the WEG Motion Fleet Management layer, users can complement their experience with subscriptions to specific modules such as WEG Specialist and WEG Exchange.

 

 

Specialist Module

The Specialist module applies algorithms specially developed by WEG for advanced data analysis, by means of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. These algorithms are applied to the data collected by WEG Scans and thus generate useful information, something essential for efficient fleet management. As is the case of WEG Motor Specialist, which has a sub-module for diagnosing mechanical failure and another for evaluating the engine's energy consumption. Both functionalities were developed by WEG's team of specialists and were validated in the company's laboratories.

These advanced analysis algorithms observe and learn the patterns and operating deviations of the monitored electric motor, generating failure indicators for unbalancing, misalignment, rolling (advanced failure) and external vibration. This type of information is very useful for operation and maintenance staff, as it aids in decision making, speeds up the repair process, and minimizes unscheduled downtime. In order to use the Specialist layer, the respective asset(s) must have an active WEG Motion Fleet Management subscription. Both subscriptions are annual and per asset.

Exchange Module

The Exchange module allows the customer to integrate the information collected and present in WEG Motion Fleet Management in its own management system and/or platforms. Through periodic and automatic data requests of the Web Service REST type, the WEG Motion Fleet Management data is sent to the customer's system or a third party system. To use the Exchange layer, the respective asset(s) must have an active Management layer subscription. Exchange subscriptions are annual and per data packet.

 

 

Are you in doubt?

Check out the most frequently asked questions.

The purpose of the WEG Motor Scan is the periodic monitoring and generation of the motor operating history The WEG Motor Scan® collects data such as temperature, three-axis vibration, running time, speed and other relevant motor information. This data can be automatically provided in the WEG Motion Fleet Management solution through the Gateway or App. Then the WEG Motor Specialist module uses Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms to make an advanced analysis of this data. Those advanced analysis algorithms follow and learn the operating patterns and deviations of the monitored electric motor, generating indicators of failure due to imbalance, misalignment, bearing (advanced failure) and external vibration. Additionally, it is possible to infer the motor load and power consumption. That learning and diagnostics process takes place without human interference, maximizing the delivery of value to the drive fleet maintenance and operation teams. For more details, visit: https://static.weg.net/medias/downloadcenter/h2b/haa/WEG-motor-scan-specialist-50096368-en.pdf. The WEG team is continuously improving diagnostic tools, and new features are constantly being released. Stay posted!

The WEG Motor Scan app requires Android version 5.0 or later or iOS 9.0 or later

O WEG Motor Fleet Management (WMFM) é um software baseado em “cloud computing” desenvolvido pela WEG e dedicado para o monitoramento de ativos que movimentam máquinas e equipamentos (motores e inversores de BT e MT e Redutores de velocidade) como também bombas, compressores e ventiladores. Com ele, os clientes poderão visualizar os ativos de suas plantas e gerenciar estes recursos da melhor forma.

The Motion Fleet Management (MFM) is a multi-language software with resources that provide valuable insights into the maintenance and management of your machine fleet. Among its features are:

  • Monitoring of different types of assets in a single environment;
  • Layout customization for multi-level navigation (Geolocation/Site/Plant/Device);
  • Definition of Favorite assets for easy tracking of their Status;
  • Dashboards with indicators, charts and history of measured data;
  • Screens for managing users and subscriptions;
  • Specialist Modules with Analytics and Artificial Intelligence;
  • Exchange modules for integration with other Platforms via APIs;
  • Daily notifications of assets in alert and/or critical condition (via email);
  • Customization of tolerances to generate alerts;

The WEG SCAN is a smart device that collects data from assets (motors, variable speed drives, gearboxes, pumps etc.) and send this information to the Motion Fleet Management (MFM) software.

For each asset type, at least one type of WEG Scan is required. The WEG Scans are:

  • WEG Motor Scan: performs measurements on motors, gearboxes, pumps, compressors and other mechanical devices related to the motor;
  • WEG Drive Scan: performs measurements related to WEG low voltage VSDs;
  • WEG Drive Scan MV: performs measurements related to WEG medium voltage VSDs;
  • WEG Motor Scan LM: performs measurements on medium voltage motors (Large Machine).

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