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Customer case studies are real life cases reporting advantages of Online Condition Monitoring and Machine Protection.

12 03, 2025

Case Study: Early Failure Detection and Shutdown of a Compressor Due to Crosshead Fracture

2025-09-16T16:16:32+02:00

Case Study: Early Failure Detection and Shutdown of a Compressor Due to Crosshead Fracture Timely Shutdown Ensured with Modern Monitoring and Machine Protction Systems A PROGNOST Systems customer in Germany operates four, four-cylin­der reciprocating compressors at a natural gas production fa­cility in Northern Germany. This case study describes the de­tection [...]

Case Study: Early Failure Detection and Shutdown of a Compressor Due to Crosshead Fracture2025-09-16T16:16:32+02:00
18 02, 2025

SIL and functional safety in rotating equipment

2025-09-16T16:15:55+02:00

SIL and functional safety in rotating equipment Unravelling the terminology and meaning of safety integrity level and functional safety in rotating equipment Download the whitepaper prognost-article-ptq_sil_and_functional_safety SIL (safety integrity level) is a very important safety indicator that has been extensively discussed, described and often misunderstood within the industry over the [...]

SIL and functional safety in rotating equipment2025-09-16T16:15:55+02:00
13 01, 2025

Case Study: Enhancing Reliability of a Hydraulically-Driven Hyper Compressor

2025-09-16T16:14:45+02:00

Case Study: Enhancing Reliability of a Hydraulically-Driven Hyper Compressor By Mirko Graf from Innospec Leuna GmbH Download the case study Presentation_ Enhancing_Reliability_Hydraulically-Driven-Hyper-Compressor Client Overview Innospec Leuna GmbH, part of the global specialty chemicals company Innospec Inc., operates a plant in Leuna, Germany, producing EVA-based products such as FLEXAREN® and VISCOWAX®. [...]

Case Study: Enhancing Reliability of a Hydraulically-Driven Hyper Compressor2025-09-16T16:14:45+02:00
16 12, 2024

Case Study: Proximity measurement to detect a fractured piston rod

2025-09-16T16:11:25+02:00

Case Study: Proximity measurement to detect a fractured piston rod Successful avoidance of major secondary damages using proximity measurements to detect a partially fractured piston rod By Uwe Ladwig Download the case study: ct2_early-automatic-online-detection One day, the online monitoring system at the Yara Brunsbüttel (Germany) urea plant site avoided compressor [...]

Case Study: Proximity measurement to detect a fractured piston rod2025-09-16T16:11:25+02:00
10 11, 2024

Case Study: H2 compressors at refinery show abnormal wear conditions

2025-09-16T16:10:09+02:00

Case Study: H2 compressors at refinery show abnormal wear conditions Residual abrasive contaminants in new process units can cause rapid wear of rider bands in reciprocating compressors. Those abnormal wear conditions can be detected at an early stage by continuously monitoring the proximity measures with the help of a PROGNOST®‐NT [...]

Case Study: H2 compressors at refinery show abnormal wear conditions2025-09-16T16:10:09+02:00
12 10, 2024

Case Study: Detection of a bearing failure in an extruder gearbox

2025-09-16T16:08:38+02:00

Case Study: Detection of a bearing failure in an extruder gearbox Download the case study: Case-study-gearbox-monitoring Introduction After a longer failure history with this gearbox, the customer decided to replace the installed spot measurement by a reliable online monitoring system. The customers´ decision-making process was supported with an open communication [...]

Case Study: Detection of a bearing failure in an extruder gearbox2025-09-16T16:08:38+02:00
18 09, 2024

Case Study: Impact versus Impact – Comparison of different filter modes for vibration measurement

2025-09-16T16:07:48+02:00

Case Study: Impact versus Impact - Comparison of different filter modes for vibration measurement Watch the case study on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SHe9j08Fprw?si=sYBMldNDd_23rlJa Download the case study: PROGNOST_Impact_versus_Impact_CT2 Root cause analysis, impact detection and verification for reciprocating machinery such as piston and hyper compressors are always challenging. When talking about condition monitoring [...]

Case Study: Impact versus Impact – Comparison of different filter modes for vibration measurement2025-09-16T16:07:48+02:00
13 08, 2024

Vibration Monitoring For Reciprocating Compressors

2025-09-16T16:07:06+02:00

Effective Vibration Monitoring For Reciprocating Compressors Modern standards require frame sensors and more Download the case study Effective Vibration Monitoring for Reciprocating Compressors Reciprocating compressors show the highest number of damages while being process-critical at the same time. The reasons why are partially based on the higher number of [...]

Vibration Monitoring For Reciprocating Compressors2025-09-16T16:07:06+02:00
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