Condition monitoring in iron and steel

SPM has been involved in the iron and steel industry since the beginning of the 1970s, and we continue to contribute to improved plant reliability for main manufacturers around the world.

Enhance profitability with condition monitoring in iron and steel

Condition monitoring is a cornerstone for managing assets in iron and steel plants, optimizing profitability by having operational control. Maintaining availability, maximizing forewarning time, and avoiding secondary damages are the main reasons for applying condition-based monitoring in these industries.

Typical applications are conveyor belts, raw material handling machines, ship unloaders, stack reclaimers, continuous casters, cranes, rolling mills, annealing machinery, galvanization plants, and also, for example, pumps, fans, and gearboxes. On many of these applications, it is difficult to determine the operating condition due to low rpm, rpm variations, short time window to collect relevant data, mechanical disturbances, and harsh environment. To handle these challenges, SPM has developed methods, functions, and hardware that meet these demands.

Ultra-low-speed bearing monitoring in steel mills

SPM’s patented HD Technologies, developed to monitor bearings at speeds starting below 0.1 RPM, enable reliable fault detection in the steel industry. Critical machinery, such as converters, torpedo cars, ladle turrets, and traveling cranes, often operate with large, slow-rotating bearings in harsh environments. Monitoring these bearings is essential to ensure early fault detection, allowing planned maintenance to reduce downtime and manage high replacement costs.