PCE data logger PCE-VDL 16I for machine monitoring

The mechanical engineering data logger PCE-VDL 16I from PCE Instruments measures and stores the relevant parameters temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, light and, using a vibration sensor, the acceleration in three axes. This data logger is therefore ideal for monitoring vibrations on machines while simultaneously measuring and recording the relevant environmental conditions of the system. Production machines or processing machines such as a multi-axis milling machine use significantly improved drive units, but the data logger can in any case record the basic vibration behavior of the machine and from there record the development of the vibrations over time. In this way, the vibration behavior of the milling machine can be assessed at short intervals and sources of error can be localized. Is the drive causing a vibration problem or is a tool defective? PCE Instruments also offers vibration measuring devices for permanent installation and thus permanent monitoring of a machine, but the data logger is also a very cost-effective variant for fast and precise machine monitoring. You too can optimize your systems, record valuable measurement data that will help you to reduce wear on your systems and machines. Make it easier for yourself to design bearings and damper systems, enable reductions in engine noise, quickly detect imbalances... The data loggers for machine monitoring are your inexpensive and precise helpers in mechanical engineering and other fields of application. Depending on the setting of the respective measuring rate / recording rate, the data logger can record for a few days. The measured values recorded are stored on the internal 2 GB SD card and can be transferred to other media and evaluated there if desired. The mechanical engineering data logger is programmed as desired using the software included in the scope of delivery. Using the same software, the mechanical engineering data logger can be read out again after the data has been recorded. When placing an order, the customer always receives the latest version of the software. This is also available for download in the “download area” from the manufacturer PCE Instruments. Even if there is no power supply, the measured values are retained in the data logger, so that the user does not lose any machine monitoring data. Contact the development company of PCE Instruments if you need eg a larger storage capacity, a larger battery or other sensors for the data logger. As a manufacturer, PCE Instruments can offer you solutions very quickly and inexpensively. Self-sufficient condition monitoring for defined periods of time The compact mechanical engineering data logger for machine monitoring creates a useful bridge between mobile vibration measuring devices, which are used for regular trend determination of machine conditions, and stationary systems, which permanently record data. The trend determination using mobile devices has advantages in terms of costs and time of the staff to be deployed and a relatively small amount of data to be maintained, since the measurement intervals are in the range of days, weeks or months. At the same time, however, this means that vibration events are not recorded between the measurements and valuable information on the condition of the machine is lost. If you want to avoid this, you use stationary systems for machine monitoring.

On the one hand, machine monitoring with stationary systems creates an image of the machine condition over the entire monitoring period, information is therefore not lost, on the other hand, the acquisition costs are higher and the sometimes extremely large amounts of data have to be stored, maintained and evaluated. The mechanical engineering data logger closes the gap between these two approaches to machine monitoring. With the mechanical engineering data logger, vibrations and oscillations on machines can be determined over defined periods of time without the need to install extensive, stationary vibration monitoring systems and without the risk of missing vibration or shock events, which provide important information about the condition of machines. Process-accompanying machine monitoring for production plants In addition to statements about the general condition of the machine, the mechanical engineering data logger can also be used to determine process information. Every machine generates vibrations and oscillations via the drive unit. In production systems such as milling machines, these oscillations are superimposed by process oscillations and vibrations. Vibration peaks can occur depending on the speed at which milling is carried out, how high the feed rate is selected, how deep the milling cutter is engaged, how sharp the cutting edges are, whether milling is done in the up or down direction and which material is being processed Circumstances even lie in the range of natural resonances of different machine components. The resulting mechanical loads can damage the milling tool, the spindle bearing and the machine in general on the one hand, and on the other hand strong vibrations can also lead to errors in the milling pattern or visible chatter marks on the component.

The mechanical engineering data logger can be used to find out during the process at which parameters the greatest mechanical loads occur. Possible uses as mechanical engineering data logger In mechanical engineering, the data logger from PCE Instruments can not only be used to provide valuable data for machine monitoring, the mechanical engineering data logger is also used when loading, assembling or transporting capital goods, large machines or production plants. Dropping down too much with the forklift, hitting it when loading with the crane or excessive shock loads during transport to the installation site, sources of danger are lurking everywhere, which can have costly consequences for the manufacturer or the transport company. When researching the cause, the mechanical engineering data logger can provide important information about the time, magnitude and direction of the impact load, taking into account other environmental conditions such as temperature or humidity. By subsequently documenting the physical environmental conditions with the mechanical engineering data logger, liability issues can be clarified in the event of product damage. The complete documentation of the environmental conditions also enables the prediction of possible load peaks, which simplifies the planning of future transports for the manufacturers of the corresponding systems. The possible uses of the data logger are therefore very diverse in the field of mechanical engineering. Be it machine monitoring during operation or the documentation of vibration and shock loads during loading and installation, the mechanical engineering data logger from PCE Instruments always delivers meaningful measurement results.