Metrics for screens

Monitoring system to support maintenance planning and reduce unplanned downtime

Metrics for screens monitoring system is an efficient tool to maximize uptime. It helps you optimize the screen performance, supports maintenance planning and reduces unplanned downtime.

Sustainability

Running the screen in an optimal way enables less consumption of media, spare parts, oil, energy etc.

Improved safety

Keeps maintenance breaks to a minimum and avoids unplanned maintenance

Maximized uptime

Shorter, well-planned maintenance breaks and less unplanned maintenance enables more uptime

More throughput

More uptime and the expert knowledge provided helps to optimize screening performance, resulting in more throughput

Think of Metrics as a 24/7 guardian for your screen: It’s an integral part of preventing structural fatigue and extending its lifespan. More importantly, it optimizes screen performance to help perfect your overall process.

Avoid potential breakdowns

Intelligent monitoring is all about optimizing performance and preventing issues that cause downtime. Metrics enables operators, controllers and service professionals to see real-time analysis of vibrating screen performance and bearing condition. If there is a problem, the system alerts, offering a chance to perform the necessary maintenance before a minor issue becomes a major expense.

Clear overview - easy and fast

Metrics is designed for intuitive operation. Easy to read screen dashboard with OEM insights makes it possible to detect issues well in time. The integrated system delivers complete diagnostics, alarms, and history at a glance. Modular sensors are wireless self-powered and easy to use. All components are engineered to be reliable, even in the toughest mining environments.

Time to plan maintenance

Knowledge about improper motion caused by events such as broken springs, insufficient structural support and/or incorrect run speed, etc. offers a chance to plan the maintenance break, keeping the downtime as short as possible and avoiding unnecessary safety risks.

Optimize the process

By collecting data in real time, you will get access to fault-finding recommendations and be able to analyze quickly. This makes it easy to try different settings in order to optimize the process according to your current conditions and targets. It will also have a positive effect on sustainability as running the screen in an optimal way enables increased uptime, less consumption of media, spare parts, oil, energy, etc.

The system has been very useful. Knowing the condition of your equipment at all times is important. It has helped us optimize the process, as we can easily see if the changes implemented have had a positive effect or not. In addition, several potential breakdowns have been avoided. 2021 has been the best year so far, in terms of minimizing breakdowns.

Tuomas Vahteristo, Head of Section Preventive Maintenance at Boliden Kevitsa Mining Oy.