The APM720 is a fantastic value in monitoring for your vital rotating machinery. It will be difficult to find a competing 16 channel system (plus 4 independent speed channels) that compares with the features of the APM720. It is equipped to handle all types of vibration sensor signals, RPM signals and many process variable signals. The APM720 is an excellent foundational instrument for a remote monitoring system. The APM720 is also an excellent choice for monitoring mobile equipment in mining operations due to it's compact "footprint", flexible power options and event trigger capability.

1. PlantProtech 720
Advanced Plant Monitor
Duncan Affleck
Senior Sales Engineer
Edited for USA by Skip Hartman, MachineryWatch

2. Our Market Research Found:-
• Critical Balance of Plant (BOP) equipment is often not monitored
• Route based monitoring with portable instruments is sometime used
• BOP items do not require Beran PlantProtech 766/8 Analyzer’s features
• BOP items often utilize rolling element bearings
• BOP Machines may not have RPM reference
• Users need to review long term trends
Cooling Water Pump
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3. We have developed a data acquisition
system to:-
• Monitor critical BOP machines
• Fill the monitoring gap between large machinery and plant items on
monthly walk around routes
• Operate stand alone or networked
• Monitor rolling element bearings
• Perform long term data trending
• Capture FFTs and time waveforms
• Be used by plant engineers and technology centers
• Be integrated into Beran PlantProtech Vision Software
• Be used for remote monitoring applications
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4. Condition Monitoring of Critical
Assets
•
Strategic Important Assets
(Turbines / MBFP / SSBFP)
Monitored by Beran Systems (766/8)
Criticality based on loss of production
$$$ HIGH
Criticality to production
•
Operational Plant Assets (BOP)
Large quantity of rotating machinery
required for generation
Typically covered by walk around
routines
$$$ LOW
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5. Condition Monitoring of Critical
Assets
•
Strategic Important Assets
(Turbines / MBFP / SSBFP)
Monitored by Beran Systems (766/8)
Criticality based on loss of production
Reviewing machines and
operational requirements has
identified the need to monitor
more often more plant items
to ensure continued operation
of the whole plant
•
Operational Plant Assets (BOP)
Large quantity of rotating machinery
required for generation
Typically covered by walk around
routines
$$$ HIGH
Criticality to production
$$$ LOW
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6. Beran PlantProtech 720 Advanced
Plant Monitor
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7. Beran 720 Internal Architecture
•
16 Parallel Dynamic Input
Channels, each
–24 bit ADC per channel
–20 kHz Bandwidth
–Measure D.C. Level
(Gap/Bias Voltage)
–± 24V peak to peak range
–Current Excitation (IEPE)
•
4 Speed Input Channels
–Speed Measurement
–D.C. Level
–60V peak to peak range
•
Internal 4GB Flash Drive
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8. Inside the PlantProtech 720 APM
FPGA for digital
signal processing
Internal
cooling fan
Processor
module and
storage
Main board
performing all
measurements
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9. Full Multi-Channel Parallel Data
Acquisition by the 720 APM
• Parallel measurement of 20 channels:-16 Vibration or process channels + speed
-RMS Levels (compliance with ISO 10816 and 7919)
-Peak to Peak Levels (for displacement)
• Bias Voltage and/or Gap Measurement
–Asynchronous Time Domain, including speed inputs
–Synchronous Time Domain (phase coherent)
–Enveloped/demodulated Time Domain
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10. Local Alarming Displays and
Outputs
• Local alarm displays on the front panel
• Alarms programmed to any one or more of nine
voltage free relay outputs
• Alarm based on RMS, pk-pk, dc, or speed levels
• Both latching and non-latching alarms
• Internal alarm history log
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11. Installation – Stand Alone
Surveillance Mode
Machine
APM
Local traffic light and
LCD displays show
alarm activations
• Data transfer via USB
• All data processed and
stick to engineer’s PC
stored internally in Beran
720 APM
Engineers PC
• Viewed using Beran
PlantProtech Vision
Software
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12. Installation – Stand Alone Surveillance Mode
– down load to laptop
Machine
APM
Local traffic light and
LCD displays show
alarm activations
Data transfer via Ethernet
to engineer’s Laptop
Engineers PC
• Viewed using Beran
PlantProtech Vision
Software
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13. Direct connection to Scada/DCS
Systems via Open Interface
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•
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Open Interface using Web Services Protocol
Control Beran 720 Units
Transfers data to other systems, such as Scada/DCS
Using web services SOAP interface (Java, VB.Net, C#)
Get Data
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim service As New APMService.ServicePortTypeClient("Service", "http://localhost:80")
Dim config As New APMService.configuration
config = service.getConfiguration
Dim myLevels As APMService.currentLevels
Do
myLevels = service.getCurrentLevels
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Input channel 1 {0} overall level rms: {1} {2} rms",
config.channelConfig(0).channelName,
myLevels.overallLevelsRms(0).ToString,
config.channelConfig(0).vibrationTransducerUnits.ToString))
Loop
End Sub
End Module
Data
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14. Fully Networked Installation
Automatically Downloads All Data
Machine
APM
Server
• Beran software
• All data processed and
downloads at user set
stored internally in Beran
periods
720 APM
Networked PCs
• Viewed using Beran
PlantProtech Vision
Software
• Data stored in Beran
PlantProtech PC
BaseStation
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15. Measurement Regimes based on
event, magnitude or time/date
Y
X
All data stored
within 720APM
until transferred
through Ethernet
or USB
Speed
Fan
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16. Easy To Use Configuration Menus
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17. Factory Cooling Pump Example
• Installed Beran 720 APM on a factory cooling pump
• 2 accelerometers, no speed
• Data acquisition:–Acquire and store overall and peak-peak values every 5 minutes
–Acquire and store FFT every hour
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18. Data Trends
Overall levels and Averaged FFTs
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19. Software Version 1 – Release
December 2011
 Integrated with Beran PlantProtech Vision Software
 Beran 720 APM configuration software interface
 720 APM displays levels and alarms
 Configurations can be exported and imported
 Internal data storage, including levels and alarms
 Real time data displays
 Demodulated Data
Real time domain, FFT, historic time domain, historic
FFT, level for trending
 USB data export to CSV format
 Built in self test
 Field upgradeable firmware via USB stick
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20. Software Version 2 – Release
December 2013
Additional functionality including: Synchronous Data
Real time domain, FFT, historic time domain, historic FFT, level for trending
 USB data export in Beran format
 FFT averaging
 Cepstrum
 SMAX
 FFT banding
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21. Cost of Beran 720 Advanced Plant
Monitor
• The Beran 720 Advanced Plant Monitor configured with
-16 Input channels
-4 speeds
-$12,500 for single unit (enclosure option available, if needed)
• Supported by updates to:-Beran PlantProtech Vision Software
-Beran PlantProtech PC BaseStation
-Beran PlantProtech AutoArchiver
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22. Long Term Support
• Designed to be a swap out component
–Configurations are stored on PC which can be reloaded if required
• Return to manufacturer for repair
• Optional onsite Beran Engineer to perform calibration and health check
• Internal software updates via USB stick
• Costs based on scope of supply and quantity installed
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23. Beran PlantProtech 720 Advanced
Plant Monitor
Contact Skip Hartman at MachineryWatch
To discuss your application and
Get a price quote
skiph@machinerywatch.com
(804) 878-1926
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