Vibration monitoring: catching a motor failure before it stops the line

A failing bearing changes the vibration signature of a motor weeks before it seizes. A small wireless sensor on the housing records that signature every few minutes.

Every motor is different, so the first two weeks build a baseline. Alerts fire on a change from that baseline, not on a generic threshold, which keeps false alarms low.

When the signature drifts, the maintenance lead gets a message with the machine, the trend and a suggested action. The repair is scheduled on a planned stop instead of a breakdown.

On a Mirabel conveyor system, two bearing failures were caught before downtime in the first six months. One avoided stoppage paid for the sensors on that line.