
Axial Position Monitoring: Setting Up Thrust Protection That Actually Protects
How to set up thrust protection: float zones, two ways to set zero, setpoints from babbitt thickness and five field checks for when the alarm trips.
Eddy current probe and Proximitor transducer systems for axial and vibration displacement measurement on large rotating machinery.
Systems based on non-contact displacement measurement devices have been proving their effectiveness and reliability for many years.
The industry-leading 3300 XL systems manufactured by Bently Nevada are widely used to measure axial displacement and vibration displacement of various types of large rotating machinery.
The system consists of an eddy current probe and a Proximitor-type transducer.


How to set up thrust protection: float zones, two ways to set zero, setpoints from babbitt thickness and five field checks for when the alarm trips.

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