Condition monitoring systems are becoming more prevalent across the aggregates industry.
Now, Rulmeca Corp. is getting in on the action.
The company recently introduced the Rulmeca Monitoring System (RMS), offering continuous real-time monitoring of conveyor components. With RMS, Rulmeca aims to minimize conveyor system downtime by detecting early signs of malfunction and supporting more informed maintenance decisions.
“We monitor vibration, temperature, amp draw and drum rotation – essentially surface speed,” says Zach Laymon, sales manager at Rulmeca. “We’re collecting all that data continuously.”
According to Laymon, the information comes out of a terminal box and feeds into a gateway box that interprets it.
“First, they can…