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FEA workshop and long term strain monitoring ended

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Once again, Matt Rudas is presenting a one-day workshop on Finite Element Analysis, being run by the Engineering Training Institute Australia. Click here for dates. This workshop was first held in 2018 and proved very popular, being well attended in Perth, Sydney and Brisbane. This year, the workshop is also being run for the first time in Melbourne. Come along to learn from seasoned experts on all aspects of FEA such as model and element type selection, using analysis checklists, working to codes and standards, FEA report writing and, most importantly, error checking and verification of results. Matt also covers the use of FEA in strain gauging, fatigue, impact, non-linear buckling and plasticity analyses.

In other Mechsafe news, we have recently ended the long term strain monitoring at an iron ore port facility in the north-west of Western Australia. Mechsafe spent over a year collecting strain data remotely from Perth with the aim of fine tuning performance of car dumpers, train indexers and wheel grippers at the port’s train unloading facility. Mechsafe carried out detailed numerical analysis of the machines using the gathered strain data to provide feedback on operational changes in real time.

Contact Mechsafe to discuss your next analysis or monitoring project.

Monitoring Machines

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Monitoring of industrial machinery for loads, stresses and other variables (e.g. temperature, pressure) can provide valuable information for the optimization of operational parameters and to ensure that machines function reliably, without compromising life through overload or misuse. Mechsafe specializes in the provision of monitoring services of critical machinery where SCADA systems have not been utilized. Operational data is collected and monitored and used as feedback to the operator to fine tune the performance of the system based on real data rather than theoretical design outputs.

Monitoring can last anywhere between several days and several months using batteries and solar panels for the provision of power in remote installations. Sensors can be activated, or put to sleep remotely to allow data collection at specific times – for example when new operational parameters are being trialled. Wireless telemetry equipment allows fast installation with minimum site disruptions.

Mechsafe can process collected data in near real time to provide machine kinematic, load, fatigue damage, wear and other data so that machine performance can be optimized for reliable, long term operation. Mechsafe has successfully deployed systems in remote and harsh environments with clear advantages to the clients. Contact Mechsafe to discuss how we can help with your critical machines and equipment.