Wi-Fi Vibration Sensor "conanair" Adopted by Chiyoda Corporation for Preventive Maintenance System

 NSXe Co. Ltd. and Chiyoda Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on business development for rotating machinery diagnosis. The primary purpose of signing is to collaborate on business development for rotating machinery diagnostics in operation and maintenance (O＆M) solutions for the industrial equipment/plant industry. 

The collaboration is “conanair” of NSXe and “O&M Mother" of Chiyoda.

 By combining O&M Mother's sensor solutions with the "conanair" wireless vibration sensor developed and provided by NSXe, it will be possible to provide solutions for rotating machinery diagnostics. 

What is “O&M”?

 Chiyoda's maintenance and operation (O&M)services for industrial facilities/plants are solutions that support safe and secure operations by bringing transformation to the customer's O&M operations and addressing various operational issues faced by the customer. 

What is“conanair”?

 The "conanair" is an inexpensive and easy-to-use vibration monitor developed based on our many years of experience in rotating machinery maintenance and from our perspective as a vibration sensor user.

Aimed at the preventive maintenance of general-purpose rotating machineries such as pumps and fans, and transfer equipment such as conveyors, it ensures basic performance to detect abnormal vibration before machine failure.

Furthermore, the ability to use not only summary data for abnormality diagnosis but also raw vibration waveforms enables precise diagnosis and factor analysis, such as detection of bearing damage through frequency analysis, which has been verified. 

 Using raw vibration waveforms also enables the application of AI and new data analysis technologies.

The "conanair" received the TPM Excellent Product Award for 2020 from the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance, which encourages the development of new technologies related to maintenance equipment.

Compact Wi-Fi Vibration Sensor "conanair

Product HP: https://conanair.com/

This press release was prepared with reference to the following

Chiyoda Corporation press release: https://www.chiyodacorp.com/media/230623e.pdf

Evaluation of conanair by a person in charge of O&M-X Solution Planning and Development Section, O&M-X Solution Division, Chiyoda Corporation

<PRO'S and CON'S>

Built-in Wi-Fi makes it easy from sensor installation to data acquisition.

The acquisition of triaxial vibration raw waveform data can be applied to a variety of analyses.

Other wireless vibrometers are limited to analyzed data use only, and there are few that can use raw waveform data.

Initial setup for fully automatic measurement is a little complicated and troublesome.

<Requests>

We are looking forward to an explosion-proof product, as there is a great need for it in hazardous areas of plants.

Main specifications of the Wi-Fi vibration sensor "conanair

Vibration sensor: Digital acceleration sensor ADXL345

                          (manufactured by ANALOG DEVICES)

Measurement range: 3 axes, ±16g each

Response frequency: 0 to 1,000Hz (-3dB)

Data sampling cycle: 3,200Hz

Size ：W65×D52×H32 [mm] ・Weight ：77g

【Future development】 

The product is now being sold to the EU, the U.S., and Thailand after CE marking by an external testing organization to certify that it conforms to EU laws and the FCC, the federal agency that regulates communications and radio waves in the U.S., as well as certification registration with the authorities in Thailand by a local sales partner. We are also working toward registration and sales in Singapore, Indonesia, India, and China.

We are currently developing explosion-proof conanair to meet the needs for use in hazardous areas, with the aim of releasing it by the end of FY2023. As for explosion-proof certification, we are in the process of obtaining domestic certification and applying for IECEx certification and ATEX EU formal certification for overseas applications.

Explosion-proof Conanair prototype model

NSXe Co. LTD. supports the maintenance and efficiency improvement of plant facilities. It is headquartered in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture and Shinji Nakayama is the president.

Chiyoda Corporation is a world-leading integrated engineering company from Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) to Operation and Maintenance(O&M), having worked in over 60 countries around the world in a wide range of business fields, including oil and gas, chemicals and petrochemicals, since the foundation in1948. It is headquartered in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture and Masakazu Sakakida is the Chairman and President.)

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Company Profile

Company name: NSXe Co. LTD.

Representative: Shinji Nakayama, Representative Director

Location: 7686-10, Hirano-cho, Suzuka-city, Mie, JAPAN 513-0835

Establishment: November 1969

Business activities: Machinery and equipment installation, development, manufacture, and sales of in-house products

Capital: 15 million yen

URL ： https://nsx.co.jp/