The Timken Company will expand its array of machinery and equipment reliability solutions to include a remote monitoring and diagnostics service available in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The service will improve predictive maintenance activities for machinery used in heavy-industry and power-transmission markets. The service provides continuous, plant-wide predictive monitoring of rotating equipment. Components include permanently mounted plug-and-play design sensors, field units with digital signal processors built in for signal analysis, a wireless architecture and Web-based applications. “This service goes beyond data collection to focus on machine diagnostics and process improvement — the steps that drive improved machinery reliability,” says Dan Muller, president – distribution and services at Timken. “It’s an extension of our strategy to improve our customers’ performance through a wide array of products and services – from bearings, lubricants, seals and tools, to reliability solutions and predictive maintenance.” Chief among the service’s benefits are the elimination of data collection inconsistencies and the speeding of planning and prioritization of repairs. It also leverages both Timken’s current predictive maintenance engineering network and its expertise in machine repair and maintenance. Timken’s own certified technical-service engineers collect, analyze and interpret the data. Timken’s reliability solutions are designed to help eliminate the guesswork from maintenance to increase customer profitability. Its solutions reduce maintenance costs, unexpected failures, repair and overhaul time and spare parts inventories, according to the company. Among Timken’s current offerings are hand-held devices, wireless and remote monitoring systems, condition monitoring systems, consulting and reliability services. For more information, visit www.timken.com/conditionmonitoring. | 
