Introducing VitalyX†, the revolutionary digital lubrication oil monitoring system from Bently Nevada, in partnership with Shell. Lubrication oil is not only the lifeblood of your machines, but it is a key indicator of potentially unseen issues which can cause reduced asset performance, or catastrophic loss of asset.
VitalyX combines world class sensing technologies with unmatched data science, edge computing and cloud connectivity capabilities, along with a deep domain knowledge of machines and heritage in condition-based monitoring.
Current lubrication oil monitoring practices involve manual sampling and laboratory testing, which can be prone to human error and delays of multiple weeks, leaving you and your equipment vulnerable to failure or a drop in performance.
VitalyX works by deploying sensors to critical assets which collect key information about the lubrication oil and machine in real-time. The VitalyX edge computer then sends that data to the cloud where proprietary algorithms and machine learning capabilities convert the lubricant data into alerts/alarms, meaningful insights, and recommendations for your asset.
VitalyX measures up to 15 parameters of lubrication oil, and combines them to give you a detailed picture of your assets health. All parameters have been proven to be comparable to laboratory results, in accordance with relevant ASTM specifications.
By bringing together the number 1 lubricant provider in the world with the number 1 condition-based monitoring provider in the world, VitalyX is a powerful tool that can ensure the uptime, performance and optimization of your fleet
With over 60 years of experience in condition-based monitoring, 400,000 connected machines and over 500 field service engineers deployed globally, Bently Nevada understands what it takes to protect your critical assets.
Added to this, by leveraging Shell’s lubrication oil expertise, where they have been the number 1 provider of finished lubricants for 14 consecutive years, their in-depth machine health knowledge and data science capability, VitalyX can monitor your fleet 24/7 ensuring optimal performance and safety.
VitalyX can calculate the remaining useful life of your oil, meaning that you can confidently move from inefficient and costly time based maintenance, to condition based maintenance. VitalyX will tell you when its time to change your lubrication oil.
By continuously monitoring for contamination and wear debris and other leading indicators of imminent failure, VitalyX will alert you BEFORE an issue occurs. Saving you the cost of asset repair/replacement while also increasing your machine uptime.
Fifty percent of used lubrication oil finds it way back to the environment as pollution. By only changing your lube when it needs to be changed, this can significantly reduce your carbon footprint, not only in saved oil, but in logistics, packaging and transportation of oil.
Human error is the number one cause of missed warning signs during manual sampling. Automating oil monitoring reduces both the risk of human error, but it also ensures that the need for unnecessary movement of people is reduced.
3% maintenance budget spent on lubrication monitoring programs
VitalyX provided continuous monitoring of the clients fleet, allowing the operator to move from time-based maintenance and lube oil changes to condition based maintenance.
Based on the insights provided by VitalyX, the client achieved the following results over a 12 month period (per vessel):
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