Effective monitoring of critical infrastructure is an essential requirement across the power generation, Oil, Gas and Petrochem industries where smooth running and trouble-free system operation is vital, especially in today’s highly competitive and energy cost-conscious environment. Condition monitoring specialist SENSONICS are experts in developing highly effective monitoring systems based on over 50 years of experience, including vibration monitoring products. A good example of this is the recent completion of a cooling tower monitoring project at a major Petrochemicals plant. The Project Engineer at the site confirmed they were looking for a suitable system to monitor and protect cooling tower fans to prevent issues in case of failure of the fan blades. The requirement would be for individual systems to monitor each of the twenty motor / gearbox driven fans which were located between the motors and fans around the base of the cooling tower. Confirming the specific requirements of the application, the…