Avoiding catastrophe

Amot says its bearing temperature monitoring systems reduce the risk of catastrophic financial and safety consequences caused by the failure of big end bearings in large diesel or gas engines. They are designed to detect rapid temperature changes within individual moving bearings and give an early warning of excessive wear or bearing breakdown. Bearing burn-out may destroy critical engine components and an overheated dynamic bearing also increases the risk of a dangerous crankcase explosion that can endanger personnel as well as the engine, says Amot. The temperature sensing element can be placed directly behind the shell bearing itself to monitor the full bearing?s width, says Amot.