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ABB AbilityTM Smart Sensor
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ABB AbilityTM Smart Sensor

Product catalog summary

Overview

The ABB Ability Smart Sensor for mounted bearings is a wireless device designed to monitor the health of ABB Dodge mounted bearings. It aims to reduce downtime, improve reliability, and enhance safety by providing real-time data on temperature and vibration changes, which can indicate potential problems.

Key Features

  • Increased Safety: Allows remote monitoring, reducing the need for physical inspections and minimizing safety hazards associated with routine maintenance.
  • Reduced Maintenance: Enables maintenance planning based on actual needs rather than generic schedules.
  • Increased Productivity: Provides trending data to predict performance and replacement needs, helping to eliminate unplanned stops.
  • Easy to Use: The sensor is battery-operated, requiring no wiring or special tools, and can be easily installed and activated.

Installation and Activation

The sensor is designed for quick installation on Dodge mounted bearings, which come sensor-ready. It can also be retrofitted onto existing bearings using an adapter. Activation is simple, involving a press of the LED activation switch.

Data Access and Monitoring

The ABB Ability Smart Sensor App provides a user-friendly interface for monitoring bearing health. It features a traffic light system for quick status checks, push notifications for condition changes, and an event log for maintenance records. Data can be accessed remotely via Bluetooth Low Energy and a Gateway, connecting up to twenty sensors.

Security and Certification

The sensor adheres to strict cybersecurity measures, including 16-bit PIN authentication and 128-bit AES encryption. It is third-party ATEX certified for use in hazardous environments, ensuring safety and compliance.

Technical Specifications

  • Temperature Range: -22°F to +185°F (-30°C to +85°C)
  • Vibration Detection: Amplitude range of +/- 2g, frequency range of 1 Hz to 1.6 kHz
  • Wireless Communication: Bluetooth Low Energy, with a nominal range of over 26 feet (8 meters)
  • Battery Life: Estimated 2+ years at moderate temperatures, with measurements taken hourly and data collected daily

Conclusion

The ABB Ability Smart Sensor for mounted bearings offers a comprehensive solution for monitoring bearing health, enhancing safety, and optimizing maintenance schedules. Its ease of use, robust security features, and compatibility with existing systems make it a valuable tool for industrial applications.

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ABB AbilityTM Smart Sensor For mounted bearings

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ABB ABILIT Y SMART SENSOR FOR MOUNTED BE ARINGS — ABB Ability Smart Sensor for mounted bearings Changes in temperature and vibration can indicate potential problems in mounted bearings. Yet understanding the health of the bearing is usually overlooked, leaving problems unnoticed until the bearing fails. ABB now makes it easier and safer to know how your bearing feels. The ABB Ability Smart Sensor for mounted bearing is an easy-to-use, wireless sensor which monitors the health of your ABB Dodge mounted bearings, allowing users to reduce downtime, improve reliability, and operate safely. Increased...

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Routine maintenance introduces safety hazards as employees are working around rotating equipment or trying to reach bearings that are difficult or dangerous to access. Not knowing the health of your bearings leaves you at risk for untimely equipment failure, which can lead to process interruption, unplanned downtime, and lost revenue. Maintenance is a routine schedule based on a combination of experience, training and "this is how we always do it". The user has little visibility of when component failure may occur. Ability Smart safety Sensor The ability to monitor bearings remotely allows maintenance...

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ABB ABILIT Y SMART SENSOR FOR MOUNTED BE ARINGS Wireless The ABB Ability Smart Sensor for mounted bearings is designed for quick and easy installation and activation. Sensor is battery operated, no wiring, special tools or special software required. Easy installation Dodge mounted bearings come sensor ready with drilled, threaded, and plugged installation holes. The ABB Ability smart sensor for mounted bearings is installed by removing the plug and threading the sensor into the provided receptacle. Retrofitting – no problem With special adapter sensor installation on existing Dodge bearings is...

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Easy to use No matter where you are Machinery is working even when you are not. Advanced conditional monitoring is now hand held through the Smart Sensor App. Designed with ease in mind, the app allows you to get up to date information on all bearings at any time, no matter where you are. Simply download ABB Ability Smart Sensor App for any iOS or Android based device. Intuitive interface The simple, graphical interface is easy to use and understand. Traffic light system Bearing health is displayed with a traffic light icon to quickly show users the state of that bearing. Push notifications When...

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ABB ABILIT Y SMART SENSOR FOR MOUNTED BE ARINGS — Safe to use Cyber security ABB understands the importance of protecting your data, and we take this responsibility seriously. The ABB Ability Smart Sensor for mounted bearings adheres to strict security measures to ensure that the health of your bearings is all you need to worry about. The sensor is protected from unwanted access • 16-bit Personal Identification Number (PIN) authentication • PIN is changeable during commissioning as well as during normal sensor usage (Default PIN is 0000) • PIN throttling prevents brute-force attacks Data ownership...

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Flammability rating Bottom enclosure Stainless steel Connection type Tapered thread H 1 GD I EC Ex SIR 17.0060X MFG: YYYY IP 66 {f}A I Ml SIRA 17ATEX2237X Tamb -30°C to +105°C SN: NNNNNNNN\>Z_y Ex ia I Ma Ex ia IIC 150°C (T3) Ga Ex ia IIIC Tl 46°C Da Model: VI SFCC ID: 2AQVX-SS4MB01 1C: 24215-SS4MB01 ® CSA18CA70181504 Cl I, Zn 0, AEx ia IIC 150°C Ga Cl I, Div.l, Grps ABCD us MC 183051 Cl II, Zn 20, AEx ia IIIC Tl 46°C Da Cl II, Div 1, Grps EFG Cl III, Div 1 Third-party hazardous location certified (intrinsically safe) When it comes to applications in hazardous environments, there's no reason...

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ABB ABILIT Y SMART SENSOR FOR MOUNTED BE ARINGS The Smart Sensor for mounted bearings includes complimentary access to the ABB Ability digital platform. This portal allows you to monitor bearing function and analyze data trends, leading to better uptime and ensuring that critical operations run smoothly and consistently. The sensor uses Bluetooth Low Energy to wirelessly communicate information about the bearings operational health via your smartphone or bluetooth-gateway to a secure server. Data from the sensor can be displayed graphically on a smart phone, tablet or the ABB Ability web portal....

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Multipurpose wrench Part description Smart Sensor for mounted bearings Multipurpose wrench 1/8 - 27 pipe thread adapter 1/4 - 28 straight thread adapter Rubber cap Bluetooth Gateway bearing Product description adapter 1/8" - 27 adapter 1/4" - 28 adapter Housing style No Yes Pillow blocks only Ball bearings Washdown ball bearings Yes Ball bearings Standard cast iron ball bearings Pillow blocks only Spherical roller All spherical roller bearing bearings products No Pillow blocks only Tapered roller bearings No Pillow blocks only Tapered roller bearings Split cap tapered products-Type EXL, Double...

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ABB ABILITY SMART SENSOR FOR MOUNTED BEARINGS Smart Sensor dimensions Part Dimensions Part Dimensions

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II 1 GD I Ml Ex ia I Ma Ex ia IIC 150°C (T3) Ga Ex ia IIIC T146°C Da Cl I, Zn 0, AEx ia IIC T150°C Ga Cl I, Div.l, Grps ABCD Cl II, Zn 20, AEx ia IIIC T146°C Da Cl II, Div 1, Grps EFG Cl III, Div 1 IP (Ingress Protection) class Temperature Measurement range Resolution Accuracy Vibration Amplitude range Frequency range Detection type Wireless communication Network standard Radio standard Frequency Range (nominal) Environmental Storage temperature Operating temperature Power Battery type Bluetooth Low Energy IEEE 802.15.1C 2402-2480 MHz >26ft (8m) @ line-of-sight Estimated battery life* 3.6V LiSOCl2...

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ABB Motors and Mechanical Inc. 5711 R.S. Boreham, Jr. Street Fort Smith, AR 72901 Ph: 1.479.646.4711 Mechanical Power Transmission Support Ph: 1.864.297.4800 new.abb.com/mechanical-power-transmission Additional information We reserve the right to make technical changes or modify the contents of this document without prior notice. With regard to purchase orders, the agreed particulars shall prevail. ABB does not accept any responsibility whatsoever for potential errors or possible lack of information in this document. We reserve all rights in this document and in the subject matter and illustrations...

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