A Comprehensive Approach to Pump Health
Pumps are among the most critical and widely deployed assets in industrial operations. Whether supporting power generation, chemical processing, mining, water treatment, pulp and paper, or oil and gas production, pump failures can lead to expensive downtime, safety concerns, product loss, and increased maintenance costs.
With a Cordant™ Asset Health solution and Bently Nevada's condition monitoring portfolio, organizations can move beyond reactive maintenance to gain continuous visibility into pump health, enabling earlier fault detection, optimized maintenance planning, and improved operational performance.
Modern pump reliability programs require more than periodic inspections.
By continuously collecting data from pumps and associated equipment, organizations can identify developing issues before they become failures.
Not every pump requires the same monitoring strategy
Our portfolio enables a risk-based approach, allowing organizations to align monitoring technologies with asset criticality and failure consequences.
Peace of mind knowing your critical assets are safe
Continuous online monitoring with advanced analytics for assets where unexpected failures carry significant operational risk.
Powerful machine insights at the edge
Wireless sensors and edge devices that provide cost-effective visibility across broader asset populations.
Industrial organizations generate more machine data than ever before
Cordant™ and our Bently Nevada portfolio combine decades of machinery expertise with advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI-powered diagnostics.
Flexible Deployment Options
- Orbit 60 Compact Form Factor (CFF) for standalone pumps, skid-mounted packages, remote assets, and space-constrained installations.
- Standard Orbit 60 Chassis for larger, multi-train, and plant-wide machinery protection applications.
- Scales from monitoring a single critical pump to protecting and monitoring an entire facility using a common platform.
- Supports both local equipment-level deployment and centralized monitoring architectures.
Typical Pump Applications
- API process pumps
- Boiler feed pumps
- Pipeline and transfer pumps
- Refinery and petrochemical pumps
- Large centrifugal pumps
- Water injection and utility pumps
- Nuclear power plant pumps, including condensate, cooling water, auxiliary feedwater, and other critical balance-of-plant applications
Customer Benefits
- Protect Critical Assets with automatic alarms and shutdown logic when operating limits are exceeded.
- Reduce Unplanned Downtime through early detection of imbalance, misalignment, bearing degradation, cavitation, and hydraulic issues.
- Improve Maintenance Planning with continuous monitoring, trending, and actionable diagnostics.
- Increase Equipment Reliability through 24/7 machine health visibility.
- Optimize Installation Costs by selecting the right platform size for each application, from a single pump to a complete asset train.
- Strengthen Cybersecurity with a modern, secure platform architecture.
- Standardize Plant Monitoring using a common platform across pumps, compressors, turbines, generators, and other rotating assets.
- Support High-Reliability Operations in refining, power generation, and nuclear applications where equipment availability is critical.
Economical standalone vibration monitoring for essential pumps.
- Provides vibration monitoring and alarm functionality without requiring a full rack-based system.
- Delivers local protection and machine health indication
Best Pump Applications
- Balance-of-plant pumps
- Cooling water pumps
- Utility pumps
- Small to medium rotating assets
Wireless condition monitoring.
- Collects vibration and condition data from wireless sensors.
- Transfers data to centralized analysis platforms.
- Enables monitoring of assets where wiring is difficult or expensive.
Best Pump Applications
- Remote pump stations
- Water and wastewater systems
- Tank farms
- Distributed utility assets
Key Benefits
- Reduced installation cost
- No extensive cabling required
- Expands monitoring coverage to more assets
Route-based predictive maintenance inspections.
- Collects vibration data during technician inspections.
- Supports spectrum analysis and fault diagnosis.
- Enables trending of machine condition.
Best Pump Applications
- Low-criticality pumps
- Backup pumps
- Assets monitored monthly or quarterly
Key Benefits
- Low capital investment
- Flexible deployment
- Useful for plants starting a predictive maintenance program
System 1 Condition Monitoring Software
- Centralizes data from Orbit 60, 3500, 2300, Ranger Pro, and SCOUT devices.
- Provides trending, diagnostics, alarm management, and reporting.
- Enables reliability engineers to identify developing faults.
Pump Faults Detectable
- Bearing defects
- Misalignment
- Unbalance
- Cavitation
- Mechanical looseness
- Pump vane-pass issues
- Coupling problems
- Hydraulic instability
Key Benefits
- Enterprise-wide asset visibility
- Predictive maintenance planning
- Reduced unplanned downtime
