Condition monitoring averts shutdowns for ductile iron operation: Timken technology detects and monitors excessive vibration and temperature--and in the process saves ACP Manufacturing more than $1 million in 10 months.(CASE STUDIES) From: Foundry Management & Technology | Date: October 1, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Penton Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Timken Co. is a steelmaker and produces engineered bearing systems and power-transmission products. It's also, as one metalcaster has discovered over the past year or so, a supplier of specialized devices and services to keep a range of other manufacturers performing profitably. Timken's StatusCheck wireless condition-monitoring system has made it possible for ACP Manufacturing Co. L.L.C. to realize a savings of more than $1 million by avoiding unscheduled downtime in the first...