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Pulp and Paper - Shaft Misalignment

Paper Mill Gearbox Fault Found in 18 Days: CTC and VKT's Wireless Pilot

Early detection of a shaft misalignment avoided costly stoppages and built trust in predictive monitoring.

18 days

to prevent downtime on a critical gearbox

75 m

between wireless sensor and gateway

1,495 RPM

gearbox input shaft monitored

The story in brief

CTC’s distribution partners, VKT, were commissioned to perform condition monitoring services at a paper mill in Sweden. VKT elected to pilot CTC Connect Wireless Vibration Monitoring Solutions paired with Viking's AI-backed vibration analysis software to remotely monitor a critical gearbox.

Challenge

Detect faults in a critical gearbox under harsh conditions where traditional monitoring would be unreliable

Solution

WS301 Series ConnectSens™ Wireless Sensor Magnet mounted using CTC MH214-3A + ACCESS360 Gateway + Viking AI MultiViz

Result

Shaft misalignment detected, coupling replaced on schedule, avoided unexpected failure

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Pulp and Paper - Shaft Misalignment

Partner

VKT (CTC distribution partner)

Location

Sweden

Monitoring setup

CTC WS301 wireless sensor + ACCESS360 gateway

Employees

Production

Paper mill

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Finding the fault on a paper mill gearbox in an 18-day pilot

VKT piloted CTC Connect wireless sensors with MultiViz on a critical gearbox at a Swedish paper mill, with no manual thresholds and no machine data entered. The success story shows what happened next.

  • How the fault was detected automatically, 75 m from the gateway, through daily high-pressure washdowns
  • Why the plant kept the machine running until a planned shutdown
  • Inspection photos that confirmed the diagnosis
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  • How the fault was detected and what the plant did about it
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