Preventing Downtime in Just 18 Days: CTC VKT’s Success with Viking

Early detection of bearing damage avoided costly stoppages and built trust in predictive monitoring.

Executive summary

  • Customer

VKT

  • Employees

  • Turnover

  • Location

Sweden

  • Production

Paper mill

  • Heat

40 °C

  • Electricity

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.

  • Solution

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

  • Challenge

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

  • Assets

Gearbox input shaft, 1495 RPM. WS301 Series ConnectSensTM Wireless Sensor located 75 m (246 ft.) away from ACCESS360 ConnectBridgeTM Wireless Gateway

  • Result

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

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