EASYchange - Brush Condition Monitoring
- Usable Brush Length (%)
- Brush Vibration (Mils Displacement, Pk-to-Pk)
- Brush Length Warnings
- High Vibration
Since 2001, Cutsforth™ has installed over 40,000 of the best-in-class EASYchange® brush holders on turbine generators worldwide. Now, with our exclusive EASYchange® Brush Condition Monitoring, Cutsforth™ offers an even better way to operate your generator’s brush-type excitation. Automated measurements and brush health analytics can now be delivered to the control room system and maintenance can be performed based on brush condition, rather than a calendar.
The Brush Condition Monitoring System is composed of the Brush Health Sensor (BHS), a Cutsforth™ developed industrial data logger, and a System Controller equipped with a touch-screen interface that compiles data collected from several BHS units installed with the EASYchange® brush holders.
Concerned about needing to replace the BHS battery down the road? Our quality batteries integrate with our Brush Health Sensor and the sensor is integrated with the spring. When a new battery is eventually needed, follow these simple instructions for replacing the spring.
This same critical data can also be relayed to the control room or historian reducing the number of unnecessary physical inspections.
Trending brush health analytics improves operator efficiencies and optimizes a plant’s staff utilization. This greatly reduces operating expenses and forced outages resulting from catastrophic events such as ring fires and flashovers.