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March 2024 Newsletter

A note from Steve

We have decided to move the MachineryRX web application from the Microsoft Azure Cloud to the Amazon AWS Cloud Service. This change will coincide with a significant software update. The MachineryRX site will now connect to not only the Snapshot Balancer products but also ProBalance, ProBalance Plus and the Sentinel Systems. The update will also include some bug fixes along with some really nice new features like being able to overlay the ACI eRCM Theoretical PVs on top of the measured PV from a compressor cylinder. We will be contacting all of our customers in the very near future to discuss the updates to their systems.

Steve

Equipment Update

Snapshot® Engine Balancer

The Machinery Monitoring Systems Snapshot® Engine Balancer is a portable analyzer for slow-speed, natural gas fueled engine balancing. The ignition clip allows the operator to first verify proper functioning ignition on all cylinders before attempting to balance an engine. The quick ignition test provides a green, yellow, or red indication of ignition quality based on breakdown voltage and spark duration. These parameters are user definable on a per-engine basis. After verifying good ignition, the operator can then proceed with collecting "As-Found" balance data. After making appropriate adjustments to fuel flow the operator can collect "As-Left balance data. 


Pressure and ignition curves are displayed on the Snapshot tablet screen for the operator. Engine Balance and Ignition reports are available in PDF format for saving, printing or emailing. The MachineryRx® website supports automatic uploads from MMS Snapshot Engine Balancer.

Snapshot Engine Balancer Key Features


  • Portable balancer for engines
  • Ruggedized-EMI resistant unit
  • Graphic & numerical display of engine cylinder pressures (user definable number of measurements)
  • Functions with both 2-cycle and 4-cycle engines
  • Software provides spike removal / smoothing
  • Graphic and numerical display of secondary ignition (user definable number of measurements)
  • Wireless communication between Data Acquisition Module (DAM) and tablet
  • 8-hour battery life - Hot Swap battery capability
  • Class 1, Division 2 rating pending

Figure 1: Pressure Acquisition on Snapshot Tablet

Figure 2: Spark Acquisition on Snapshot Tablet

Snapshot Balancer

Snapshot® Engine Balancer Course


This course is designed to provide an introduction and training for the Machinery Monitoring Systems’ Snapshot® Engine Balancer System.


The Snapshot Engine Balancer is a portable device designed to support evaluation of the ignition and combustion processes in slow-speed, natural gas fueled engines. The Snapshot balancer is also used to record and evaluate the spark traces from the secondary side of the ignition system. Once the operator verifies that the ignition system is functioning properly, the operator can then measure the as-found peak firing pressures (PFP) for each cylinder. After making appropriate adjustments to the fuel flow to each cylinder the operator can then perform an as-left set of measurements.


For more details and access to the course contact MMS or your sales representative at Exline or UPS.

This course is composed of a series of videos recorded at an actual Snapshot Engine Balancer training.

MMS Learn

Building a Community

Gear Head Blog


Have you visited the blog yet? You will find some great images of what our friends in the industry are doing in their spare time with their own "Rides". 


We invite you to participate in the Gear Head Blog found at https://www.mmsysllc.com/blog/ “Tell Us About Your Ride” Take a look at what great projects are posted there and provide comments to keep our conversation going. 


We look forward to hearing from you! 

Gear Head Blog
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Knoxville, TN 37932


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