The SkyTrace condition monitoring service creates the best foundation for predictive maintenance and real cost savings.
Trace Heating Maintenance
The performance and condition of trace heating systems should be monitored regularly. Continuous monitoring supports predictive maintenance, helping ensure that processes critical to plant operation function as intended and do not experience unexpected interruptions.
Planray’s SkyTrace condition monitoring service handles monitoring seamlessly in the background of daily operations. Our intelligent system operates 24/7 to ensure everything is functioning properly, allowing the plant’s maintenance personnel to focus on supervising production itself.
Benefits of the SkyTrace Condition Monitoring Service
- Ease of Use Through Centralised Operation
– Saves operator time and reduces operational costs - Automated Condition Monitoring
– Reduces the manpower required for manual inspections - Integration with Process Diagrams and Area Maps
– Simplifies troubleshooting and saves time - Alarm Prioritisation
– Makes monitoring easier, especially for critical heating circuits, by clearly highlighting the most important alarms - Predictive Maintenance
– Detect developing faults early, before they trigger alarms - Energy Consumption Reporting
– Identify heating circuits where energy savings can be achieved - Maintenance Reports
– Detect problematic circuits and reduce the number of recurring alarms - Configuration Error Notifications
– The system clearly reports configuration errors, helping to improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption
Years of Development Behind Planray SkyTrace
Planray has been providing on-site monitoring software for customers since the 1990s. At that time, trace heating systems were monitored by plant personnel through the control system.
Advances in information technology during the 2000s enabled the development of more sophisticated remote monitoring solutions. With SkyTrace, customers can transfer a greater share of trace heating maintenance responsibility to Planray.
At the same time, customers retain full visibility into the control system, with all data available around the clock. Outsourced monitoring significantly reduces the daily workload of plant maintenance personnel while maintaining full transparency.
Bringing Structure and Reliability to Trace Heating Monitoring
SkyTrace detects potential deviations in the heating system and immediately generates an alarm for both the customer and Planray. This allows corrective actions to be planned and implemented before plant processes are affected.
Under a SkyTrace service agreement, we carry out a comprehensive review and evaluation of the trace heating system at agreed intervals, for example on a quarterly basis.
The results of the review are documented in a written report, providing the customer with a professional assessment of the system’s condition.
Naturally, we also recommend preventive maintenance actions when required, helping to improve long-term reliability and performance.
