Chesterton Connect™ System

Optimized Condition Monitoring For Pumps

Industries and commercial businesses increasingly depend on reliable pumps as plants have fewer personnel monitoring pump conditions. Maintaining pump system performance, ensuring reliability, and optimizing operational costs are crucial to plant output. Building on the success as the world’s first Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) condition monitoring device for mechanical seals, Chesterton now offers solutions to monitor an entire pump system. The Chesterton Connect System helps identify potential issues before they lead to failure. The system meticulously and continuously monitors equipment, enabling automatic and scalable 24/7 monitoring to improve pump reliability, extend equipment life, and maintain a safer work environment.

Notification-Based Equipment Monitoring with IIoT Twin

The Chesterton Connect System is a wireless condition-based monitoring solution with a proven approach to proactively manage equipment reliability. This pump-focused IIoT solution collects and organizes sensor data into intuitive visualizations to make it easy to understand and detect operational issues in pumps and equipment. The IIoT twin solution provides anomaly notifications through visual alerts, automated emails, and push notifications. Flashing lights and color-coded graphics indicate system anomalies, allowing action to be taken quickly and effectively. The Chesterton Connect System operates independently of plant networks by using global cellular communications, helping to ensure ISO 27001 certified security and reliability without interference to the controlled process.

Solution-Driven System Features

Maintenance Optimization
Identify potential issues before they lead to failures, allowing for timely maintenance and reducing the risk of unexpected breakdowns.
Simple Installation
Sensor installation location is per API plans, so only a smartphone and a magnetic mount are needed. Most process fittings are standardized using 1/4-inch male NPT.
Intuitive Views
Root causes of issues are easily visualized with sensor-driven data and color-coded views.
Automated Alerts
Email notifications of anomalies are reported and monitored 24/7.

Robust Design
Optimized range of pump sensors which are engineered to endure harsh industrial environments with IP66 protection ratings and optional hazardous Zone 0 support.
Universal Gateways
State-of-the-art cellular gateways enable robust and reliable global connectivity with optional support for Ethernet bridging in difficult connectivity locations.
Plant Integration Option
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems integrate with Chesterton Connect technology using MODBUS TCP, providing data to the control room. Users can now expand wirelessly using a secured connection.

Engineered for Pump Systems

Pump downtime is commonly attributed to mechanical seal and bearing failures, with vibration monitoring frequently relied upon for indication of a problem. However, vibration monitoring alone does not encompass process-related factors, which account for over 70% of pump failures.

The Chesterton Connect system goes beyond vibration monitoring, by offering a complete diagnostic overview of the pump system, focused on operational and process factors which impact pump reliability. This new pump focused solution provides:

Process-Focused Condition Monitoring
Dedicated to pump systems using embedded intelligence, allowing users to clearly visualize correct pump operation.
Remote Reliability Management of Critical Assets
Suitable for either mechanical seals or packing, with optional wear monitoring solution for packing installations.
Pre-Packaged Pump Configurations
Engineered to detect common failure modes and recommend configured solutions—basic to ultimate—which include API plan installation recommendations, helping to simplify and standardize installations.
Industry First Environmental Monitoring
Engineered for support systems, including flush water monitoring or gearbox oil humidity, to help increase comprehensive monitoring of factors that impact pump reliability.

Local or Remote Monitoring of Equipment

Local Mode: All you need is your smartphone to see trend data and collect alarms from your Connect v1, or IS sensor, with no internet or cloud required.

Remote Mode: Data from sensors is automatically uploaded to the cloud while, simultaneously, the smartphone app is updated with the most recent sensor data.