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System description
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Device
The vibration meter PCE-VT 3700 is capable of measuring different vibration severity parameters
and is thus suitable for machine condition monitoring. The measuring units include vibration
acceleration, vibration velocity and vibration displacement. The vibration signal can be evaluated
for RMS, peak, peak-peak and crest factor which is shown as the measurement value on the
screen. These measurements can be used to detect and identify machine imbalances which can
lead to e.g. bearing damage.
Apart from a Hold function which freezes the current measurement value, the device also includes
a function to show the max value. During a session this function displays the highest
measurement value acquired so far in addition to the current measurement value.
Another feature which consists of automatic evaluation of the measurement value with regards to
the ISO standard 10816-3. When this feature is enabled the measurement value is compared
against the three vibration thresholds described in the ISO standard and the current vibration
severity zone is displayed through color coding of the value on the screen.
1.
Display
2.
Function keys
3.
Sensor connector
4.
Vibration sensor
5.
Magnet adapter
Fig. 1 Description PCE-VT 3700
