Predictive Maintenance of Induction Motor in the Cutting Section of Paper Industry

Abstract

Induction Motors are vital to the paper industry because they power a variety of equipment needed for pulp processing, drying and cutting among other tasks. Ensuring the consistent manufacture of these motors and satisfying market demands depends heavily on their dependability. However, the extreme humidity, dust and fluctuating loads that occur in the paper sector present serious obstacles to the efficiency and durability of induction motors. To maintain continuous production and satisfy consumer demand, the paper industry significantly depends on the effective operation of a variety of machinery including induction motors in the cutting area. Unexpected malfunctions in these vital parts however might result in expensive downtime and lost output. By using data-driven strategies that anticipate and avoid breakdowns before they happen, predictive maintenance techniques provide a proactive way to reduce such risks. This report provides an extensive analysis of the application of predictive maintenance techniques designed especially for induction motors in the paper industry’s cutting division. The predictive maintenance techniques includes Random Forest Tree, Linear Regression and Support Vector Machines algorithm with these algorithm the Induction Motor’s variations in temperature, vibration, sound, and speed parameters were collected and trained for predicting the failure. Among these algorithms Support Vector Machines shows greater advantage in predicting the failure with the accuracy of 84% whereas Random Forest Tree with 75% and Linear regression with 72%. As well as the real time data’s were collected and stored in the database. The performance of the Induction Motor were efficiently improved and monitored under normal and fault condition by Machine Learning techniques.