数字技术的引入将会为油气行业中泵设备运转状况带来革命性的变化！ 编译 | 惊蛰 TOM? 全球的工业都在拥抱数字化转型，开始接纳可用的新技术。油气行业也不例外，新技术正显著地改变该行业的作业方式。随着油气行业的快速变化，企业们面临着适应新变化与采用新技术的挑战。这种转变的一个重点领域就是泵设备的维护。 在适应新技术之前，油气行业在泵维护方面的经验还存在不足，例如缺乏保养、维护设备所需的专业人才。而该行业的资深人士已经培养出一种天生的能力，能够敏锐地分辨出设备问题造成的声音，这是企业非常依赖的一种技能。随着专家们出于这样或那样的原因离开这个领域，新面孔接管了维护的职责。但不幸的是，这些新员工往往缺乏足够的经验与专业知识来照顾泵设备。结果，设备最终被误用与滥用。 若遗漏了需要维护的信号，后果是很严重的，可能会大幅降低设备的整体预期寿命，降低投资价值。由于损坏的设备需要长时间的维修，停机******不仅要支付昂贵的、可避免的维修费用，而且也无法维持作业，无法实现盈利。随着专家的缺口越来越大，油气企业必须改变维护方式，采用新的方法来监控信息与管理设备。 公司不仅面临着缺乏该领域专业人才的挑战，也面临着不断变化的行业环境，在现场应用的维护方法中，新技术已经发挥着核心作用。**年前，没有自动化，泵与其他设备使用的电子设备也非常有限。甚至在五年前，泵所提供的信息也比现在少得多。如今的设备更加智能，具有足够的计算能力来记录大量数据，并提供不同级别的监控与认知，包括获得每秒的变化。 采用新技术 适应泵设备相关的新技术可能是具有挑战性的，但当该技术被充分利用时，它可以为企业提供不可估量的好处。现如今的技术不仅可以收集数据，以填补那些因为专家离去而造成的知识空白，从而了解正确的泵维护方法。这些数据提供了新的见解，使工人能够更好地了解他们的设备以及如何维护这些设备，确保企业们能够物尽其用。 油气行业需要持续的维护计划来应对他们面临的挑战，并确保设备安全、可靠与高效地运行。他们需最大限度地减少停机时间并延长设备的使用寿命。为了满足行业的要求，现代化解决方案必须利用工业物联网（IIoT）技术与大数据分析来连接和监控所有设备，以实现易于理解与反馈的一站式维护。随着可用的数据越来越多，需要一种解决方案，通过将数据转化为对趋势、问题以及预测的智能判断，以防止数据过载，从而使泵设备尽可能有效地运行。 云计算系统 以Weir公司的工业物联网平台Synertrex为例。该平台利用最新的云计算技术来提高产能、预测风险并提高设备性能。从产品中收集数据，并转化为深刻的认知，有助于在问题发生前识别，减少停机时间且优化整个线路的设备性能。诸如此类的工具能够利用最先进的创新技术来精确监控设备，以应对将来出现或可能出现的维护问题，从而防止关键部件出现故障等问题。这可以转化为保护企业的经济底线。 除了工业物联网平台可提供的见解之外，企业还需要不只是提供修复的售后解决方案。现代化的解决方案必须帮助客户消除非生产时间，提高安全性并降低长期成本。Weir Edge服务公司通过查看所有设备与趋势，来判断当前需求是否得到满足，并快速响应以最大限度地保证正常作业。该系统除了提供传统压力泵设备的维修维护方案，规划和实施现场培训与教育外，还提供根本原因分析以及延长产品寿命的策略。 如今的企业还需要一种现代化解决方案，能够有效、准确、可靠地管理存储，利用技术来缩短传统方法完成此任务所需的工时。Weir公司的SPM RFID技术与移动应用程序，允许企业在世界任何地方实时查看其资产的详细检查信息，所有这些只需耗费先前获取、维护与共享这些信息所需时间的一小部分。这种级别的精度与便捷性正是当今行业环境所需要的。 新范式转变 油气行业的泵维护专业人员日益短缺，再加上应用于设备的创新技术的兴起，这就产生了范式转变。为了弥补员工专业知识的匮乏，行业正在改变其泵监控与维护的方法，日益依赖技术提供的信息与见解，以准确地维护有价值的设备，并改进维护过程。 企业需要使用工业物联网与大数据技术的解决方案，来提供维护计划、设备使用情况以及实时监控数据的完整视图，以正确维护其泵设备。目前的解决方案能够将大量数据转化为快速、可操作的见解，减少设备停机时间并提供预测性维护。上述这一切都可以以经济有效的方式提高设备效率，提高了企业及其重要设备的速度、正常运行时间以及安全性。 虽然油气行业可能会面临挑战，因为它的环境变化以及专家的大量流失，如果企业们能够适应这些变化，采用新技术，他们可以执行比以往更智能的维护作业，延长他们泵设备的寿命与正常运行时间。Industries from every corner of the world have embraced the digital transformation and have begun to adopt the new technologies available to them. The oil and gas industry is no different; new technology is continuing to dramatically change the way the industry successfully operates. As the oil and gas industry quickly changes, organizations are challenged to adapt to these changes and adopt new technology. One area that has become a focal point for this transition is the maintenance of pump equipment. Before adapting to new technologies even enters the equation, the oil and gas industry is facing a shortage when it comes to experience with pump maintenance. The industry continues to lose the expertise required to properly care for and maintain equipment. Veterans of the industry have developed an innate ability that allows them to listen acutely for the sounds of a problem associated with the equipment, a skill that their businesses so heavily depend on. As experts leave the field for one reason or another, new faces take over the reins of responsibility for maintenance. Unfortunately, those new hires often lack the proper experience and expertise to care for pumps; as a result, equipment ends up being misused and abused. Supplementing field experience When the signs of required maintenance are missed and equipment ends up being mistreated, the consequences are severe. The overall life expectancy of equipment can be lowered drastically, reducing the value of an investment. As damaged equipment goes through lengthy repairs, the downtime impacts a business. Not only is the business paying for an expensive and likely avoidable repair, but it is also unable to stay up and running, keeping its operation from profitability. With the increasing deficit of experts, oil and gas businesses must change the way they do maintenance by adopting new ways to monitor information and manage equipment. Although organizations are challenged to address the lack of expertise in the field, they are also met with a shifting environment where new technology is playing a central role in the way maintenance is conducted. Twenty years ago, there was no automation and very limited electronics being used by pumps and other equipment. Even five years ago, pumps were providing much less information than they are able to currently. Today’s equipment is smarter, with enough computing power to record incredible amounts of data and provide a completely different level of monitoring and insight, including access to second-by-second changes. Adopting new technologies Adjusting to the new technologies associated with pump equipment can be challenging, but when that technology is leveraged to the fullest extent, it can provide immeasurable benefits to organizations. Not only does today’s technology allow data to be collected to fill the void left by those with the expertise to understand the proper way to care for pumps, those data provide new insights that allow workers to do an even better job of understanding their equipment and how to maintain it, ensuring organizations get the most use possible out of their equipment. Businesses in the oil and gas industry need ongoing maintenance programs and repair options to solve their challenges and ensure equipment performs safely, reliably and efficiently. They need to minimize the downtime and extend the life of their equipment. To meet the requirements of the industry, modern solutions must leverage Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology and Big Data analytics to connect and monitor all equipment for maintenance in a one-stop shop that is easy to understand and respond to. As more data become available, a solution is needed that prevents data overload by turning information into intelligent insights on trends, issues and predictions to keep pump equipment operating as effectively as possible. Cloud computing system One example of a system providing these services is Weir’s IIoT platform, Synertrex. The platform harnesses the latest cloud computing technology to transform productivity, foresee risk and enhance performance. Data are gleaned from products and transformed into powerful insights that can help identify problems before they occur, reduce downtime and optimize equipment performance across an entire circuit. Tools such as this are able to leverage the most innovative technology available to accurately monitor equipment for maintenance issues that are arising or could arise in the future, preventing problems such as the failure of critical components. This translates into protecting a business’s bottom line. In addition to the insights an IIoT platform can provide, organizations need an aftermarket solution that does more than provide repairs. A modern solution must help customers eliminate nonproductive time, improve safety and lower long-term costs. Weir Edge services does this by looking at all equipment and trends to see if current needs are being met and responding quickly to keep uptime at a maximum. The system provides root cause analysis and product life extension strategies in addition to traditional pressure pumping equipment and repairs, maintenance programs, planning and implementation, and onsite training and education. Today’s organizations also need a modern solution capable of efficiently, accurately and reliably managing inventory by utilizing technology to cut down on the man-hours traditionally required for this task. For example, Weir’s SPM RFID technology and mobile application allow organizations to access detailed inspection information of their assets in real time from anywhere in the world all at a fraction of the time it previously took to capture, maintain and share this information. These levels of precision and convenience are requirements in the current industry environment. A new paradigm shift Ultimately, the oil and gas industry’s growing shortage of pump maintenance expertise, coupled with the rise in innovative technology being applied to equipment, results in a paradigm shift. To compensate for the dearth in employee expertise, the industry is changing its approach to pump monitoring and maintenance, increasingly relying on technology to provide the information and insights needed to accurately care for valuable equipment and improve upon the process in which maintenance is conducted. Organizations need solutions that use IIoT and Big Data technology to provide a full view of maintenance plans, equipment utilization and real-time monitoring data to properly care for their pump equipment. Current solutions are capable of turning mass quantities of data into quick, actionable insights, decreasing downtime of equipment and offering predictive maintenance. All of this results in increasing the efficiency of equipment in a cost-effective manner and increasing the speed, uptime and safety of a business and its valued equipment. Although the oil and gas industry might be facing challenges as its environment changes and experts are no longer readily available, if organizations adapt to these changes and adopt new technologies, they can run smarter maintenance operations than ever before, extending the life and uptime of their pump equipment