With the successful certification of its Monitoring Center by representatives of the Germanische Lloyd Industrial Services GmbH (GL) on the 22nd of February, 2007, PRÜFTECHNIK Condition Monitoring is one step closer to becoming an independent system provider.

GL certifies that the processes employed by the Monitoring Center are in conformity with GL directive IV - Part 4 of GL Wind. In addition to the Monitoring Center, PRÜFTECHNIK also offers two products with GL Wind certification - the VIBROWEB XP online monitoring system and the OMNITREND software.

Thus, PRÜFTECHNIK offers system operators a comprehensive package of approved measuring equipment and services for monitoring tasks. "Thanks to the intensive preparations put into the certification process, the Monitoring Center team succeeded at first try in meeting all requirements and in integrating all processes into the existing ISO 9001 quality management system," explained Mr. Werner Hippler, Head of Quality Assurance at PRÜFTECHNIK in Ismaning, Germany. Mr. Simon Lebherz, responsible for documenting the business processes of the Monitoring Center, notes enthusiastically: "The documentation clarifies our processes, serves as a reference manual and is useful to new employees as a training resource. In the future, we will also be able to support customers in developing their own monitoring programs."

The audit test made GL representatives aware that PRÜFTECHNIK expertise extends beyond fault detection on drive trains. Condition Monitoring can also be used to make recommendations on how to reduce excessive vibration - such as with PERMALIGN Service, which can be used to determine the alignment targets of drive trains.