Meggitt vibro-meter VSA004 BNC patch panel with 5 populated slots

KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS

• From the vibro-meter® product line

• Designed for operation with

VibroSmart® VSV30x + VSB300 monitoring

modules

• VSA003 cable assembly with female BNC

connectors for use with patch panels

• Flexible and durable cables with stranded

centre conductors and braided shields,

terminated with BNC connectors

• VSA004 BNC patch panel

with 10 slots

• Robust all-aluminium construction

APPLICATIONS

• Simplifies installation and wiring of a

VibroSmart® system when signal sharing of

buffered “raw” outputs via front-panel BNC

connectors is required

• Vibration and/or combustion monitoring

• Machinery protection and/or

condition monitoring

DESCRIPTION

Introduction

The VibroSmart® distributed monitoring system

(DMS) is a system of modular and scalable

products designed for condition monitoring and

machinery protection applications for power

generation turbines, oil and gas applications and

auxiliary balance-of-plant equipment.

VibroSmart® modules can be mounted directly

on machinery, eliminating the need for costly

cabling, because it is designed and certified to

work in extremes, such as harsh industrial

environments characterized by potentially

explosive atmospheres (Ex Zone 2), high

temperatures (70°C, 158°F) and high mechanical

stress. VibroSmart® complements the

VM600Mk2/VM600 series of rack-based solutions

from Meggitt’s vibro-meter® product line and is

compatible with the same VibroSight® machinery

monitoring system software.

The VibroSmart® VSA00x BNC cable assemblies

and BNC patch panels are accessories designed

for operation with VibroSmart VSV30x + VSB300

monitoring modules. The VSA003 is a BNC cable

assembly while the VSA004 is a BNC patch panel.

More specifically, VSA003 BNC cable assemblies

and VSA004 BNC patch panels make the

buffered sensor “raw” outputs from

VSV30x + VSB300 monitoring modules available

via BNC connectors in a rack, panel or other

enclosure in order to allow test and measurement

equipment to be more easily connected to these

VibroSmart module signals.

VibroSmart distributed monitoring system

A VibroSmart® distributed monitoring system

(DMS) is a network of small and economical

modules providing measurement,

communications or other functions that are

connected together in distributed, networked

measurement blocks in order to provide the

functionality normally offered by rack-based

machinery monitoring systems. A VibroSmart

system consists of one or more measurement

blocks, each containing up to sixteen VibroSmart

modules, such as VSV30x + VSB300 monitoring

modules, a power supply and an optional host

computer running the VibroSight® software.

VSA003 BNC cable assembly

The VSA003 BNC cable assembly is designed to

connect the buffered sensor “raw” outputs

available from VSV30x + VSB300 monitoring

modules to other systems.

The VSA003 uses a 2 m long cable, one end of

which is terminated with flying leads crimped with

wire-end ferrules for easy connection to a

VSV30x + VSB300 module (via the terminal base’s

J2 connector). The other end of the cable is

terminated with female BNC connectors for use

with patch panels such as the VSA004 BNC patch

panel.

VSA004 BNC patch panel

The VSA004 BNC patch panel is designed to

provide a permanently installed patch panel that

makes the buffered outputs from

VSV30x + VSB300 monitoring modules available

via BNC connectors in a rack, panel or other

enclosure.

The VSA004 is a robust aluminium enclosure with a

standard height of 2U (HE). It provides 10

individual slots with a standard width of 4 TE that

can be populated with either a blank slot panel

or a populated slot panel with cutouts for three

BNC connectors (female), corresponding to the

buffered “raw” outputs of a VSV30x + VSB300

module. That is, the RAW CH1, RAW CH2 and

RAW AUX signals.

The VSA004 BNC patch panel is a DIN-rail

mounting device, making it suitable for industrial

environments where equipment must be installed

on DIN rails. Its compact dimensions also allow it

to be deployed within an industrial housing with a

particular IP or NEMA rating, in order to provide

environmental protection.

Applications information

VSA003 BNC cable assemblies are typically used

with VSA004 BNC patch panels in order to make