Valve Diagnostics Service

Azbil Valve Diagnostic Service

As a control valve manufacturer, we know how to achieve safe and stable operation and optimized maintenance through state-of-the-art technology

Our service visualizes valve health and detects warning signs that conventional methods would overlook. By reducing the time and effort needed for analysis and diagnosis, we help you focus on maintenance work. With our help, you can minimize the possibility of sudden problems and unplanned equipment shutdown caused by control valves.

Diagnosis Overview

Overview of Valve Diagnostic Service

NEWS Valve Diagnostics Service

June 30, 2023
Customers and results
Added customers and results for: Daikin Industries, Ltd., Kashima Plant
January 6, 2023
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Introduction of our capability for factories and plants is available.
July 31, 2022
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The Valve Diagnostics Service opens for business.

The smart way to solve valve-related problems at production sites

Valve-related problems 1
  • Failure is often unexpected because you can't see the conditions inside the valve.
  • I want to know if a problem is developing!

Early detection of problems

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Using Azbil’s Diagnosis Service enables you to catch signs of abnormality before the process is affected.
Valve-related problems 2
  • With time-based maintenance (TBM), valves that are in poor shape may be missed.
  • But is condition-based maintenance (CBM) really feasible?

Optimize the selection of valves for periodic repair

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If you know about valve deterioration in advance, you can overhaul valves that would not normally be selected for TBM, preventing future problems.
Valve-related problems 3
  • Thanks to HART communication I have data on valve motion, but judging valve health is still quite difficult because I’m not a specialist.

Freedom to focus on critical work

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Our full-time engineers analyze the data, diagnose valve health, and submit reports to you based on valve operating data, fluid and valve type, and the conditions of use. This frees you to focus on the work you need to do.
Valve-related problems 4
  • Since we put so much time and effort into pre-startup inspections after periodic repair, starting up the equipment seems to take forever.

Streamline post-maintenance testing

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We streamline various labor-intensive tests after periodic maintenance, so your equipment is back up and running quickly.

Highly reliable service,
applying a valve manufacturer’s wealth of experience

We do the work of analyzing and diagnosing valve health for you,
in support of optimal valve maintenance planning.

By reducing the time and effort needed to use diagnostic tools, analyze the data, and make diagnoses, we free you to focus on maintenance work and help you to streamline work the smart way.

Diagnosis of 7 valve types: globe, double-seated, cage, diaphragm, eccentric rotary, butterfly, and ball.

By analyzing combinations of various types of operating data, we can identify a wide range of phenomena.

We offer three types of diagnostic service: primary screening, detailed diagnosis, and comparative verification, each optimized for your objectives.

Diagnosed cases

Utilizing the Valve Diagnostics Service, you receive diagnoses of various phenomena so that you can prevent trouble.

Device abnormality found

Something abnormal was detected in a loop that seemed OK according to the control results, and a potential problem was prevented.

Find loose feedback pin

Valve clogging found

A problem was found in a valve that may have been excluded from TBM, improving the selection of valves to repair.

Valve trim coated with polymer

Customers and results

We are making an increasing number of diagnoses for many types of valves at a wide range of plants.

Customer and Case Study Overview Products and Services
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Kashima Plant

Daikin Industries, Ltd., Kashima Plant

The Daikin Industries Kashima Plant, which produces fluorochemical products for a industry, has recently focused on effective maintenance of control valves. The failure of a control valve has a greater impact on production than the failure of other instrumentation equipment used in plant operations, and control valves require large repair costs even in the course of regular maintenance. By switching from periodic maintenance to condition-based maintenance of these valves, the Kashima plant has significantly reduced maintenance costs and has established a system for quick handling of minor malfunctions and warning signs of future problems.

NS Styrene Monomer Co Ltd Oita Works

NS Styrene Monomer Co Ltd Oita Works

With styrene monomer as its main product, NS Styrene Monomer Co., Ltd. (NSSM) meets a wide range of industrial needs. After repeated valve failures, the company’s Oita Works plant is now introducing smart valve positioners. The plant is also using a system to improve the monitoring of valve status. In this way, by providing a mechanism to track valve failure trends, a high level of plant operation stability is being achieved.

Showa Denko K.K., Kawasaki Plant

Showa Denko K.K., Kawasaki Plant

Showa Denko’s Kawasaki Plant in Ogimachi boasts a long history of development and manufacture of organic and inorganic chemical products. In order to promote smart industrial safety using technology such as the Internet of Things (IoT), the company pays special attention to valves, which are indispensable for production. To optimize maintenance work and reduce costs, Showa Denko utilizes Azbil’s smart valve positioners, valve diagnostic systems, and valve analysis and diagnosis services provided by specialist engineers.

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Azbil Introduction Video

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Introduction of our capability for factories and plants

This video is not only about the product, but also what the staff always keep in mind, we made it based on an actual case to see what it would be like if you asked Azbil.

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