On-line rotating equipment monitoring device

A rotating equipment monitoring device, comprising:

• a plurality of sensors adapted to be mounted on or near the rotating equipment to measure parameters associated with the rotating equipment during operation of the rotating equipment;
• a diagnostic engine adapted to be mounted on or near rotating equipment and communicatively coupled to receive data indicative of the measured parameters from each of the plurality of sensors, the diagnostic engine operating on the received data to produce a condition indication indicating a condition of the rotating equipment;
• and
• a communication interface directly coupled to the diagnostic engine and adapted to be coupled to a plant-based communication network to send the condition indication over the communication network.

A process plant comprising:

• a host computer communicatively coupled to a communication network;
• a plurality of field devices;
• one or more controllers communicatively coupled to the plurality of field devices via the communication network to control the operation of the process plant using the plurality of field devices;
• rotating equipment;
• and
• a monitoring device mounted on or near the rotating equipment including:
• a plurality of sensors mounted on or near the rotating equipment to measure parameters associated with the rotating equipment during operation of the rotating equipment and to produce data indicative of the measured parameters;
• and
• a diagnostic unit communicatively coupled to receive the data from each of the plurality of sensors, the diagnostic unit including;
• a processor;
• a memory;
• a diagnostic routine stored in the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to perform diagnostics using the data collected from the plurality of sensors to produce a condition indication indicating a condition of the rotating equipment;
• and
• a communication interface coupled to the communication network to send the condition indication over the communication network.