F’IS and National Instruments lay the foundations for the next generation of Condition Monitoring systems

Co-operation for further development of the proven F’IS online monitoring systems on the basis of NI CompactRIO - Condition Monitoring for worldwide use in early defect detection and quality assurance

HANOVER/HERZOGENRATH/MUNICH, April 13, 2005 – FAG Industrial Services GmbH (F’IS) and National Instruments (NI) based in Austin (Texas) will in future work together to develop Condition Monitoring systems. Within this partnership, the two companies will combine their individual expertise in the areas of measurement hardware and software (on the part of NI) and Condition Monitoring applications and system developments (on the part of F’IS). Building on the existing successful systems and many years of experience of F’IS in vibration diagnosis, F’IS will develop the next generation of Condition Monitoring systems on the basis of the NI platforms LabVIEW and CompactRIO. Permanent Condition Monitoring is the most reliable method for early damage detection. The use of CM minimises downtime and allows planning of maintenance. Costly secondary damage can also be avoided. Initial results are to be presented next year.

F’IS has made a name for itself worldwide through the use of vibration and temperature monitoring systems and the associated diagnosis. Systems supplied by its maintenance experts are used to monitor cruise ships and oil platforms as well as gold mines, paper mills and cement plants. In cold rolling plant for steel and aluminium production in particular, Condition Monitoring systems are increasingly contributing to quality assurance. They make it possible to prevent chatter marks – barely measurable thickness variations caused by resonance vibrations – that lead to significantly impaired quality of steel and aluminium sheet. With its monitoring system WiPro (Wind Turbine Protection) developed specially for the wind power industry, F’IS has one of the few Condition Monitoring systems on the market that fulfils the stringent requirements of the Allianz Centre for Technology (AZT) for the use of such systems in wind turbines.

National Instruments (NASDAQ: NATI) is one of the leading manufacturers of measuring equipment software and hardware for PCs and workstations. The Company is a pioneer in measurement and automation technology and a market leader in virtual instrumentation. This concept has fundamentally changed the implementation of measurement and automation solutions by engineers and scientists. Through the use of commercial applied technologies (PC, Internet etc.), virtual instrumentation can reduce the costs of measurement, management and control applications at the same time as increasing system performance, accuracy and reliability. The use of easily integrated software packages such as the graphics-based development environment LabVIEW and modular hardware such as PXI modules assist in data capture, equipment control and industrial image processing. In Germany, the Company is represented by National Instrument Germany GmbH in Munich.

FAG Industrial Services GmbH (F’IS)

Since the beginning of 2001, FAG Kugelfischer AG & Co. oHG, a member of the Schaeffler Group, has been focusing its service business in FAG Industrial Services GmbH (F’IS), headquartered at Herzogenrath near Aachen. As an independent company, F’IS offers its maintenance services and service products on a manufacturer-neutral basis, thereby helping customers to save maintenance costs, optimize machine availability and avoid unexpected machine downtime.

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Email: reimer_c@fis-services.de

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