Case Study: a frac sand transload facility in Texas predicts silo failure and avoids downtime with SpotSee OpsWatch

Frac Sand Transload Facility in Texas avoids downtime 19 days before failure with SpotSee

The customer, a frac sand transload facility in Texas, faced the challenge of avoiding costly unplanned downtime and equipment failure in its conveyor and silo systems. To address this, they partnered with vendor SpotSee to implement its OpsWatch impact and vibration monitoring system to detect early warning signs of mechanical stress.

SpotSee's OpsWatch solution successfully predicted multiple events, allowing the facility to perform maintenance and avoid failure. In one instance, the system provided 19 days of warning before an impending incident. While heeding the warnings prevented downtime, ignoring them led to significant consequences, including one failure that resulted in over $20,000 in cleanup costs after 210 tons of sand were dumped.