Manufacturing · paper mill · CMMS

Equipment monitoring at a paper mill: 2,718 assets and vibration sensors

The LISS CMMS on the enterprise’s own server: a register of 2,718 pieces of equipment, readings from SKF vibration sensors, work orders created from alerts in one tap, permits for hazardous work and a technician’s phone that works on the shop floor without a network.

Updated: October 2026

2,718assets under monitoring

Challenge

The condition of machines was known only from rounds and complaints: the repair log was a notebook, requests lived in a chat, the work permit was on paper. A stopped gearbox or pump was discovered when the line was already down, and no repair history of a unit was kept anywhere.

Solution

We deployed the LISS CMMS: the mill’s equipment register was loaded, SKF vibration measurements and spectra were connected to the units (read-only). Alerts fire on thresholds; the foreman turns an alert into a condition-based work order, reserves the spare part in the stockroom and issues a LOTO permit. The technician scans the QR on the machine and works from the phone: checklist, before and after photos, downtime counted automatically. MTBF, MTTR and PM compliance are computed by the system, and the sensor trend gives a remaining-life forecast.

What the business gets

An equipment register with the history of every unit
A vibration-threshold alert becomes a work order in one tap
LOTO permit: work does not start until the safety measures are ticked
The technician’s phone works without a network on the shop floor; actions sync when it returns
Spare-parts stock: reserved for the order, written off by the issue note
Reports for the chief mechanic and a forecast of days to the critical threshold