The SETPOINT Machinery Protection System (model VC-8000) is a rack-based continuous machinery monitoring platform designed to fully comply with American Petroleum Institute Standard 670 for machinery protection systems. Up to 60 vibration/position/speed channels or 90 temperature/process variable channels can be monitored and dispalyed in a single 19 rack.

The system measures and alarms on a wide variet of vibration, position, speed, temperature, and process variable inputs (refer to page 9 for a comprehensive list).All necessary monitoring functionality is provided using only four basic module types,simplifying spare parts requirements.