Increased Process Automation Efficiency
Traditional process control still implies monitoring and regulation of parameters such as temperature, pressure, torque, position, etc. But measuring these directly can be both inefficient and inaccurate. Measuring the input current of a load provides much more information than just the current value and has a number of advantages like speed, ease of use, reliability, and savings. An increasing number of process automation and condition monitoring applications are following this trend.
Benefits of Installing Electrical Transducers
Installing electrical transducers in control panels or on electric motor drives allows:
- Monitoring of the status of various kinds of electro-mechanical installations
- Regulation of miscellaneous parameters
- Failure warning and early detection
- Back-up system launch during outages
Typical Applications for Automation
Key Automation Use Cases
- Machine and panel builders: Integrated current sensing in control panels
- System integrators / engineering: Custom automation solutions
- Safety operations: Personnel protection systems
- Process control: Supervision and automation (smelting furnace, electrolysis, electro-mechanical monitoring)
- Maintenance operations: Condition monitoring and predictive maintenance
- Facilities & infrastructure: Cathodic protection current, material conveyor drives
- Energy production & consumption: Site energy sub-metering
