Sensors transform motors into intelligent machines
The monitoring and preventive maintenance of low-voltage motors can be time-consuming and expensive. This company’s smart sensors provide insight on operating and condition parameters (such as vibration, temperature and overload), and calculate power consumption. Using proprietary software, the data are relayed through wireless transmission in the form of graphics that assist with maintenance planning. These sensors can reduce the downtime of low-voltage motors by up to 70%, extend asset lifetime by up to 30%, and reduce energy consumption by as much as 10%, helping the condition-monitoring solution to pay for itself, says the company. — ABB, Zurich, Switzerland