Are you properly tracking in-feeds, flows, pressure and viscosity, process efficiency and changes to the pumping subsystem over time? Early fault detection based on motor power, along with proper intervention can protect your motors and pumps, improve efficiency, and extend their longevity even in the most dangerous and harmful conditions. And now, use this same data to improve energy efficiency, lower costs and improve reliability and uptime for your pumps.
In Load Controls’ previous Whitepaper ‘Using Power Sensing to Monitor and Protect Pumps’ we detailed the advantages of implementing motor power sensing to a safe, well run pumping environment. Firms that measure motor power can sense and quickly react to failure conditions such as jams, clogs, dry running, cavitation, and broken impellers. This ability to diagnose failures greatly improves system uptime, and limits potentially expensive or dangerous impact of pump failures.
In addition to these benefits, pump motor power monitoring can provide important insights into pumping efficiency, potential system improvements, and energy cost savings opportunities. This motor power data can also deliver early warnings of pump system degradation, enabling improved predictive maintenance and corresponding uptime benefits.
