Industrial Technology

Analyse energy consumption to reduce costs

The OptoEMU from Opto 22 is an energy monitoring unit that measures the electrical energy usage in your facility and then delivers that data to online software applications using your existing wired or wireless network. It gives you the detailed, real-time data you need to analyse energy consumption and reduce costs. Most recently, Opto 22 has expanded the communications and integration capability of the device, making it even easier to manage energy usage using the hardware, interfaces, protocols and databases you know and prefer.

29th March 2012

Super yacht builder chooses PLC for monitoring and control

Super yacht builder, Sunseeker International, has specified a monitoring and control system using AC500 PLCs from ABB for its new luxury vessel, The 28 Metre Yacht, launched at the 2012 London Boat Show. This system is used to collect information from equipment installed throughout the yacht. This data is then displayed on a 15in capacitive full-colour touch screen integrated into a glass panel at the helm and a separate display panel in the crew quarters.

26th March 2012

Power meters provide simple energy monitoring

Two new Allen-Bradley power monitors from Rockwell Automation provide manufacturers with scalable, cost-effective insight into how, when and where energy is being used throughout the production process. The Allen-Bradley PowerMonitor W250 and 500 power meters offer users an opportunity to cost-effectively drive energy monitoring further into their production processes compared to previous monitoring technology.

26th March 2012

High performance power measurement

The PowerLogic PM800 series power meters from Schneider Electric offer high-performance measurement capabilities needed to monitor an electrical installation in a compact 96x96mm unit. The power meter's large easy-to-read display lets you view all three phases and neutral at the same time.

26th March 2012

Panel mounted power meter

Yokogawa's PR300 is a panel mounted meter designed to meet two user needs: a power facility meter and a meter for monitoring energy consumption. Features include a large triple display and multimeter function, a wide choice of measurement items, a demand alarm and network access to make power monitoring more efficient.

26th March 2012

Low cost power monitoring solution

The EPM 2000 meter from General Electric measures more than 40 electrical power parameters providing a low-cost, multifunction monitoring solution for industrial applications. The EPM 2000 can easily be mounted in a panel and can provide data to RTUs, PLCs and other control devices.

26th March 2012

Energy Control Pack provides visualisation to optimise energy usage

The ME96NSR panel meter from Mitsubishi is an innovative solution to monitor and record energy consumption that has been developed to provide seamless integration with Mitsubishi Electric system Q controllers via a CC-Link network, with the information then transferred to a higher level SAP system. Here the data can be recorded and readily analysed.

26th March 2012

Ethernet based safety network

The CLPA has announced a significant extension to the capabilities of CC-Link IE Field, by adding a fully IEC 61508 SIL 3 compliant safety protocol layer. This means that with a single open Ethernet based network, system designers can integrate conventional and safety control. Further, compatible safety devices can connect directly to the network, reducing cost and increasing flexibility.

26th March 2012

EPLAN - leading the way in electrical design

Since their introduction over 25 years ago, computer aided design (CAD) tools have been well accepted by businesses worldwide, with each successive generation of electrical CAD software empowering the individual user to be much more productive. Today, legacy CAD systems continue to perform as advertised, but companies that rely on them risk falling behind those who utilise newer, more innovative systems; systems that have been proven to not only deliver cost savings of up to 80 per cent, but that also to significantly improve design integrity and project turnaround times.

26th March 2012

Easily import igus chainflex flexible cables into EPLAN

EPLAN Electric P8 users can now easily configure and import igus chainflex cables, complete with connectors, directly into their EPLAN projects in minutes. Why chainflex cables? In dynamic applications where cables are used to connect moving parts of a machine, cables may have to move backwards and forwards or with a twisting motion, at high speeds and accelerations and high duty cycles. Usually these will be within some kind of cable carrier or energy chain to guide and protect the cables and enforce a minimum bend radius.

26th March 2012