Using a motor as a sensor to detect pump faults
Current monitoring has limitations when protecting three-phase motors. An alternative approach using the motor itself as a sensor can detect faults that current monitors cannot,… Read More
Current monitoring has limitations when protecting three-phase motors. An alternative approach using the motor itself as a sensor can detect faults that current monitors cannot,… Read More
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has launched a portfolio of DC (direct current) protection and switching systems, designed to meet the growing demand for sustainable, efficient… Read More
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has announced its first fully electronic motor starter which, it says, offers short-circuit protection that is 1,000 times faster than conventional… Read More
Siemens has developed a “revolutionary” multi-function circuit protection device that it says is to 1,000 times faster than conventional devices and needs up to 80%… Read More
The use of DC (direct current) in industry promises new ways to simplify the integration of renewable energy and battery technologies, and to increase energy… Read More
The German sensor-maker Sick has launched what it describes as the world’s first 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) camera that has PL c safety certification in accordance… Read More
A Dutch specialist in speed-sensing technologies has announced a “game-changing” overspeed protection system that, it says, will broaden the range of rotating machinery that is… Read More
At the recent SPS show iun Germany, Wieland Electric unveiled a decentralised motor starter that, it claims, is the smallest in its power range and… Read More
ABB has announced an IP67-rated version of its smallest and fastest industrial robot – the IRB 1100 – as well as a matching IP54-protected controller. Read More
The German machine safety specialist Schmersal has developed an RFID-based solenoid interlock which it claims is the world’s smallest. Measuring 119.5 x 40 x 20mm,… Read More