MONITORING AND CONTROL DEVICES: THE WAY TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY

Abstract

As the industry rushes towards the full optimization of processes and methods, the terms "control" and "monitor" are recognized as of vital importance even for small manufacturing companies and not only in major industrial installations. The high equipment cost and the growing aggregated value of products means that every downtime will reflect in large losses, thus concrete means of monitoring and preventive detection of fails are a vital step towards the maintenance of profitable activities. This paper focuses in means of monitoring motors performance and several other variables that are valuable to access the operation condition of the motors and map the correct maintenance plan for the equipment. It is shown also how this monitoring paired with control mechanisms that allow for automatic star-delta commutation may increase the performance of electric motors and it´s driven equipment. Finally, it is presented the method to the full integration of this monitor and control devices in the motor without changing its footprint and the advantages to end user installations.