It’s important to keep your manufacturing running and decrease downtime by maintaining equipment and updating technology to meet the newest regulation codes and compliance standards.
If you do carry out maintenance, do it correctly with lockout tagout to ensure the safety of staff and protection of equipment. The use of this device ensures dangerous machinery is turned off correctly and will not be able to start up again before the completion of maintenance and repair work that is being carried out.
There are several key components to aiding the health and growth of your manufacturing plant, as follows:
Regulation 443.4 requires protection against transient overvoltage which causes injury to life and interrupts commercial and industrial activity. Therefore, it is important to have up to date surge protection devices that will help to prevent any power outages and equipment damage leading to unplanned downtime.
Using VFDs in production lines to start motors decreases the wear and tear on equipment. It is often unnecessary to run motors at full speed; these drives can fine tune motor speed to your processes, giving you ultimate control over your machinery and reducing running costs due to the reduced energy consumption.
VFD’s provide over current, over/under voltage, over temperature and overload fault protection and sensor-less vector control; they are available with or without enclosures. Enclosed versions are vented with adjustable thermostatic controlled fan technology to maintain optimum working temperatures of VFDs.
Manage energy levels using kWh meters. Some of our meters allow facilities to be monitored remotely by third party headquarters and allows for data charting to ensure more precise designs on future electrical installations. You can monitor the electrical performance and consumption over time to make more cost-effective choices.
Our increasing dependency on a consistent supply of power means that any power failure could be catastrophic. Therefore, backup power generators are essential. Automatic Transfer Switches autonomously switch over to your backup generator when the loss of mains power is detected; they will switch back again when the mains supply is restored and stable. This will prevent your factory from having to close until power is restored, meaning you can continue working at optimal speed.
Adding local isolation allows you to safely work on specific equipment without turning off complete circuits. Switch fuses, switch-disconnectors and changeover switches are a brilliant component to have full control over your electrical loads with early make, late break and neutral or neutral link options to avoid damage to your machinery.
Overall efficiency is optimised as time and costs are cut when machinery is kept up to date and running to correct standards. There are so many different electrical components and safety devices to protect the safety and effectiveness in your manufacturing plant that continue to develop with the progression of technology and components will continue to adapt to the changing market to bring smarter, faster and more efficient devices. Contact our sales and technical teams today to find out how we can help with the maintenance of your manufacturing plant.
