EFFECTIVE, AFFORDABLE MONITORING FOR SMALLER MACHINERY
However, keeping a continuous eye on your critical rotating machinery is still an important requirement, helping to ensure its smooth running and avoiding the potential of a catastrophic failure.
Condition monitoring specialist SENSONICS has recognised the increasing demand for continuous protection and monitoring of smaller rotating plant – such as fans and blowers, centrifuges, pumps, motors and conveyors– and developed the PZDC accelerometer.
Available in several options, these 2-wire (+screen) loop-powered 4-20mA sensors offer a more affordable means of small machine monitoring.
A key reason for the success of this flexible, cost-saving solution is that the PZDC Accelerometer (g) or velocity (mm/s) vibration transmitter can be directly connected to an existing distributed control system (DCS), a programmable logic controller (PLC), a building management system (BMS), or a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system.
The PZDC is available as a standard general-purpose device or as an intrinsically safe option for use in hazardous areas with potentially explosive atmospheres. Submersible versions are also available with polyurethane cable and IP68 (10bar) sealing, along with specially engineered options for sub-sea applications, using specialist corrosion-resistant materials and over moulded cable entries to withstand greater pressures.
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