Case Study: a medium-sized manufacturing facility prevents costly process downtime with Dranetz power monitoring

a medium-sized manufacturing facility prevents $10,000/hour downtime with Dranetz

A medium-sized manufacturing facility experienced unexpected shutdowns of its adjustable speed drives (ASDs), which halted its continuous stream manufacturing process. The problem was linked to power quality events from utility capacitor switching. The facility needed to identify the exact cause to prevent costly downtime and turned to Dranetz for monitoring.

Using its power monitoring system and the Signature System Capacitor Switching Answer Module, Dranetz helped the facility manager pinpoint a second, unanticipated capacitor switching event as the source of the problem. This event was causing overcurrent trips in the ASDs. The issue was quickly remedied, preventing hours of downtime and saving the facility an estimated $10,000 per hour in losses.