Spotting the invisible threat in medium voltage switchgear: Detecting partial discharge before it strikes

Credit to Author: Venanzio Ferraro| Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

If you work in an industrial or manufacturing setting, you’re familiar with unplanned downtime. It happens on average about 15 hours every week – or 800 hours annually, and it’s more expensive than ever. In some industrial plants, a one-hour shutdown now costs up to…

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Why condition-based maintenance is a turning point for critical electrical distribution asset management 

Credit to Author: Philippe Arsonneau| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:03:01 +0000

A global survey of 1000 companies revealed that unplanned downtime routinely costs them between $1.25 billion and $2.5 billion annually. Disruptions in productivity can be financially devastating. For 98 percent of companies surveyed, just one hour of downtime now costs upwards of $100,000. And that…

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An industry’s journey to system-level predictive analytics for the data center starts now!

Credit to Author: Wendi Runyon| Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:26:52 +0000

The data center industry has a defined list of challenges that have been well-known and well-publicized for years: Add to this, the much-hyped developments around artificial intelligence (AI) and its implications, including further demand for data center capacity. AI requires performance-intensive computing (servers, storage, and…

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A digitized, condition based maintenance approach boosts operational efficiencies for energy recovery plant

Credit to Author: Philippe Arsonneau| Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Businesses across the globe are increasing their commitment and investment in circularity. However, most recognize that raw materials will become more difficult and expensive to access in the future, and the demand for materials will outpace supply projections by a wide margin. The solution to…

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How to keep people comfortable more sustainably

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 19:00:00 +0000

Arguably one of the most significant inventions since industrialization was the development of the first practical heat pump in 1755, which would lay the foundations for the modern HVAC and refrigeration we now take for granted in the developed world. Like so many of the…

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How to make your plant assets work harder for you

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:00:00 +0000

Over the last few years, the world has experienced unprecedented events which have also had unprecedented impacts on business. With so many factors out of our control, it’s even more important to be on top of the things that are. One of the best places…

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Digitization through modernization: A more efficient approach to electrical distribution upgrades

Credit to Author: Pierre-Michael Schmitt| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000

As a first step, today’s push toward digitization has many facility operators considering electrical upgrades and replacing equipment with newer models. Though this approach can ensure the connectivity and access to cloud-based analytics and monitoring that modern industrial operations require, the wholesale replacement has big…

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The impact of circular electrical system maintenance on extended asset lifecycles

Credit to Author: Philippe Arsonneau| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 08:00:18 +0000

Over the last decades, the fight to control global warming has grown in momentum.  Although we still have a long way to go, progress is being made. Many nations have… Read more »

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