Posted to News on 2nd Dec 2024, 09:00
Monitoring temperature rise in control cabinets - MachineBuilding.Live 2024
At MachineBuilding.Live 2024, TEN Editor Mark Simms talks to Richard Wood, account manager at OMRON about monitoring temperature rise in control cabinets.
Providing thermography-based condition monitoring, Omron's K6PM-TH measures and monitors the surface temperature through up to 31 connected infra-red cameras, as a continuous thermography.
The technology is designed to monitor facility and equipment panels, preventing the risk of overheating that might be due to bad connections, loose wiring or lack of ventilation. The devices are also suitable to monitor the temperature of surfaces which temperature should not exceed a given threshold (hot air ducts).
The proprietary algorithm running in the controller can:
- Monitor and predict temperature trend, signalling alarm anytime the temperature of a given area is above the set threshold or is expected to reach critical value in near future
- Consider the differential temperature trend (between environment and measured object), signalling alarms only if critical conditions occur
- Automatically set the temperature threshold of each area (every camera divides the monitored area in 16 quadrants), based on baseline conditions
The device can either be used as stand-alone, or integrated in a wider solution, enabling functions such as: e-mail notifications in case of warning/alarm; remote monitoring; interaction with custom applications and MQTT server.
