Plug in to optimized uptime
In my opinion, the opportunity for manufacturing operations and other facilities to be able to monitor trends in their power consumption is one of the greatest benefits enabled by the Industrial Internet of Things. After all, sudden changes in how a piece of equipment such as a pump, motor or conveyer uses electricity can be a powerful predictor of steadily degrading operation or imminent failure. If, for example, a piece of equipment has been drawing its rated 40 amps minute by minute for