Frozen Food Producer Installs Enclosure to Monitor Temp, Energy Usage
CAS DataLoggers, Chesterland, Ohio, helped a frozen food manufacturer monitor current/voltage on several large 3-phase compressor motors used for refrigeration. As these compressors aged through valve leakage and piston ring deterioration, the AC temperatures fluctuated, endangering product quality. Because the motors had to run a high load and maintain a low coil temperature, their effectiveness couldn’t be further strained by low-voltage conditions.
To avoid compressor failure and to realize energy savings, the manufacturer needed automated monitoring with a high number of channels that could monitor temperature and the equipment’s current/voltage/energy usage to see how hard the compressors were working. The customer also needed to totalize the energy data and the motor on/off times.