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Temperature Monitoring for Water Jacket
Requirements
Customer needed efficiency improvement of steel manufacturing by temperature monitoring for heat/cooling equipment. Previous system required periodic compensation lead changing.
Benefits
Improved product quality by accuracy enhancement of measurement. Reduced compensation lead changing work.
Challenge
Severe environment.
- High temperature
- Strong electrical noise
Solution
Wireless multi channel temperature transmitters were introduced. Yokogawa plant-wide field wireless system was selected for its high reliable communication and flexibility.
Equipment List
YFGW410 x 2
YFGW510 x 3
YTMX580 x 20
High gain antenna (6 dBi)
Remote antenna cable (3 meters)
Conclusion
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| YTMX580 Multi-Input Temperature Transmitter |
Product quality was improved by accuracy enhancement of temperature measurement.
Wireless temperature measurement equipment is less affected by electric noise compared to wired equipment using long compensation lead.
Maintenance time and cost for compensation lead changing work was drastically reduced.
YTMX580 eight channel temperature transmitter enabled cost effective system configuration.
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Field Wireless
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