Power Measurement in Industrial Machinery
Power Measurement in Industrial Machinery
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We are trying to produce a stage 3 energy audit for a plastic manufacturing company.
The company runs on 3 phase and has a large variety of different machinery (blow molders, injection molders, compressors, refrigerators etc)
The first stage is to measure the power consumption of each machine and determine how much it is contributing to the monthly electricity bill.
What is the best method to do this?
Are there any pieces of equipment I can use (such as something similar to the kill-a-watt) which can attach to each machine and measure kW usage each hour etc?
The machines run on demand so therefore taking an average from the specifications sheet would be too inaccurate.
Any help would be much appreciated
The company runs on 3 phase and has a large variety of different machinery (blow molders, injection molders, compressors, refrigerators etc)
The first stage is to measure the power consumption of each machine and determine how much it is contributing to the monthly electricity bill.
What is the best method to do this?
Are there any pieces of equipment I can use (such as something similar to the kill-a-watt) which can attach to each machine and measure kW usage each hour etc?
The machines run on demand so therefore taking an average from the specifications sheet would be too inaccurate.
Any help would be much appreciated






RE: Power Measurement in Industrial Machinery
Fluke as well as others have many units available for power audits.
RE: Power Measurement in Industrial Machinery
Alan