Vantage-Point Web Based Energy Monitoring
With electricity prices forecast to increase by 65%, many manfacturers are looking for ways to reduce energy consumption.

To assist in achieving this objective, we have added an accurate Energy Monitoring feature to our Vantage-Point Production Monitoring system. The system records exactly where and when energy is used. This identifies targets for energy saving. It then measures the effect of changes to procedures or equipment to see if the expected savings are being realised. The system also identifies where energy is being wasted by continually comparing the actual energy consumption of each machine or ancillary against a target. This target is dependent what the machine is doing at the time. Energy Monitoring has been possible for some time but the equipment was expensive, Gould have teamed up with a UK meter company who can supply a meter to our requirements at a low cost. As a result we can now offer this additional facility for less than £100 per machine, making it very easy to justify.

Machine current energy consumption
The machine energy consumption target levels vary according to the Job and the Machine status. There are four target levels OFF, Standby (Heaters at low temperature), READY (Heaters up to full temperature) and RUN. If the current energy consumption exceeds the target for a given period of time an alarm is raised.

Machine historic energy consumption
This is a report showing the energy usage in the form of a graph over a period of time, a shift for example. The machine status and other key events such as tool or material change are superimposed on the graph.

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