7.Fiber Manufacturing Plants
Use Case: Temperature monitoring in a dryer
— Temperature monitoring at various drying stages
— Distance from the first measurement point to the control room is approx. 130 meters.
— Switchover of existing temperature monitoring system from off-line to on-Iine.
Challenges
— Manual temperature reading requires walking about 130 m and climbing up and down
elevated sections of the dryer stages.
— Multiple temperature measurement points along the various stages of the dryer require
many cables to the control room.
— Very high humidity.
Solutions
— Wireless temperature measurement
— High quality wireless communication was confirmed.
ISA100 Wireless Benefits
— Reduced maintenance costs.
— Robust communication with lower packet error rates.