Cabinet guards enable centralised condition monitoring
15/12/2020
Turck Australia has expanded its series of cabinet guards with the addition of a narrow 18 mm model, the IM18-CCM. The new cabinet guard reports environment variables of control cabinets to higher-level IT systems for centralised condition monitoring.The integrated sensors in Turck’s latest cabinet guard monitor temperature, air humidity and door distance, with the data sent via Ethernet to higher-level IT systems. External devices, such as vibration sensors for monitoring states, can also be integrated via Modbus RTU and CAN.
Particularly suitable for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) wanting to provide basic condition monitoring values within their IT system, the IM18-CCM detects critical states in the control cabinet directly in the field. Creeping changes or systemic problems can also be detected through long-term evaluation.
The IM18-CCM thus bridges the gap between the operational technology and information technology worlds by enabling users to analyse the data material from the factory level directly from their desks. The Linux platform of the IM18-CCM also allows for the installation of customised condition monitoring software, enabling users to preprocess and prepare measured values on the device for the specific requirements of the application.
In addition to the IM18-CCM model in the cabinet guard series, Turck also offers two 12 mm devices, the IM12-CCM and the IMX12-CCM, which come with on-board condition monitoring software for monitoring limit states and long-term data series.
