Astute Switchgear Monitoring Service

The service we are offering provides 24/7 Partial Discharge (PD) monitoring of customers assets and we inform and advise them in a timely manner of any significant changes in PD that may result in failure or damage to the equipment.​

• Prevent catastrophic failure resulting in downtime​
• Helps make informed maintenance timing decisions​
• Lets the clients focus on their primary function​
• Supports investment decisions and timing​
• Maximises asset availability and keeps the business going

Benefits of continuous monitoring 

• Minimise the potential of unexpected CAPEX
• Low monthly fee. Equipment installed and commissioned free of charge and warrantied throughout the duration of the monitoring service contract
• Plan and optimise asset replacement strategy
• No internal resource required to interrogate and interpret the PD data
• Expert advice and guidance available based on thousands of assets ​monitored world wide 

ASTUTE - what this means for you

​We need to ensure that all systems are installed and configured correctly and consistently. Once they are installed, the analysis needs to be consistent and reliable for our customers.

• Follow standard procedures for planning the system​
• Follow standard procedures for installing sensors​
• Commission the system correctly​
• Analysis the data to the latest analysis guidelines or ask for help​
• Contact the customer in a timely manor with World leading advice and guidance

​Switchgear monitoring -Astute Monitor

• Fully Integrated modular system – up to 58 nodes​
• Non-Intrusive​
• No shutdown required to install equipment
• ​TEV sensing through nodes and external sensors​
• Magnetic base / Aerial​
• 2 – Ultrasonic sensors​
• Cable PD sensor using an RFCT​
• External Temperature and Humidity Sensor​
• Standalone 3G/4G communications link​
• No cyber security risk to corporate network ​