Cooper Crouse-Hinds enters wireless market

KEYWORD: WIRELESS

Another company has entered the wireless condition monitoring market. Cooper Crouse-Hinds has announced the addition of an extensive line of wireless products designed to monitor and control processes in challenging or difficult industrial and hazardous applications.

The system of transmitters, receivers, transceivers and interface gateways offer both one-and two-way wireless monitoring capabilities for industrial applications including tank level monitoring, pump performance metrics, conveyor belt alignments and heat trace monitoring. The wireless system offerings also include the availability of accessories such as high-powered antennas for long-distance communications and explosion-proof enclosures for hazardous applications. Optional serial units enable users to expand the I/O capability of the system’s transceivers and gateways by connecting up to 32 serial units to a single radio.

Each wireless device in the system includes a selection of digital, analog and pulse inputs that allow fewer radios per system. Each radio can be configured for exception reporting (only transmitting when a signal value changes) with messages delivered in blocks to compress signal information, thus minimizing bandwidth usage and preserving battery life. In applications where security is vital, the wireless system operates with high security data encryption and frequency encoding algorithms that protect against industrial espionage or malicious network hacking.

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