Wireless Sensors play a critical role in the future of industrial applications. As the Internet of Things grows to include more and more connected capabilities, these sensors are making it possible to collect and deliver data across large distances and do so in more a cost-efficient way.
As the need to connect devices increases, so to do the need for wireless sensors that transmit data among machines. In Industrial Control Applications, wireless sensors ultimately control commands and dictate how a system operates.
Multilevel float switches with an integrated wireless transmitter offer a unique opportunity when it comes to controlling remote relays that signal an on and off function.
SMD Fluid Controls offers a wide variety of industrial float switches and liquid level sensors and can also offer a Remote SPDT, 1 to 5 Channel, Wireless contact closure that is battery operated, capable of auto shut off, range testing, long-range wireless operation and more.
Agricultural Monitoring
As smart farming trends upward, systems that make it possible to irrigate land and produce more plentiful crops are rising in demand. Sensors are used in this setting to measure humidity and moisture in the soil. Only when a lack of liquids is detected, will the irrigation system be activated. Preventing rot from over or under watering and saving farmer’s money while producing a more bountiful crop.
Chemical Processing
The chemical industry has unique conditions that set it apart from other facilities. Due to the nature of the sensitive liquids being handled, careful monitoring and maintenance of storage tanks are necessary. With wireless sensors connected to multilevel float switches resistant to corrosion, batch quality can be improved, safer workplaces are possible and equipment breakdown, which plagues the industry, can be avoided.
Oil and Gas Processing
Another way in which wireless transmission of liquid level indication for remote-controlled relay applications would be beneficial is in the oil and gas industry. Less costly then hard-wiring, an optimal choice in dangerous and corrosive liquid environments and still providing reliable data, all it important an important application in this industry. These solutions can monitor tanks, compressors, and wellheads located in rugged terrains and in areas that pose risks and measure liquid levels, pressure, temperature and more in near real-time.