RS offers a comprehensive suite of
solutions engineered to help customers in the energy and utilities
industry navigate challenges related to market growth, including
products designed to improve safety, efficiency, uptime,
sustainability, and maintenance.
FORT
WORTH, Texas, Nov. 7, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- RS, a trading brand of RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a
global provider of product and service solutions for industrial
customers, is a trusted partner for navigating the complexities of
the energy and utilities industry and offers a comprehensive suite
of solutions designed to address the industry's modernization and
safety challenges.
RS is a trusted partner for navigating the
complexities of the energy and utilities industry.
The energy and utilities industry is comprised of two main
sectors: the energy sector, which includes processes related to the
exploration, extraction, production, transportation, and
distribution of oil and gas products made from hydrocarbon
reserves, and the utilities sector, which encompasses the operation
and management of utilities including power, water, natural gas,
and wastewater.
Since both sectors serve an overwhelming majority of the general
public, increased demand and market growth are directly tied to
increases in population, urbanization, and globalization, which
have remained fairly steady in recent years and resulted in
numerous challenges. Of these, ensuring the safety of personnel and
equipment has remained paramount due to the industry's many
hazards, including chemical exposure, extreme temperatures,
mechanical and electrical risks, fires, explosions, ingress, and
cyberattacks.
As the energy and utilities industry modernizes and expands
to keep pace with demand, products beyond the scope of
purpose-built safety solutions are becoming increasingly essential
for ensuring employee and equipment safety. These solutions include
products that improve worker and equipment safety as well as
efficiency, uptime, sustainability, and maintenance requirements
and costs, and examples include human-machine interfaces (HMIs),
power supplies, wireless communications equipment, liquid-level
sensors, filters, and lubricants.
HMIs are used to monitor and manage programmable logic
controllers (PLCs), remote terminal units (RTUs), and other
intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) employed in applications
throughout the energy and utilities industry, including pumps,
valves, pipelines, drills, and safety systems. Beijer Electronics'
X2 Series HMIs contribute to safety, efficiency, and
maintenance improvements with features including robust die-cast
aluminum form factors; IP65/66, NEMA 4X/12, UL50E Type 4X/12, and
marine protection ratings; UL, CE, FCC, and KCC certifications;
high-performance LCD touchscreens with customizable interfaces;
integrated IEC 61131-3 PLC functionality for enhanced control;
support for Ethernet, serial, and USB protocols; timely alerts
about potential hazards and malfunctions; data logging and analysis
capabilities; and remote access capabilities.
Power supplies are an essential component of all electronic
systems, including energy and utilities applications. SolaHD's
SDN-C Series power supplies contribute to safety, sustainability,
efficiency, uptime, and maintenance improvements with features
including a compact, durable, and energy-efficient design that
minimizes heat generation, reduces energy consumption and costs and
maintenance requirements, and meets stringent safety standards,
including low-voltage and EMC directives, marine certifications,
and hazardous location certifications, such as Class I Zone 2,
ATEX, IECEx, and ABS Type approval. They also feature built-in
over-temperature, overload, and short circuit protection; sag
immunity, which helps minimize downtime and extend equipment
lifetimes; user-friendly LED diagnostics that provide quick status
insights and facilitate rapid troubleshooting to reduce system
downtime; dual output terminals for convenient wiring; and parallel
operation for simple installation and maintenance.
Wireless access points play a vital role in modernizing and
optimizing energy and utilities operations since wired connectivity
is often unfeasible or exorbitantly expensive in the vast, remote,
and challenging environments common to this industry. Moxa's
AWK-3131A Series wireless LAN access points contribute to
safety and efficiency improvements with features including a
rugged, EMI-resistant design that's quick and easy to install and
deploy; support for data rates up to 300Mb/s, which enables
real-time remote monitoring and swift control that can help keep
personnel out of harm's way; and Turbo Roaming capabilities and
redundancies that ensure seamless connectivity even in vast
installations like power grids and pipeline networks.
Liquid-level sensors also contribute to the safety of
energy and utilities applications, including storage tanks, open
basins, pump shafts, and canal systems in remote and hazardous
locations. Endress+Hauser's Micropilot FMR10 liquid-level
sensor contributes to safety, efficiency, and sustainability
improvements with features including durable polyvinylidene
fluoride (PVDF) housing proven to withstand harsh conditions for
long lifetimes, IP66/68 and NEMA 4X/6P sealing, hermetically sealed
wiring, and fully potted electronics that eliminate the possibility
of water ingress. It also features Bluetooth wireless technology;
real-time, app-based commissioning, operation, and maintenance;
secure remote access; encrypted point-to-point data transmission
and password-protected communication; diagnostics information
according to NAMUR NE107, with remedial measures in the form of
plain text messages; and environmentally responsible recycling
concepts.
Given the increased electronic complexity of equipment employed
in the energy and utilities industry, operators are increasingly
reliant upon filters to prevent electromagnetic and RF
interference (EMI and RFI) from disrupting data transmissions and
the automated systems that rely on them and causing unplanned
downtime. TE Connectivity's Corcom R Series EMI filters, for
instance, are often used to ensure that IIoT devices transmit
accurate information to connected systems and to safeguard
automated processes from the effects of interference, which can
range from misreads to malfunctions, to maximize safety, uptime,
and productivity. They are also compliant with globally recognized
safety regulations, including UL, CSA, and VDE.
Lubricants serve a similar purpose as EMI filters since
they help ensure that equipment runs smoothly with minimal
interruptions — just in a physical rather than an electrical sense.
SKF's LAGD Series SYSTEM 24 gas-driven, single-point automatic
lubricators contribute to safety, efficiency, uptime,
maintenance, and sustainability improvements by reducing equipment
downtime associated with manual lubrication procedures, preventing
over- or under-lubrication, and preventing workers from having to
access hard-to-reach or hazardous areas as often. They also feature
ATEX Zone 0 approval for potentially explosive environments,
tool-free activation and time-setting features, and detachable
batteries that support environmentally friendly disposal.
For more information about the RS portfolio of safety solutions
for energy and utilities applications, as well as expert insights
into and advice about the industry, please check out the new
"Improving Safety in the Energy and Utilities Industry" RS Expert
Advice article and visit the links embedded here. For
assistance identifying, procuring, deploying, and maintaining
products that can help improve the safety of your energy and
utilities operations, please contact your local RS representative
at 1.866.433.5722 or reach out to our technical product support
team.
About RS in the Americas
In the Americas region, RS stocks more than 250,000 industrial
and electronic products from more than 700 trusted suppliers. These
solutions cover categories extending from automation and control
equipment to interconnect, passive, active, and electromechanical
components and include more than 80,000 high-quality, competitively
priced RS PRO products. For more information, please visit
https://us.rs-online.com or connect with us via social media
on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
About RS Group
RS Group plc provides product and service solutions that help
our customers design, build, maintain, repair, and operate
industrial equipment and operations, safely and sustainably. We
stock more than 750,000 industrial and electronic products, sourced
from over 2,500 leading suppliers, and provide a wide range of
product and service solutions to 1.1 million customers.
We support customers across the product lifecycle, whether via
innovation and technical support at the design phase, improving
time to market and productivity at the build phase, or reducing
purchasing costs and optimizing inventory in the maintenance,
repair, and operation phase. We offer our customers tailored
product and service propositions that are essential for the
successful operation of their businesses and help them save time
and money.
RS Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with stock
ticker RS1 and in the year ended 31 March
2023 reported revenue of £2,982 million.
For more information, please visit
https://www.rsgroup.com/ or connect with us on
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