Thermalpas field deployment (Taiwan) · Heavy Industry
Tainan optoelectronics fab: 29 sensing sets, from pump motors to ultrapure water
Thermalpas sensors on ACME pump motors and five utility areas, reporting to a central monitoring room.
- 29Sensing sets in phase 1
- 5Utility areas covered
- 2021Phase 1 installed; phase 2 under way
The problem
An optoelectronics fab's cleanroom depends on pump motors and utility systems — chilled water, cooling towers, exhaust, make-up air and process cooling water, ultrapure water — to keep the process running. When a motor bearing starts to fail, its temperature rises faster than usual. Caught late, the pump seizes and the process halts.
What was installed
Thermalpas M-TYPE sensors were bonded to the ACME pump motors and installed across five utility areas: chilled water (10 sets), cooling towers (4), general exhaust (4), make-up air and process cooling water (3) and ultrapure water (8) — 29 sets in all, each reporting over fibre or the plant network to a central monitoring room.
The outcome
The first phase went live in 2021 as early-warning monitoring for the fab's motors and utilities. A second phase is under way.
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