How can you ensure efficient workflows in production and logistics? Location Intelligence, a software application for locating systems, increases transparency over logistics and production by combining the position of objects with order information. Using real-time tracking and analytics, bottlenecks and other anomalies can then easily be detected and eliminated.

In pump shafts, the deployed measurement technology has to contend with material that can quickly influence the measuring results. In Zeulenroda, measuring with a suspended pressure transmitter through a pipe that reached down to about 10 cm above the ground was difficult. Due to a pile of sand that formed at the bottom of the shaft, inaccuracies kept occurring. To solve the problem, employees of the sewage treatment plant decided to try radar measurement with a VEGAPULS C 23 with encapsulation. The measurement now takes place contactlessly at the upper rim of the shaft. From there, the radar sensors operate without effect from dirt and buildup – or from “annoying” sand accumulations. In Zeulenroda, VEGAPULS C 23 proves that it’s possible to have a clear view despite all adversities: In any case, the sensor doesn’t care at all about accumulations of material, no matter what kind.

With Heartbeat Technology from Endress+Hauser and the new generation of 80 GHz radar sensors, build-up on the device antenna can be easily monitored. If build-up is detected contra-actions can be taken on a demand-driven basis.