Everyone is looking to save money and increase production. We get that. One way to save considerably is to rethink your drive strategy on motors of 1200 horsepower or less.
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So, you are going about your day, monitoring your pumps and solving problems. Suddenly, you get an alert. You have a Code-1 Over-Current Fault. What does that even mean and what do you need to do to resolve it?
The energy unleashed on your equipment from unchecked rod float is tremendous. The cost of repairing the damage is equally sobering. Consider a typical case.
Look at your typical SWD set up and you’ll see it’s pretty common to run all of the field devices -- the safeties, the controls, the kills -- through a PLC.
To control a motor of 1,000HP or less, 480V VFDs are equally as effective as their medium- voltage counterparts. AND they’re also much less expensive to purchase and operate.
For the overwhelming majority of upstream and midstream oil and gas pumping operations, 480V VFDs can reduce operating expenses by double-digit percentages. This series of short articles can help you determine whether 480V is right for your oil, water or gas compression applications. Learn more. Read on.
Systems without preventative maintenance experience 300 % the downtime of those with a PM program. Source: 2015IEEE Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee Conference (PCIC)
SPOC Automation is an innovation company. We are continually striving to bring the best products and services to the market. We manufacture all our products to the highest standards in the industry. Innovation and excellence doesn’t just extend to manufacturing. In everything we do, from engineering to manufacturing to aftermarket service, we want to challenge the status quo. Our overriding purpose is to Lift Up our customers. It comes down to a simple phrase: When we do our jobs with excellence, both our people and our customers have a chance to thrive. We can lift our customers up by making it easier for them to pump more and pump more profitably.