One of the first questions that must be answered at the start of an electrification project is whether the local utility grid can handle the increased load. This is not simply a question of power availability, but of balancing power demands and supply availability.

Demand flexibility is the ability of industrial facilities to adjust their energy consumption in response to grid conditions. Demand flexibility not only helps local utilities, but it also can provide energy cost savings and valuable process data for the plants that implement the right technologies.

PLM at the level of individual machines and at a network level enables demand flexibility without a loss of quality or throughput. It also helps to provide greater energy efficiency overall.

Getting started does not need to be a cumbersome exercise; it can be enough to start with an electrical demand audit and a handful of modern controllers in a network. Watlow can help advise on a configuration that will work for your facility, whatever your industry.

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