Facility-wide, improving your power factor not only reduces your risk of a charge from the utility, but also assists in shaving peak demand as the two factors are related.
For individual machines, a low power factor can shorten equipment life, so improvements in this area can help you avoid maintenance and replacement costs.
Use Guidewheel Diagnostics and set up Alerts to ensure well-functioning Power Factor Correction Banks and avoid utility charges
On Alerts page, you can set up an SMS alert for any time Power Factor at the falls below 0.9 (or any other threshold you prefer) at the mains or machines.
Use Guidewheel Diagnostics and Alerts to manage individual machine power factor for optimum machine health
The loading of a motor can significantly affect its power factor, with light loads often resulting in low power factor. Use the Diagnostics to test power factor with different loads and determine machine loading procedure that results in optimal power factor. Run tests by comparing Power Factor before and after load or machine setting is changed. Guidewheel Calculations also show summaries of Power Factor by machine to make this easy (select the Power Factor toggle under Total/All Machines).
Use the Alerts page to get an SMS alert if Power Factor falls below the threshold you determine from your tests, so you can intervene right away to address it.