INDUSTRIES / INDUSTRIAL & MANUFACTURING

Production-line energy attribution for manufacturing.

Identify the spindle, line, or compressor driving demand — and the wasted load hiding between shifts.

THE PROBLEM

One plant meter hides the real demand driver.

No load attribution

A single plant meter cannot tell you which line, cell, or motor is driving the demand charge.

Demand charges

Peak spikes from compressors and startups inflate the bill far beyond actual consumption.

Retrofit constraints

Hardwired CTs on every motor mean downtime and an electrician on every circuit.

HOW VUTILITY FITS

Attribute load to every line and motor.

Per-asset monitoring

HotDrop™ and VoltDrop™ attribute energy to each line, cell, and motor in real time.

Demand-spike alerts

CloudVU flags startup spikes and abnormal draw before they hit the demand charge.

No production stoppage

Self-powered sensors clip on live conductors — no line shutdown to install.

REPRESENTATIVE DEPLOYMENT
Illustrative scenario — not an actual customer

A 6-line metal fabrication plant

18%
Demand charge cut
6
Lines attributed
3 weeks
Payback at this site

We found a compressor cycling against itself in the first week of data.

— Plant engineer, illustrative scenario

0.5%
ANSI C12.20 accuracy
35,000+
Devices deployed
LoRaWAN
No new wiring
DEMAND CHARGES

Where the peak really comes from.

Demand charges are set by a few minutes of peak each month, often from compressors and motor startups stacking up. Per-asset VoltDrop™ and HotDrop™ data shows which line caused the peak and when, so you can stagger startups and cut the charge without touching production.

Find your demand driver in week one.

15-minute walkthrough with a Vutility engineer on real customer data.

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