Losses in the industry in periods of rain and electrical protection

According to INPE, the National Institute for Space Research, in 2021, Brazil was hit by about 66 million electrical discharges. The tendency is for this number to increase each year, considering the recurrent cold fronts coming from the South, the humidity that comes from the Amazon and the high temperatures throughout the national territory.

Damage caused by rain in industry

The high voltage triggered by lightning that, due to the magnitude of the event and the time of occurrence, cannot be dissipated by the protection system, travel through the electrical networks and reach the equipment and installations, causing the premature burning of electronic components, problems with transmission of data, locking of machine programs, among other damages.

Therefore, in periods of heavy rain, we have an increase in maintenance costs in companies, either due to lightning strikes, or the constant oscillations in the Energy Transmission System (popularly known as “energy flashes”). Whenever storms happen, electrical maintenance professionals are aware of the harmful consequences for their Assets and for the production process.

Como se proteger

Even with a good grounding system, due to the magnitude of the event and the time of occurrence, the overvoltage may not be completely dissipated by the existing security system, and a residual of this voltage can still reach electrical equipment and installations, causing the electronic components to burn. , causing all the damage already mentioned.

An excellent alternative for staying protected, even in aggressive scenarios, is through Somatec Blocking's energy efficiency projects, in which high-performance electrical protection solutions are applied and which even act on this harmful residual voltage.

Thanks to its expertise and personalized energy efficiency solutions for each business, it has already successfully worked alongside industries to solve problems, such as the burning of machines, equipment and electronic boards, in addition to production stops, which occurred especially in periods rainy.

Check out the testimonials:

“We suffered great losses in rainy periods, such as the burning of plates in frequency inverters, softstart, electrical resistances and electronics. This resulted in high costs for replacing this equipment and financial losses with the stoppage of production until it was possible to restore the damage.

With the application of Somatec Blocking's high performance protection project, such as the installation of products from the Master Block line, burnouts and stoppages were drastically reduced, which enabled a quick return on investment. I recommend the work of Somatec Blocking to anyone who has problems like this, or who wants to protect themselves in rainy periods.” - General Polymers

> Understand how we solved the problem of machinery and equipment burning during periods of rain at Grow Up, textile industry in Paraná.

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