Keywords: Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), Industrial UPS Selection Guide, UPS Technology Trends, Leading Industrial UPS Suppliers, Market Shares, Strategies for UPS Adoption, Selection Criteria
ARC Advisory Group has just published a new Technology Evaluation and Selection Guide designed specifically to help industrial organizations select the most appropriate uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) for their requirements. When deploying IT networking gear and servers in industrial environments such as warehouses, control rooms, and production lines on the plant floor; a clean, stable, and secure power supply helps ensure continuous operation. The right UPS can protect systems from damaging power problems and provide “ride-through” capability until generator power becomes available or line power is restored.
Uninterrupted power is essential for any automated application. Sensitive electronic systems and devices such as DCSs, safety systems, SCADA systems, PLCs, robotics, Ethernet switches, and industrial computers all rely on a foundation of clean, regulated, nonstop AC or DC power. Industrial UPSs contributed significantly to high availability and productivity by providing power protection.
Industrial UPS adoption has shown decent growth in the past few years due to the need for improved power quality, growth in infrastructure and smart grids, and increases in the number of machine-critical applications across various industries. “The global demand for energy is increasing at a solid pace, fueled by the demand in emerging economies and growth in the overall global economy. This raises demand for clean and reliable power, boosting the adoption of industrial UPS systems,” according to Sal Spada, principle author of ARC’s new “Industrial Uninterruptible Power Supply Technology Evaluation and Selection Guide”.
Industrial UPS Applications Growing in Discrete and Hybrid Industries
Industrial UPSs are more prevalent in the process industries. However, the application of industrial UPS in discrete and hybrid industries is growing in many mission critical and process/machine control applications to support automation controllers, emergency lighting, or safety gates. Equipment utilized in these industries is often subjected to harsh environments of extreme dust, pressure, moisture, and high temperature ratings. Today, industrial UPSs are designed to work under these harsh environments and various temperature ratings.
Critical to Select the Appropriate UPS Technology
As the variety of applications for industrial UPS increase, so do the specific application requirements. When making technology selection decisions, this makes it critical for industrial organizations to accurately identify and weight the relative importance for a wide variety of technology selection criteria. The relatively large number of suppliers in this domain makes these types of selection decisions even more challenging.
ARC’s new Industrial UPS Technology Selection Guide is designed to help industrial organizations make informed, impartial, fact-based technology selection decisions. The guide provides an in-depth discussion of the overall UPS market, profiles of the leading industrial UPS suppliers, recommended selection criteria, and a wealth of other relevant information.
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