March 2026Analytical Instrumentation & Environmental Monitoring
Submersible pumps do the essential, but dirty, work of transporting sewage to treatment plants. Prone to blockages, ragging and general wear and tear, pumps need to be monitored to avoid events such as overflow and environmental contamination of public and residential areas.
How do you monitor a pump submersed in a wet well and pumping sewage? The conditions are at least described as ‘hostile’. Not only is it impractical and costly to monitor pumps manually, there are numerous occupation, health and safety concerns. However, pumps are expensive assets and difficult to replace. This is why an online monitoring solution is ideal.
With ifm’s remote monitoring solution, you can visualise the condition of your submersible pumps and diagnose issues before they become serious problems. It uses ifm’s VSE proven diagnostic technology, which uses task-specific submersible accelerometers. Data from this system is directly coupled to ifm’s analytic software to identify pumping issues, which in turn provide current data and warnings via email or text.
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