For decades, the textile industry has applied the principles of process monitoring to their production machines. As such textile machines are networked to MES systems to monitor in real time production, quality, speed, stop levels, downtimes and production efficiency. Today it is no longer sufficient to optimize output, quality and production planning, but energy consumption is becoming a very important factor in the operating cost of a textile plant. A sudden increase in the energy usage of a production run can push an order easily in the red figures. With ever rising energy prices and increasing environmental legislation, efficient energy management has become a very critical success factor to run a profitable business in today's global economy.
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