How does it work?

Building 2

Building 1

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Steam traps

Steam trap management

A head unit assembly mounted on the pipe upstream of the trap to be monitored 'listens' to the sound signature of the trap in operation.

This sound signature is categorised and transmitted via 2.4 GHz wireless network to a central PC. The PC determines the trap condition

and calculates any steam loss.

Each STAPS head unit assembly is powered by a long life Lithium battery (typical battery life of over 3 years). It can communicate

directly to a receiver that is connected to the PC software via a LAN connection or via another intelligent head or repeater. The PC

software can be installed onto a PC on the sites internal network, or onto a standalone local PC.

The STAPS head, repeater and receiver create a network and can communicate with each other, passing on the steam trap data to the

supervisory PC. The illustration below illustrates a typical network.

Building 2

Building 1

Control room

PC

Head unit

Intelligent

head unit

Steam trap

Receiver

Repeater

LAN

PC

Head unit

Intelligent

head unit

Steam trap

Router / Repeater

Network switch

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Building 3

Control room

STAPS Wireless Steam Trap Monitoring System