Yokogawa Corp. of America announced the release of the CW500 power quality analyzer. The CW500 is a full-function power quality analyzer with features that include power measuring and logging (one-phase two-wire to three-phase four-wire), power quality measuring (voltage swell, voltage dip, voltage interruption, transient overvoltage, inrush current, harmonics, and flickers), user support (start guide function and automatic detection of current clamp probe), and data analysis and report generation (single-click creation of graphs and reports of measured data).
The CW500 is available with or without Bluetooth and offers a selectable power cord based on customer standards.
The CW500 power quality analyzer is the successor to the company’s CW240 and CW121, of which thousands of units have been sold worldwide since their launch.
Development background
It is well known that there is a steady market for power measuring where there is a concern to check and cut down energy consumption or to supply power efficiently to a load, from the view of mass infrastructure to circuits of electrical devices. Yokogawa said the new product is believed to enable it to continue the clamp-on power measuring instrument business for the CW series, and also make an entry to the PQA (Power Quality Analyzer) market for future power measuring business.
Applications/major target markets include power and energy measurement for power plants, automated factories, offices, and commercial facilities as well as power quality measurement for inspecting and troubleshooting power lines of assets where there are concerns of voltage swells, voltage sags, voltage dips, voltage interruption, inrush currents, harmonics distortion, and flicker.
