Digital Doers: Who Knew a Switch Could Be So Smart?
What happens when you take one of industry’s oldest technologies — the humble electrical switch — and give it a digital brain?
In this episode of Digital Doers, I sit down with Scott Sorensen from Sprecher + Schuh to explore the surprisingly important role of industrial motor controls, electrical protection and connected equipment in the digital transformation of industry.
From hazardous-area safety and explosion protection to smart motor diagnostics, predictive maintenance and AI, we discuss how the industrial components most people never think about are becoming increasingly important to the connected factory and oilfield.
We also tackle some of the bigger questions: Who owns the equipment data? How do we bridge OT and IT? And how do we turn digital technology into real operational value without compromising safety?
Because in the digital oilfield, even the smartest AI is pretty useless if the motor won’t start !
Scott.sorensen@sprecherschuh.com
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