Enabling a transition from periodic to predictive maintenance

Metrycom empowers energy companies with an unprecedented visibility on their high voltage transmission

grid and implement smart maintenance, dramatically reducing operational costs while ensuring

higher service quality.

Unique visibility. Improved results.

Metrycom allows utilities companies to extract the value inherent to the Internet of Things by empowering them with continuous visibility over their high voltage transmission and distribution lines, while reducing maintenance costs and, increasing both reliability and safety.

Our technology combines smart induction sensors, self-developed low-cost mesh radios and proprietary algorithms to detect flashovers and variations in the electrical field patterns. These readings are translated into relevant and useful information that is processed, mapped and visualized for network managers and maintenance engineers.

Due to our hands-on experience and unique interdisciplinary know-how, we have developed a cost-effective solution, which recoups its deployment within months.

Dedicated to addressing the needs of power companies Since 2008, Metrycom has been providing rapidly deployed ultra-low power consumption wireless sensor solutions for large area applications. We enable power utilities to gain better visibility on their transmission and distribution lines, which suffer from isolator strings contamination and faults, typically in remote locations.

In 2010 Metrycom teamed up with the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC), one of Metrycom’s shareholders, to utilize the experience and knowledge of both companies for the development of an inexpensive and practical solutions which resulted in a complete sensing and radio solution for high voltage lines that could be deployed live on transmission lines.

Metrycom’s proprietary sensor solutions are now deployed by the IEC and additional power utilities worldwide for partial discharge (PD) monitoring on transmission lines and fault locating on transmission and distribution lines, especially in remote rural areas. Through its sensor and data analysis technologies, Metrycom leads high voltage line monitoring and Smart T&D Grids sectors.

Empowering Power Utilities with Internet of Things Technology

IMPROVED POWER QUALITY Utilities gain unprecedented visibility on the transmission and distribution grids through prediction analytics of deteriorating insulator strings and accurate identification of high impedance faults. REDUCED MAINTENANCE COST Our systems provide valuable real-time information, allowing focusing on contaminated power line segments only and avoiding unnecessary insulator washing operations, as well as reducing fault localization time. IMPROVED SAFETY Our systems detect hazards, which sometimes are not detected by an existing protection system, as well as reduce the need to re-apply power multiple times in order to find faults using trial and error detection methods. IMPROVED NETWORK VISIBILITY Utilities gain unprecedented visibility on the transmission and distribution grids through prediction analytics of deteriorating isolator strings and accurate identification of high impedance faults.

Spearheading advanced high voltage Transmission &

Distribution grid sensors and analytics

Matrycom’s MetrySense monitoring and analysis solutions enable power utilities to build a smart grid with rapidly deployed, low cost and energy-efficient smart wireless sensors that automatically create an IPv6 mesh network.

MetrySense is our flagship product suite – a unique array of complementary low-cost smart grid solutions for high-voltage (HV) power transmission and distribution grids. MetrySense addresses the essential needs of power utilities worldwide, including the quality of electrical power distributed and supplied, power outages, and low visibility issues relating to their power grid as it develops over time.

Metrycom systems deliver:

The MetrySense Product Suite The MetrySense solution comprises easy-to-deploy, low-energy smart wireless sensors that automatically create an IPv6 mesh network, which in turn provides access to smart grid elements such as re-closers and meters, with the benefit of instant and extended territorial coverage. MetrySense’s powerful analytical software employs proprietary algorithms that predict and locate faults in High Voltage grids.

Metrycom provides visibility on remote segment of the grid, performance of aging equipment and the ability to monitor the evolution of potential failures and hazards over time. Having the benefit of such a deep and comprehensive view on every aspect of the distribution network, management can now precisely address maintenance issues only where and when required, rather than replacing and maintaining equipment periodically, which until now has been based on statistical estimations.

Modular Wireless Self-Configurable IPv6 Connectivity and Control System

MetrySense-3000 is a modular low-power outdoor connectivity system that interfaces digital and analog sensors, meters and actuators and connects them via a low power wireless mesh-network to IP gateways and remote monitoring centers.

Innovative technology addressing power line insulator string contamination that acts as a Partial Discharge (PD) monitoring system for transmission companies who wants to:

¤  Monitor their PD activity ¤  Improve the efficiency of their washing operations while reducing costs ¤  Avoid power interruption due to vandalism ¤  Monitor the need for replacing composite insulator based transmission lines

The MS4000 monitors the line and provides information when ageing insulators need replacement. The MS4000 solution enables power utilities to:

¤  Gain direct visibility as to the extent and location of flashovers partial discharges on HV lines.

¤  Predict risk of development of flashovers before they occur ¤  Target washing operations to contaminated sections only. ¤  Monitor the quality of washing operations. ¤  Improve grid power quality through more effective washing operations. ¤  Eliminate unnecessary washing operations, thus reducing costs. ¤  Recoup investment in approximately 18 months.

Smart Grid solution for Rural Networks that identifies and locates grid faults as well as fault type

Metrycom’s Rural Networks Smart Grid Solution is based on its novel MetrySense-5000 (MS5000) sensors, which is an integrated overhead line monitoring solution possessing an advanced proprietary and inexpensive radio network capability, specifically designed to operate on medium voltage (MV) networks.

Smart Analytics & Visualization

The MetryView server performs two-way communications between deployed MetrySense sensors and RTUs in the field, analyzes collected data partially analyzed by the sensors, and visualizes analysis results featuring a well-conceived UI/UX.

MetrySense installations around the world Delivering advanced T&D grid monitoring solutions globally MetrySense systems have been installed by a number of power utilities in countries that include Israel, Brazil, Russia and the USA. Utilities from all continents are currently requesting proposals for pilot projects, which will be supplied as the company grows to become a global leader in T&D Smart Grid Visibility.

Metrycom Communication Limited

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Unique visibility. Improved results.