Following the success of an Enersolve energy efficiency system, an industrial German multinational selected Ortea Next once more to address a further strategic issue: micro-interruptions in the power supply. These disturbances were causing unexpected stoppages in the highly automated Italian plant, impacting productivity and safety.
The client’s renewed trust underscores Ortea’s ability to deliver integrated technical support, offering targeted solutions both for energy efficiency and power quality.
MICRO-INTERRUPTIONS: THE ANOMALY THAT HALTS PRODUCTION
Micro-interruptions are extremely short disturbances – often less than a second – which, while not causing obvious blackouts, can result in sudden machinery shutdowns, PLC resets, data loss in supervision systems, and damage to sensitive electronics. In continuous industrial processes, a single micro-interruption can lead to hours of downtime, wasted materials, complex resets, and high costs.
This phenomenon is often underestimated since it is difficult to detect with standard measurement tools, yet its impact is tangible and growing in increasingly digitalised and interconnected plants.
OXYGEN ZERO 500KVA: ORTEA SOLUTION FOR OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY
The new project involved the installation of a 500kVA Oxygen Zero system, specifically designed to compensate for micro-interruptions of up to 1 second – a threshold often critical in industrial settings, where even brief disturbances can lead to the shutdown of automated production lines.
The system was delivered complete with a TPK (Total Protection Kit), an integrated module including input, output and bypass switches, ensuring safe and flexible equipment management even during maintenance or emergency activities.
Key features of Oxygen Zero include:
- Instant compensation of micro-interruptions lasting up to 1 second.
- Response times in the millisecond range, ensuring fast and effective protection.
- Series topology, protecting the plant without load deviation.
- No batteries, ensuring higher reliability and lower maintenance needs.
- Plug & play system, easily integrable into existing infrastructure.
Oxygen Zero is an ideal solution for the manufacturing and plastics sectors, where power supply reliability is essential to guarantee process continuity.
A COMPLETE ENERGY STRATEGY: FROM SAVINGS TO RESILIENCE
This intervention represents the second step in the plant’s energy optimisation plan. Previously, the client had already selected Enersolve, Ortea Next’s intelligent device for energy efficiency, capable of reducing consumption by dynamically regulating supply voltage.
The integration of Enersolve and Oxygen Zero shows how energy efficiency and power quality are two sides of the same industrial strategy: lowering operating costs while enhancing production resilience.
ORTEA NEXT: STRATEGIC PARTNER FOR GLOBAL INDUSTRY
Being selected again by an international industrial group is, for Ortea, recognition of value: not just a supplier, but a technological partner, capable of guiding companies towards more robust, efficient and sustainable production models.
Every Ortea solution is fully designed and manufactured in Italy, following a certified Company Quality System (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001) that ensures performance and reliability over time.
Our decades of experience, combined with a personalised approach and technological excellence, allow us to precisely meet the needs of multinationals active in manufacturing, plastics, automotive, and advanced logistics.
