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Ultrasonic Level Monitoring
Track tank, sump, and basin levels in real time so you can prevent overflow events, avoid dry-run conditions, and keep critical processes stable—without constant manual checks.
Overflow Prevention
Dry-Run Protection
Remote Visibility
Analyst Review
Know the level before it becomes a problem.
Ultrasonic level monitoring provides fast visibility into changing conditions—helping you prevent overflow, protect pumps, and plan service.
Why Level Monitoring Matters
Level is one of the simplest signals that prevents costly events. When levels drift outside normal operating bands, it can lead to overflow, environmental issues, pump damage, or process downtime.
Overflow Prevention
Catch rising levels early and act before spills, fines, cleanup, or downtime occur.
Dry-Run Protection
Prevent pumps from running dry and protect seals, bearings, and rotating components.
Process Stability
Maintain consistent operating conditions and spot drift, restriction, or inflow changes.
Remote Visibility
Reduce manual checks and gain confidence in critical assets—especially nights, weekends, and remote areas.
How Ultrasonic Level Monitoring Works
Ultrasonic sensing measures distance to the material surface and trends level changes over time. Alerts are tuned to your operation to surface meaningful change without constant noise.
1
Measurement Plan
Identify critical tanks/sumps and define normal operating bands and action limits.
2
Secure Transmission
Data moves through a 900 MHz network with FHSS to reduce interference and protect communication.
3
Data Processing
Level readings are organized into dashboards with bands, trends, and historical visibility.
4
Trending and Alarms
Alerts trigger on high/high-high, low/low-low, or abnormal rate-of-change conditions.
5
Interpretation
Events are reviewed in context to determine likely causes and prioritize action—maintenance, process, or utility demand.
Goal: prevent overflow and dry-run events with clear, actionable level visibility.
Secure and Reliable Data Transmission
Infrastructure matters. Monitoring must remain reliable across complex facilities without adding burden to internal IT resources.
900 MHz Signal
Long-range communication designed to perform in industrial environments with reduced interference.
- Facility-wide coverage options
- Multi-hop configurations available
- Built for real-world layouts
FHSS Security
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum supports secure communication and resilient signal performance.
- Improved reliability in noisy environments
- Secure transmission behavior
- Consistent data flow
IT Independent
Designed to operate without depending on your corporate Wi-Fi or core IT network infrastructure.
- Reduced internal IT burden
- Supports secure cloud access
- Practical deployment options
Monitoring and Analysis
Level monitoring becomes powerful when trended over time. It helps teams distinguish normal cycling from abnormal changes—and respond before events happen.
Operating Bands
Define normal level bands for steady-state operation and expected cycling.
Cycle & Runtime Insight
Track pump cycling behavior and identify frequent starts or abnormal demand changes.
Alarm Context
Know whether an alarm is an inflow event, restriction, pump issue, or process change.
Event Prevention
Catch high/high-high and low/low-low conditions early to prevent costly outcomes.
Pair level monitoring with pressure and current monitoring to connect system demand, flow resistance, and motor loading.
See Levels. Prevent Events.
Talk with MTI Wireless about ultrasonic level monitoring for tanks, sumps, basins, and processes where real-time visibility prevents overflow, protects pumps, and supports better planning.
What you get
- Engineered deployment based on critical points
- Alarm bands tuned to your process
- Dashboards for levels, trends, and events
- Guidance that supports maintenance decisions
Email: wireless@motortechnologyinc.com
Phone: 800.632.9060
