Asset Monitoring & Network Diagnostics

Efficient cable monitoring

Your assets are valuable, which is why Prysmian go the extra mile to help you monitor your cables and immediately assess performance or diagnose any faults – should any occur. Our ongoing monitoring service includes 24/7 emergency call out and repair, and using our leading technology solutions, we can detect any potential faults such as partial discharge, before it causes cable failure or network disruption.

PRY-CAM is a ground-breaking Prysmian technology that can continuously monitor circuits without sensors. PRY-CAM works by harnessing a suite of electronics-based products to identify the location of any fault along the circuit. It’s installed as part of the cable system and provides constant monitoring throughout the lifetime of the cable.

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Partial Discharge (PD) Monitoring Solutions

PD measurement is a key parameter to assessing the conditions of any electrical system. Nevertheless, PD testing has never been widely used as a powerful online diagnostic tool due to several limitations of traditional PD technologies. These are usually complex, costly, unscalable to the whole asset and nearly impossible to integrate with all key asset parameters. In addition, defect detection and localisation cannot always be performed online with these systems.

PRY-CAM innovative wireless technology allows PD testing to be performed online - i.e. without having to de-energise the system – and without the need for a direct connection to what is being tested, which means also greater safety for operators. Hundreds of failures have already been prevented using PRY-CAM condition assessment and defect localisation systems and services.

PRY-CAM Portable

PRY-CAM PORTABLE is an integrated portable instrument for the automatic acquisition, processing and classification of pulse signals generated by PD phenomena occurring in insulating materials of medium and high voltage (MV and HV) electrical systems and equipment, such as transformers, electrical machines, cables systems and switchgear.

PRY-CAM Grids

PRY-CAM GRIDS is a fixed device for the temporary and permanent monitoring of PD in Alternating Current (HVAC) electrical systems through PRY-CAM WINGS sensors. PRY-CAM WINGS sensors are active sensors that provide higher sensitivity, up to 70 MHz bandwidth, suitable for continuous monitoring of PD and temperature and are IP 68 rated (can be installed in critical water environment). Key features include online installation, no galvanic connection, several data connectivity modes for remote communication and access, automatic advanced warning and alarms based on PRY-CAM BRAIN A.I. algorithm.

If you have a HV Direct Current (HVDC) electrical system, no problem, Prysmian has a solution for this too. PRY-CAM GATE is deployable with automatic diagnosis and automatic alarms for highly reliable PD detection in HVDC circuits.