Source: Schneider Electric
TeSys Tera is a next-generation intelligent motor management system designed for demanding industrial environments, unifying protection, control and monitoring to reduce equipment failures, lower energy costs and extend asset life across industries including water and wastewater, metal, mineral and mining, chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and oil and gas. The company introduced the system at Texas Water 2026, the largest regional water conference in the U.S. When motor failures occur, the impact is costly with unplanned downtime disrupting production, increasing maintenance costs, and straining a limited workforce. As a result, industrial operators are prioritizing solutions that improve visibility, enable early fault detection, and help maintain uptime. TeSys Tera combines motor protection, control and monitoring in a single modular device, engineered for seamless retrofits and new installations. It continuously monitors key parameters, including current, voltage, power and power factor, delivering real-time data to automation systems for greater visibility and control. Analog I/O capabilities allow integration with sensors to detect abnormal conditions, supporting predictive maintenance, and preventing failures without the need for additional hardware. Key capabilities include the following:
- Load shedding and auto-restart to keep pumps and blowers running during power disruptions and reduce manual intervention
- Predictive diagnostics with pre-fault alarms, trip logging and trend analysis to identify overheating, imbalance, electrical faults and mechanical degradation before they lead to outages
- On-unit programming through SoMove software that reduces reliance on PLC programming skills, lowering the training threshold for incoming technicians
- Motor-level energy monitoring of active and reactive power, consumption and power factor, giving operators data to target inefficiencies in motor-driven processes – often the largest share of an industrial facility’s electricity costs
- Multi-protocol connectivity (EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP/IP, Modbus RTU, PROFIBUS DP, PROFINET) for integration with existing SCADA and DCS environments. —
Schneider Electric SE, Paris, France