About Phares Sensors
Industrial Speed Monitoring Solutions
Phares Sensors & Automation designs and manufactures industrial speed sensors and speed-monitoring equipment for manufacturing, material handling, and automated equipment.
Our products include:
- Zero speed switches
- Industrial tachometers
- Hall effect sensors
- Gear tooth sensors
- Speed-monitoring devices and accessories
We help plants and equipment manufacturers detect zero speed, under-speed, over speed, and rotational speed so they can protect equipment, monitor processes, and reduce unexpected downtime.
What Phares Sensors & Automation Does
Industrial equipment depends on many interconnected moving parts. A conveyor belt, bucket elevator, fan, pump, feeder, or other rotating machine may contain multiple components that must operate at the correct speed.
When a shaft slows down or stops unexpectedly, the consequences can range from a process interruption to damaged equipment.
Phares Sensors & Automation provides the devices used to detect changes in equipment speed and provide a signal to a control system, alarm, or shutdown circuit.
Our goal is straightforward: Provide reliable speed-monitoring products that solve real industrial application problems.
Speed Monitoring for Industrial Applications
Phares Sensors & Automation products are used in a wide range of industrial equipment and processes, including:
- Belt conveyors
- Bucket elevators
- Augers and screw conveyors
- Rotary feeders
- Fans and blowers
- Pumps
- Turbines
- Dryers
- Material-handling equipment
- Automated manufacturing equipment
Applications vary widely. Some require detection of a complete loss of motion. Others require an alarm when equipment runs too slowly or too quickly. Still others require continuous measurement of rotational speed.
Our product line provides different ways to detect and monitor these conditions.
Products Designed Around the Application
Selecting an industrial sensor is not always as simple as matching a part number to a specification.
The right solution can depend on:
- Equipment speed
- Type of rotating target
- Available mounting space
- Environmental conditions
- Required sensing distance
- Control-system input
- Relay requirements
- Cable length
- Installation location
Phares Sensors & Automation specializes in finding practical solutions to these application challenges.
Custom Options for Industrial Applications
Many Phares Sensors & Automation products offer customizable options, including:
- Custom programming for overspeed, underspeed, or zero speed applications
- Relay latch options for applications requiring a latched output
- Customized housing sizes on selected sensors
- Customized cable lengths on selected sensors
These options allow us to adapt proven sensing technologies to specific equipment and process requirements rather than forcing every application into the same solution.
Experience Solving Industrial Sensing Problems
Industrial processes can be complex. Equipment, controls, sensors, and mechanical components all have to work together.
Your application may be unique, but there is a good chance we have encountered a similar sensing challenge before.
That experience can be particularly valuable when:
- A standard sensor does not fit the application
- An obsolete sensor needs to be replaced
- A machine is experiencing unexplained speed-monitoring problems
- A control system requires a specific output
- A sensor must operate in a difficult installation environment
- An OEM needs a sensor configured for its equipment
We use that experience to help customers identify a practical solution.
Support for Engineers and Maintenance Professionals
The products are designed by people who understand how industrial equipment is installed and used in the field.
That experience influences the details of every product—from straightforward installation and setup to clearly written documentation and practical technical support.
The goal is simple: make speed monitoring easier to install, easier to understand, and more dependable in operation.
Our product information focuses on the details that matter in an actual installation, including sensing methods, speed ranges, outputs, mounting requirements, targets, wiring, and available options.
Built for Industrial Use
Phares Sensors & Automation products are designed for industrial applications where dependable speed detection is important to equipment operation and process control.
We focus on products that provide practical installation, reliable operation, and useful options for real-world industrial equipment.
Our products are made in the USA.
Need Help With a Speed-Monitoring Application?
Whether you are an engineer designing equipment, a maintenance technician replacing a sensor, a plant manager trying to prevent downtime, or a purchasing professional sourcing a replacement, Phares Sensors & Automation can help.
Tell us what you need to monitor, what problem you are trying to solve, and what your equipment requires.
We will help you identify a practical speed-monitoring product.
Contact Phares Sensors & Automation to discuss your application.