Typical Projects

This is a small selection of some recent projects which we have undertaken:

Steel Industry - Oven Turndown Control Scheme
Energy saving scheme to regulate oven recirculation fan speeds automatically in response to process conditions.
Commissioning Date:	January 2009
Equipment/Technologies:	ABB ACS800 inverters (12 off), 75kW, profibus comms GE Fanuc Series 90-30 PLC, profibus, ethernet Proficy iFIX SCADA v4.0 and Classic Historian Allen Bradley SLC5/05 PLC, ethernet Gem80 PLC, GemLAN-T, ethernet Bespoke MCC section built and fitted to existing site incomer
Services:	Project management, electrical and software design, build, test, installation, cabling and commissioning

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Chemical Plant - Packing Plant Barcode Labelling & SAP Interface
Barcode labelling and tracking system including an interface to the newly installed SAP system
Commissioning Date:	December 2008
Equipment/Technologies:	Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Proficy iFIX SCADA v3.5 Neuro Check v5.1 Industrial Vision Systems software
Services:	Project management, software design, test, installation and commissioning

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Driver Development - Gem80 OPC Driver
Development of OPC driver for Gem80 GemLAN-T to allow read/write access to any data tables without the requirement for additional hardware cards
Driver Release Date:	March 2010
Driver List Price:	Please phone the office for the latest pricing details
Equipment/Technologies:	Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Gem80 GemLAN-T ethernet
Services:	Driver software design, development and test

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Water Park - Recirculation Pump Inverters
Installation and commissioning of inverters to control the speed of the recirculation pumps in order to achieve energy savings
Commissioning Date:	March 2009
Payback Time:	Energy saving payback time < 1 year
Equipment/Technologies:	ABB ACS800 inverters (4 off), 15kW, linked with fibre optic comms ABB Intelligent Pump Control Software to allow multi-pump sequencing
Services:	Project management, software design, electrical design, installation, cabling and commissioning

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Steel Industry - Line Control DC Drives Upgrade
All line control DC drives upgraded from GEC Gemdrive Analogue to Control Techniques Mentor II - phased scheme to allow production to continue without major outage
Commissioning Date:	Phased during 2006/2007
Equipment/Technologies:	Control Techniques Mentor II DC drives (14 off), FLC ratings from 21.5 to 270 amps Gem80 PLC, GemLAN-T, ethernet Control Techniques CTNet drives communications network
Services:	- - - - - -	Project management Drive software design for bridle, tension leveller and recoiler applications Gem80 software re-design for interface to new drive equipment iFIX SCADA and Gem80 Imagem modifications Electrical engineering of new control scheme Build and test of new drive control equipment on backplates Installation, test and commissioning

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Glass Bottle Manufacturing Plant - Line Control Upgrade
Redesign of glass bottle line control system to incorporate new layout, distribution, inspection and test equipment
Commissioning Date:	July 2008
Equipment/Technologies:	Rockwell Automation RSView32 SCADA Allen Bradley ControlLogix PLCs, ethernet comms Allen Bradley SLC500 PLCs, ethernet comms Allen Bradley PLC5 PLC, Data Highway Plus comms Allen Bradley PowerFlex40 ac drives with DeviceNet comms
Services:	- - - - - - -	Project management SCADA software design for new line layout, recipe handling etc PLC software code for new line configuration DeviceNet network configuration, setup and test Electrical control panel build, test and commissioning System installation of cabling, trunking, control panels etc System commissioning within a tight 24 hour downshift window

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Water Pumping Station - Inverter Upgrade
Installation and commissioning of 250kW inverter with IGBT active front end rectifier module (for supply harmonic reduction) supplying 2 inverter output modules from a common DC link
Commissioning Date:	July 2006
Equipment/Technologies:	ABB ACS800-14 inverter system, 250kW nominal power, 370A continuous current, comprising:
	- - -	1 x ALCL active rectifier module 2 x R8i inverter modules Ancillary busbars, filters, fuses, switchgear etc
Services:	Project management, system design, installation and commissioning

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Related images

Typical Scada screens - iFIX examples
            
          
          

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ABB ACS800-14 modular inverter system, 250kW utilising RCS custom designed frame assembly
 
  

Modular inverter system installed on site as a retrofit with minimal downtime

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Typical PLC control panel (Gem80), front and rear views

  

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Custom built MCC section, front and rear views plus internal detail