Projects
A small selection of work we have carried out
We were contacted by a customer who asked us to create an energy saving plan for part of their process plant.
The customer had numerous incline screws and a locker screen that were all fed from a small hopper that gradually filled throughout the day.
Due to the nature of this plant, we calculated that the motors were only carrying out 2.5 hours of actual work in any 24 hour period. This meant they were running for 21.5 hours a day when they didn't need to be! This equated to £16,500.00 a year wasted on bills.
To solve this, we made several modifications to the control panel and plant.
We installed a laser level facing down into the main hopper and wired this back to a programmable relay.
This was then programmed with a timed start up and shut down sequence for each individual motor designed specifically for this plant.
We also installed an inverter on the main hopper to control its speed and efficiency.
This plant now only runs for 5 X 30 minute periods a day, saving the customer approximately £16,500.00 a year on their electricity bill.
Energy Saving
A few photos of the modifications to the customers existing control panel, along with the program.
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Radar Level Probes
An installation of three Vega radar probes, giving accurate level readouts on the customer's product silos.
The radar probes are linked back to Vegamet controllers located in a control panel. These have multiple outputs on them to control events at certain points within the product levels.
This can be configured to control high/low level alarms, machinery start/stops or practically any other control procedure imaginable.
These are also linked to the computer network allowing remote viewing anywhere in the world via the internet!
A selection of photos showing the silo radar probes
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Data Hub
This is the installation of a customers main plant control room data cabinet.
This hub is processing data from the main plant PLC's, the main computer network, and over 20 ethernet CCTV cameras.
All of the information is being processed by 5 PC's, which are also located in this cabinet, and is all on a back up power faliure UPS system.
This data cabinet is linked into the existing site network via fibre optic data cables.
A few photos of the control room data cabinet
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Motor Control
An installation of a decanter plant which separates solid sediments from liquids.
A Primary control panel was built and installed for the plant.
This consisted of an inverter to control the speed of the main decanter motor. We linked this back to the main factory to give remote speed control, which was set within a specified frequency range.
A secondary panel was also built to give and recieve the plant status such as "healthy" alarms. This was also linked to the main factory so it can be viewed remotely.
A selection of photos showing the decanter install
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More to come soon
