Fitting application for SCADA system
January 1st 2006 Amodest project to automate a compressor house has been expanded to embrace all of Yorkshire Fittings' Leeds factory.
The initial project was based on the installation of a Mitsubishi Electric MX32 SCADA programme to monitor the performance of a bank of compressors. The aim was to optimise energy use. However, it also became possible to log detailed operational data for productivity analysis, allowing a move to predictive maintenance.
The efficiency gains achieved with the compressors were almost immediate and, due to the data logging, full management reports were produced. Results were so impressive that directors asked whether the control network could be extended into other areas.
Tony Dean of Mitsubishi says "I suggested that to do real justice to the site and allow effectively infinite scope for future expansion that we upgrade the SCADA to our MX4 package."
The process visualisation package can be configured for just about any industrial automation application, from zero downtime through duplex I/O and dual redundancy connections to ensure that no data is lost in the event of a computer failure.
A variety of configurations are available, from the simple, standalone human-machine interface version MX4 HMI to the complete process control software package MX4 SCADA.
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