CASE STUDY
Capabilities Demonstrated
- Electrical design
- Panel fabrication
- PLC programming
- HMI programming
- SCADA programming
- Variable Frequency Drive installation (except motor wiring), integration & configuration
- System integration
Challenge
Solution
Results/Outcomes
- Modern controls – enabled reliable communication and mitigated downtime risk
- Integrated controls – enabled central operator station (for non-process required equipment)
- Updated documentation – provided the customer a baseline set of information for expansion
- Enhanced/improved compliance
- A standardized control panel design for the dust collectors was developed and re-used within the factory
System Overview
The dust collector system controls a blower (on a variable frequency drive). The blower sucks air from the production environment through the dust collector, which itself is an enclosed process. Air flows through and dust particles are trapped and released through a rotary valve to a collection area.
The collected material can be used as recycled material in the process.
The controls integrated with:
- Safety gates
- VFD
- Rotary airlocks
- Pressure transmitters
- Level transmitters
- Air pulses (for reducing clogs)
The system can be operated in manual or in automatic mode.
The Rockwell PanelView allows operators and maintenance personnel to control the equipment locally when necessary, but the operators can also control from central control rooms running on Aveva Wonderware Intouch.
Software Developed
- Dust collector control software (for existing PLC)
- New HMI
Platforms Utilized
- Wonderware SCADA
- Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View HMI
- Allen-Bradley ControlLogix PLC
- Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 525 Drive
Hardware Utilized
- 2-door drive & power distribution panel
- 1-door IO pane
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