Success Stories
Plains Exploration & Production Company Anticipates Significant Benefits from Wireless InstallationPlains Exploration & Production (PXP) Company transformed their steam injection metering and data acquisition systems into a highly sophisticated, automated process comprised of a large network of WirelessHART transmitters and industrial broadband radios. As a result of the new state-of-the-art system, PXP expects to see oil production increase, in addition to the benefits of greater efficiencies and reduced costs. There’s a Robot Running Amok…Wireless video provides plant security and helps pin-point product line problems. Cano Petroleum: What Wireless Network?Cano Petroleum's Cockrell Ranch Waterflood project is an ambitious enhanced oil recovery project, located in the Texas panhandle. Boss Automation was brought in to design and install the discrete automation platform and a new, fully automated, self-monitored wireless SCADA system to monitor pressure and flow of this water into the wells. Automation System Renews Wastewater Treatment Plant in FinlandThe original automation system from 1992 of the central wastewater treatment plant of Lapuan Jätevesi Oy was brought up to date in 2008. The automation renewal project included the controllers, the SCADA software and the communication network where 9 RadioLinx are involved for safe and reliable transfer of process and control data. Ethernet/IP with Industrial Wireless: performance and flexibility for automatic crane systemsThe Australian manufacturer of aluminium profiles - Capral Aluminium Limited - has restructured its finishing stations and warehousing areas. For controlling two new automatic cranes, the company has also installed wireless technologies from Rockwell Automation and ProSoft Technology. One man's waste is another man's energyGranger Electric operates a landfill-gas-to-energy program in Pennsylvania that extracts methane from decomposing waste and supplies it to customers as an alternative "greenhouse" fuel. This article highlights the communication system used between Granger's control center and their customers' sites, to remotely access and monitor energy consumption. Wireless I/O Stamps Out Downtime on Auto PressThis story outlines how frequency hopping Ethernet radios from ProSoft Technology and ControlLogix PACs from Rockwell Automation were used by Gestamp Automoción on their automotive part stamping line to replace a hardwired system that caused frequent downtime at the facility. The radios handle all I/O for operation of the press despite having to communicate with difficult line-of-sight conditions. Communicating from the HARTValspar Paint and Coatings utilizes ProSoft Technology's EtherNet/IP-to-HART gateway in each of their plants to move data from their 30-50 flow meters—used for their batching process—to a ControlLogix(R) system with an RSView(R) Human Machine Interface (HMI) for monitoring and maintenance, and RS-SQL for quality control. |
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