Expanding a buffer or conveyor
New positions, routes and states need to appear in controls and higher-level systems. Affected displays and links to movement control are updated.
Offered solution
HMI and SCADA for operation and diagnostics
We turn process signals into clear screens, states and messages that help operators understand what equipment needs.
Operating context
The whole application matters.
Visualization is designed and modified around the actual process. Operators can navigate from the plant overview to the process, equipment and fault cause. We align tags, units and states and define connections to PLCs and other systems. When a plant is extended, new signals are addressed together with existing screens, configuration and documentation. The design can include alarms, trends, historical values and operator permissions.
Scope of the solution
- Navigation and process display design
- Tag, unit and state configuration
- Alarms, trends and history matched to operator needs
- HMI/SCADA links to PLCs and higher-level systems
- Backups, change documentation and familiarization
Engineering priorities
From operating need to design.
Remote tank measurement
Level, temperature and separate high-level indication are connected to appropriate displays. Threshold meanings and alarm responses follow the agreed functional description.
Keeping changes understandable
A retrofit includes configuration transfer, communications checks and work in test and production environments. Redundant installations also require consideration of switchover and recovery.
Before engineering
Inputs that matter.
- Platform, versions and licence conditions
- Signal list and functional description
- Operator needs and message priorities
- Data retention and required trends
- Roles, test environment and handover arrangements
Agreed with the proposal
Outputs and acceptance.
- Displays and configuration for the agreed scope
- Tag, message and change lists with documentation
- Project backup and functional test record
The actual scope and acceptance criteria depend on the application and contract.
From technical proposal preparation
Concrete configurations and supply scopes.
These examples describe proposed solutions and enquiry requirements. Their parameters belong to the stated project stage; completed supplies are shown separately in the project portfolio.
Offered solution
Project 0532 · 2023 · Mladá Boleslav
Control and visualization for an expanded body buffer
Control layersPLC → HMI → MES
Environmentstest and production
Documentationfunctional description, I/O tests and backups
Requirement
The conveyor buffer expansion called for coordinated mechanical, PLC, HMI and manufacturing system design.
Proposed solution
The package included PLC logic changes, EcoScreen visualization updates and iTAC/DXQ integration. Server configuration and higher-level system connections addressed test and production environments and redundant servers. Software and integration formed part of a coordinated supplier scope.
Proposed scope
- PLC and related drive modifications
- HMI, messages and iTAC/DXQ connections
- Server configuration and higher-level integration
- Start-up support, training and documentation
- PLC, HMI and configuration backups
A concrete proposal for coordinated control and IT work. Related offers BC-0446 and BC-0447 addressed other buffers.
Discuss a similar application ↗Offered solution
Project 0787 · 2024 · Pardubice
Storage tank measurement renewal
Base / optional tanks10 + 6
Control systemTC700 → TC800
Specified temperature points0 / +80 / +150 °C
Requirement
Remote level, high-level and temperature measurement proposed with PLC renewal and SCADA changes.
Proposed solution
The base proposal covered ten tanks, with six additional tanks as a separate option. It included replacing TC700 with TC800, extending analogue inputs, connecting measurement loops and modifying visualization. The temperature instrumentation quotation included sensor and transmitter assembly calibration at three specified points with a supplier laboratory certificate.
Proposed scope
- Field instrumentation and related installation work
- PLC, new loops and SCADA
- New EPLAN documentation including an editable project
- Planned commissioning, process tests and training
- Arranging calibration of specified temperature assemblies
The proposed retrofit connects instruments, signals, control and documentation. Calibration points apply to the selected temperature assemblies in this proposal.
Discuss a similar application ↗Connected disciplines
Expertise for this application.
Related technologies
Connect the whole solution.
Before we start
Questions that shape the project.
Does the whole visualization need replacement?
Where the project, licences and platform support allow, only affected parts can be extended. When a PLC changes, addressing, communications and existing functions need review.
How can alarm overload be reduced?
The design distinguishes information, warnings and faults and gives each a clear meaning and response. Priorities and thresholds are based on the process and reviewed with the operator.
Your next project
A clear brief.
A practical next step.
Send your drawings, operating parameters or a short description of the change you need. We will review the technical interfaces and propose the next steps towards a quotation, clarifying any missing information with you.
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