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Useful and effective data analytics begin with matching the right tools to the right tasks
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Rotary equipment monitoring at 10 refining and other facilities at Reliance Industries in India evaluated and modeled 1,095 rotating assets, and found 406 faults
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Source: Varland Plating and Opto 22
After updating its 30-year-old control and I/O infrastructure from Opto 22 to its newer groov EPIC controllers, I/O channels and GRV-CSERI-4 serial modules, Varland Plating’s electroplating plant in Cincinnati, Ohio, developed homegrown historian software with Opto 22’s open-source-friendly REST API, visualizes and contextualizes data using Grafana’s open-source monitoring platform, and performs custom data collection with Ignition web-based SCADA software.
Varland Plating’s plant developed homegrown historian software, visualizes and contextualizes data, and performs customized data collection
Source: Ferroloy and Inductive Automation
Figure 1: Ferroloy iron foundry in Wichita, Kan., worked with system integrator Artek Integrated Solutions to build and configure a server-based MySQL database; link it with Inductive Automation’s web-based Ignition SCADA software and Tag Historian module; establish a centralized repository for maximizing data collection and analytics; and identify trends and shift reports almost in real time. Ignition also helps the foundry secure data from its Hitachi and Heraeus equipment, connect with PLCs on its Sinto molding machines, and directly access its B&L Odyssey ERP system.
Ferroloy and Artek Integrated Solutions linked their MySQL database with Ignition SCADA software to quickly identify trends and shift reports
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Inland Empire Utility Agency (IEUA) recently undertook a $330 million project to expand its Regional Plant-5 in Chino, Calif., from 16.3 mgd to 22.5 mgd, build a new biosolids facility, and shift part of its treatment process to a membrane-bioreactor (MBR). To balance its water importing, desalting, recycling, groundwater recharging and other tasks, RP-5 standardized on Rockwell Automation’s PlantPAx DCS, power solutions and ThinManager software on VMware virtual servers.
Southern California utility standardizes on platforms for membrane-bioreactors and solids treatment—but maintains 10-hour daily staffing and lights-out operations