Category Archives: Process Control

Adhesive Batching

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Customer:

 Permacel Division of Nitto Denko

Location:

 Pleasant Prairie, WI

Project Summary

KM1 Kettle Screen

  • Development of S88.1 compliant batch control system for adhesive film manufacturing site with four major process cells distributed through several mix buildings.
  • (4) Rockwell ControlLogix processors with ControlNet to Intrinsically Safe ControlNet via fiber optic communication.
  • 2000 I/O points provide control for total of 22 processing units with shared tank farm and utility resources.
  • System uses Wonderware HMI front end on (11) workstations with custom phase control engine developed for ControlLogix sub-system.
  • Provided intrinsically safe electrical design for all areas in facility, which are NFPA Class I, Division 1 and 2 rated.
  • Designed and implemented information store and web based reporting system using Wonderware Historian and Information Server products.

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System Architecture

Batch Processing

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Batch Processing

Compounding Application

Customer:       Coty US LLC

Location:         Sanford, NC

Project Summary

Batching Control System Architecture

Cosmetic Creams Batch Processing

  • Development and implementation of a complete 6 unit compounding system.
  • ISA S88 compliant, batch server based recipe management and supervisory control with Rockwell HMI layer and A-B ControlLogix control sub-system.
  • Integrated with existing McHugh DM Plus warehouse management system and Oracle Apps ERP system.
  • Complete functionality from raw materials receiving thru industrial chemistry to compounding and finished goods inventory.
  • System featured in quarterly edition of Rockwell Software’s Software Connections magazine and presented at RS-TechEd 
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