The entrepreneurial spirit is strong with Henry du Val de Beaulieu who is building a giant 10,000 cubic metre fourth bio-digester tank at his farm estate in Hampshire. Providing site visibility and remote control over most aspects of this already large anaerobic digestion enterprise site, including key parameters such as equipment status, temperature, pressure and…
A SCADA/HMI control system originally intended only for vacuum brazing furnaces used in the aerospace industry has found much broader application. Developed by Specnow of Huntingdon, the company quickly realised that it could also control furnaces used in many sectors and further that it was suitable for equipment such as electron beam welding systems. Specnow…
The largest agricultural biomass power station in Italy was commissioned recently, with supervisory control and monitoring provided by Progea Movicon 11 SCADA. Paul Hurst, MD of Products4Automation, Movicon’s UK distributor, describes the new system and outlines the benefits of using Movicon SCADA in sustainable energy generation projects. “The new Bondeno power plant is built on…
Products4Automation, UK distributor for Progea Movicon SCADA, is highlighting the ability of its Windows-based SCADA package to increase production, improve product quality and reduce product development times in the food industry. By integrating Movicon into its ‘Baci’ chocolate production line, Nestlè in Perugina is now able to plan and optimise production batches, analyse product output with…
Over 30 UK systems integrators attended the first UK workshop for Progea Movicon SCADA held by Products4 Automation on 20th April at the National Motor Museum at Gaydon in Warwickshire. Attendees to the workshop were also treated to new product introductions from P4A, including the company’s highly innovative, low cost OEE-Lite module, which allows organisations…