Completed by Express Electric Kaufman, Texas is an attractive community of 7,000 people located just a few miles outside the Dallas city limits. In this profile, Jerry Yates, W/WW Superintendent, describes their Wonderware replacement project for the water distribution system. The Public Works Department is responsible for the wastewater treatment plant, the wastewater collections system[…]
Integrated HMI tools help a MA water utility get the most from historical data. Serving roughly 35,000 people, the Town of Natick Water/Sewer Division remotely monitors two water reservoirs, 32 sewer lift stations and two drinking water treatment plants. In 2008, the utility found itself with an aging monitoring & control system that was becoming[…]
A Michigan Integrator’s Hosted SCADA System helps local utilities achieve world-class monitoring and control systems for less The Increasing Need for SCADA Water and wastewater utilities are under increasing pressure to prevent service disruption, control costs, and provide management and regulators with detailed process information. This requires a modern supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)[…]
Oil and Gas Integrator Kevin Heller founded Blackrock Automation Ltd. in 2010 to provide advanced development, integration, service, and customer support for a variety of oil and gas applications in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and North Dakota. Blackrock have expertise in a broad selection of automation applications including DCSs, PLCs, RTUs, and HMI/SCADA software[…]
Transform Your Precision Autoclave Process With New HMI SoftwareHow an aerospace manufacturer increased reliability and reduced costs for its compositing process. Stelia Aerospace North America* designs and manufactures advanced composite components and integrates sub-assemblies for the Aerospace industry. Typically, this involves using an autoclave to process airplane parts and materials by precisely controlling pressure and[…]
A New York integrator compares hosted and traditional SCADA The typical SCADA system is a diverse collection of hardware and software spread over a large geographical area. Many utilities, especially those without dedicated IT departments, simply cannot afford the cost of purchasing, configuring, and indefinitely maintaining this level of infrastructure. However, the need for reliable[…]
A FL utility uses non-proprietary software as a more flexible interface to their aging Bristol Babcock system. For many years, the Miami-Dade Stormwater Utility has been using Bristol Babcock controllers and HMI software to monitor and control a dozen remote sites across the county. Though stable, the age of the system made it increasing expensive[…]
Cutting Edge Software for Advanced Natural Gas Well Completion. Improving Well Performance Through InnovationPainted Pony Petroleum Ltd. owns 140,000 acres of the Montney Resource Play in northeast British Columbia, Canada. This area is rich with high-quality liquefied natural gas (LNG) that can be easily exported via the nearby pipeline infrastructure. As with all resource plays,[…]
A PEI utility brings the benefits of SCADA to water, wastewater, wind turbines, and backup generators. For over a decade, utilities have turned to supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to monitor and control their remote infrastructure. Originally, SCADA systems simply eliminated the need for personnel to visit remote sites in order to manually[…]