Background and Solution
A
customer recently asked us to upgrade their 55 gallon ram unloaders with
pneumatic crossover to the newer electric style with PLC interface
capabilities. This allows remote monitoring of specific functions including ram
"ready", cycle rate, drum low and drum empty as well as set cycle
rate limits and alarms for low and empty conditions. This data can be viewed
anywhere in the factory automation and robot control centers and beyond.
Solution
A custom built panel was built and
install onto their ram assemblies, allowing them to be controlled directly by
the PLC that was being used to control the rest of the process.
Results
The customer has the ability to
view, program, and run the equipment remotely from their PLC, rather than
having to control the pump from the line.