1. Background
IDMC
is a front-runner in the manufacturing and supply of complete range
of equipment for application in dairy, pharma, beverage, brewery,
thermal management as well as packaging industries. IDMC is a trusted
single-roof solution provider together with automation, equipment
design and manufacture right up to installation and commissioning.
Along with automation of dairy plants, there was a need for MIS
system which could provide data acquisition from various devices and
produce customized - industry specific reports.
AIPL’s
solution, PlantConnect®
MIS offers
an ideal platform for IDMC to meet above requirements.
2. Project Objectives
To
install and operate an MIS system which will collect data from
various devices. (DCS as well as other devices in the dairy)
To
store and archive all such data for analysis and reporting.
To
provide additional functionality for authorized users for data
management and analysis as well as for generating reports.
Report
generation and distribution as per configuration.
Automatic
report generation/printing/email as per schedule.
3. Solution
PlantConnect®
MIS uses data collected from devices
to generate various types of reports and charts. Often along with the
device data, operators need to enter some manual data. PlantConnect
MIS provides a ‘Data
Entry Engine’ for
manual data entry. Both device data and/or manual data can be used
for reports.
Features
Custom reports exactly as per
user needs
Tabular Reports / Summary
Reports / Trends / Charts (X-Y chart, pie chart, bar chart etc.)
Installation wise / site wise /
device wise reports
Automatic report generation /
printing / email as per schedule
Any
report / chart can contain manual as well as automatic data
Access
rights allocation per report
Advantages
Real
time reporting
Multiple
users can generate/view reports
Can
schedule automatic report generation
Report
printing, saving, distribution by email
4. Selection of
system by IDMC
Based
on the project objectives and technical requirements, IDMC evaluated
and selected PlantConnect®
MIS as the most appropriate solution for the project.
5. Solution sample screenshots of reports
6. Technical
details of project and installation
Hardware installed and
connected:
Device drivers
implemented in the project
|
Equipment
|
Driver
|
1
|
DCS –
Siemens S7
|
OPC protocol
|
2
|
Weigh bridge
|
GSI - Serial
communication
|
3
|
Milko scan
|
GSI - Serial
communication
|
4
|
Acidometer
|
GSI - Serial
communication
|
7. Current
status of the project
PlantConnect
MIS is successfully installed and running for more than four years in
SABAR dairy. The system is in operation successfully. SABAR dairy
officials are happy with system performance and features as well as
support. |