A Salt Company need to upgrade the controls on their salt dryer. The drives were beginning to fail and the needed better reliability.
WBA provided a triple door main cabinet that housed the drives and plc. This panel included:
- 200 hp frequency drive
- Two 75 hp frequency drives
- 60 hp frequency drive
- 20 hp frequency drive
- 10 hp frequency drive
- 1200 Amp main disconnect
- CompactLogix plc
- Operator Screen
In addition, WBA supplied an operator’s station that included an Operator Screen and Point-IO block for local inputs and outputs. System utilized Siemens drives on Ethernet-IP with Allen-Bradley CompactLogix plc, Allen-Bradley Point IO remote blocks on Ethernet-IP and two Allen-Bradley Panelview+ operator screens.
WBA developed schematics, programmed the system, and started-up the system with assistance of plant personnel.
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