SCADA Systems

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition or SCADA systems are possibly the fastest advancing areas of the kiln building industry today. Here at Fast Fire Ltd we strive to be at the forefront of controls and automation technology in the ceramics industry as a whole. We have the capability to incorporate the latest PLC and SCADA technology into any of our control panels.

Our SCADA systems are configured to the customers requirements by our own staff and range from simple Human-Machine Interfaces to complete monitoring and control systems.

Features include :

• Mimic diagrams of plant status.
• Real-time and historic trending of all control parameters, (actual values, set point values and output levels of all PID loops be it for temperature, pressure, flow or humidity).
• Data logging and archiving. Limited only by hard disk capacity, but typically 5 years.
• Manual and automatic control of all motors and burners.
• Full alarm logging and control.
• Operator access levels to prevent unauthorized actions being taken.
• User friendly screen layout and operation, designed with the customers help to ensure the screens are exactly to the customers requirements.

We have a wide range of experience with several SCADA software packages from a number of manufacturers including :

Below is a selection of screen shots from a typical SCADA system monitoring a roller kiln. This was done using Mitsubishi Electrics MX32 SCADA package.

Above : Screen showing the roller drive status

Above : Screen showing the combustion system status

Above : Screen showing historical temperature records

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