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1988 Case Study: New Bedford Panoramex
Claremont, California-based New Bedford Panoramex Corporation (NBP) specializes in the design and development of air traffic control systems and lighting systems used in the aerospace and aviation industry. An examination of some of NBP’s most widely deployed lighting control systems finds that their key components are programmable automation controllers and intelligent I/O systems from Opto 22. Among other things, the hardware provides the interface and intelligence used to sequence lights and adjust their intensity. For some of these systems, an Opto 22 SNAP PAC programmable automation controller replaces an embedded single-board controller that took five times as long to program (using “C” code) than the flowchart-based programming used for the SNAP PAC.
11/28/2011
1978 Case Study: Natural Gas Fueling Stations Communications
In recent years, environmental benefits, improvements in automotive engine design, and the lower production cost of natural gas (compared to heavy diesel fuel) have made use of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) more attractive and cost feasible—particularly for public transportation. One of the other advantages of NGVs is that they can be refueled simply by tapping into existing natural gas lines. The Madrid city government has invested $47 million dollars in a custom refueling station and parking depot for 300 natural gas powered buses in the Sanchinarro area of Madrid. An Ethernet-based industrial automation, data acquisition, and communications system—based on Opto 22’s SNAP PAC platform and implemented by Spanish integrator Optomation Systems—serves as the communications backbone that keeps the Sanchinarro station operating efficiently. The system employs a number of industrial and IT protocols, including FTP, SNMP, OPC, Modbus/TCP, and M-Bus to communicate more than 600 different data values to and from the Sanchinarro station’s equipment, systems, and external databases.
10/18/2011
1965 Case Study: SUPERVALU Energy Management
Minnesota-based grocery retail company SUPERVALU uses Opto 22’s OptoEMU Sensor and has partnered with a leading curtailment service provider and a systems integrator to monitor, manage, and reduce energy consumption in SUPERVALU distribution centers and make them more energy efficient. SUPERVALU’s management team has also worked to identify imbalances in electrical supply and demand in order to gain best pricing for electricity and payments and incentives for demand-response energy curtailment.
6/24/2011
1952 Case Study: Metrology Calibration Laboratory
Ever stopped to think about the importance of instrument calibration in our everyday lives? The accuracy of ordinary equipment and instrumentation like scales, feul pumps, and water, gas and electric meters is hugely important to manufacturers, everyday consumers, and even the government. At Madrid’s only approved metrology laboratory, the Opto 22 SNAP PAC System controls equipment used to test, calibrate and certify domestic and industrial gas meters. The control system is used in test stations to execute very detailed procedures in order to confirm that the meter manufacturer’s accuracy and specifications are correct. In doing so, the system regulates variable speed controllers and solenoid valves, interfaces to printers and barcode readers, records temperatures, adjusts pressures, counts pulses, and logs all test procedure data.
2/23/2011
1947 Case Study: Thomson-RCA
Thomson-RCA needed a way to track and identify energy use of the various systems and equipment within its buildings. To get this data, Thomson-RCA implemented an AutoPilot Energy Information System comprising Opto 22 hardware and software, and designed by Holmes Energy. Using analog and digital interfaces that connected Opto 22 I/O processors to field devices, the Autopilot System was able to monitor 108 different I/O points on gas and electric meters, chillers, cooling towers, boilers, and other equipment. The AutoPilot System also monitored the facility’s compressed air system and tracked the electrical demand and power consumption of two 500-horsepower Centac compressors and one 350-horsepower Worthington compressor.
12/13/2010
1943 Case Study: Unmanned Ocean Vehicles
Unmanned ocean vehicles are sometimes referred to as the “satellites of the sea,” because they’re incredibly durable, operate largely autonomously, navigate long distances, and are used for remote research, exploration, detection, and data collection. The vehicles designed and built by Payne Kilbourn and his company, Unmanned Ocean Vehicles Inc., are energy scavenging vessels that rely on a combination of wind, photovoltaic (solar), and motion power. As Kilbourn developed his 20-foot prototype, he looked at a number of PLC-based solutions before settling on Opto 22’s SNAP PAC input/output modules and programmable automation controllers. The SNAP PAC System is able to handle the large quantity and variety of inputs and outputs needed for power and navigation, as well as sensing, monitoring, and gathering data. In doing so, the SNAP PAC serves as a central controller that connects to and regulates a multi-vendor team of micro controllers and marine instrumentation, each with its own area of responsibility, including wing (sail) control, steering, and power management.
11/22/2010
1935 Case Study: Mariah Meat Packing Plant
At the Mariah Meat Packing Plant, rising utility costs were reducing profits and threatening the plant's very existence. Holmes Energy, experts in facility energy management, designed and installed an AutoPilot Energy Information System to monitor and reduce Mariah’s electrical costs. The AutoPilot system, based on hardware from Opto 22, provided connections to electric meters and facility machinery and equipment. Data gathered by the AutoPilot hardware showed that Mariah’s refrigeration system accounted for two thirds of the plant’s total electrical consumption and also revealed longstanding problems with the system that were costing Mariah hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ultimately, the information provided by the AutoPilot system helped Mariah reduce its utility costs and increase profits by providing a way to make critical business decisions regarding plant operations based on real-time data, rather than estimates or educated guesses.
8/27/2010
1930 Case Study: Landfill Leachate Management System
Integrator Systems Devices developed an Ethernet-based automation system for landfill operators in the United Kingdom to treat leachate and ensure that none is discharged outside of the established discharge parameters. By interfacing to landfill equipment and instrumentation, the system is also responsible for monitoring levels in remote wells, removing methane and ammonia, regulating pH levels, alarm reporting, and historical data collection of all treatment activities.
6/4/2010
1929 Case Study: Opto 22 Energy Management
With the cost of power on the rise, Opto 22 cuts costs by leveraging information and communications to analyze and reduce its energy use.
5/27/2010
1921 Case Study: Mogale Gold
South African miner Mintails Limited has implemented Opto 22-based control systems that manage a series of processes needed to extract gold from mine tailings. These processes involve pumping water to the tailing dump, and monitoring and control of differential pressure sensors, flowmeters, and other instrumentation. Also, during the carbon in leach and elution phases, gold is dissolved, absorbed onto carbon and then stripped off by a chemical mix of caustic and cyanide. For these processes, the control system opens valves; starts and stops feed pumps; fires up diesel burners and heat exchangers to heat the solution; executes PID control to maintain proper flow rates; and monitors the pH level of the cyanide so it doesn't convert to poisonous cyanide gas.
4/7/2010
1902 Case Study: Malisko Engineering
Systems integrator Malisko Engineering was contracted to upgrade a furnace control system for Advanced Energy, a manufacturer of industrial power systems and components.This RTC furnace had been operating perfectly since the mid-1990s but Advanced Energy knew they could realize major improvements in performance and gain other advantages by upgrading the controls to the latest generation of Opto 22 hardware and software. Malisko designed a custom solution that included a standalone controller with analog output modules to control the speed and intensity of current and voltage powering the furnace, digital output modules to switch that power, and thermocouple modules that accept temperature input from the furnace’s type K thermocouples.
11/17/2009
1829 Case Study: City of Carlsbad Municipal Water District
An Opto 22-based SCADA system monitors and controls all water and reclaimed water for the City of Carlsbad. The key components for this system are SNAP-brand controllers, which communicate with each other and back to a central control center through a combination of radio, serial, and Ethernet links. Specifically, the SCADA system regulates all water transport, monitors an independent water treatment plant, and controls the chemical dosing of ammonia and chlorine that cleans the water. In total, these activities incorporate more than 1000 I/O points distributed across the control center and numerous remote sites.
8/25/2009
1812 Case Study: Automated Interface Solutions

Systems integrator Automated Interface Solutions (AIS) used the SNAP PAC System to solve a problem for one of its large customers, a manufacturer of polypropylene film.

Part of the company’s manufacturing process used older Measurex and Foxboro systems, tied by custom software to an Allen-Bradley® ControlLogix® PLC. Parts were becoming difficult to get and the custom software was expensive to change.

AIS installed the SNAP PAC System to replace the older hardware. Opto 22 PACs communicate natively with Allen-Bradley PLCs using the EtherNet/IP protocol. AIS worked with its customer to define all of the process control data it wanted the A-B system to have access to, and then made that data available within the shared memory of the Opto 22 PACs.

In addition, the SNAP PAC System sends data via OPC to the company’s Wonderware® Intouch® HMI, which displays real-time information on scanners, indicates die bolt positions (on or off), roll lengths and averages, and other statistics. Data transfer is accomplished via OPC, and more than 6,400 I/O tags are passed through to the HMI without issue.

3/26/2009
1810 Case Study: Bureau of Reclamation

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation constructs dams, power plants, and canals, and delivers water to more than 31 million Americans. The Bureau also operates the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel (LMDT), which drains off and treats water from the local mining district so it can be safely discharged into the Arkansas River.

At the LMDT, the Opto 22 SNAP PAC System is used to monitor water levels, remove metals, adjust the water’s pH, reduce water turbidity, and otherwise treat the water before releasing it—cleaner even than everyday drinking water. More than 2500 I/O points are monitored, controlled, and alarmed.

3/23/2009
1806 Case Study: University of California, Irvine
At the University of California, Irvine, Scientist Dr. John Garman and a team of his engineering students use an Opto 22 SNAP PAC System in their research of coal and biomass combustion. The SNAP PAC hardware controls the coal feed rate into an entrained flow reactor, monitors thermocouples that feed back process control data, monitors emissions, and acquires and logs data on operating conditions within the reactor.
2/17/2009
1797C Case Study: Sotavento Power Plant (Chinese)

This document is in Chinese.

The Sotavento Virtual Power Plant in Galicia, Spain, is a "green" power utility with an annual production of approximately 38,500 MWh. The plant uses alternative fuels, specifically wind power, supplemented by hydrogen. At the Sotavento plant, Opto 22's SNAP PAC System provides a solution for not only automation and control, but also data acquisition, enterprise connectivity, and communication to databases.

Systems integrator Optomation Systems designed an integrated supervisory system for the Sotavento site, based on the Opto 22 SNAP PAC System platform. Utilizing a mix of analog and digital I/O connections, standalone and rack-mounted SNAP PACs connect to electrolyzers, motor generator units, and other plant systems and communicate with this equipment as well as with the plant's legacy SCADA systems. Disparate machinery and instrumentation from vendors such as Hydrogenics, Emerson, and Bauer Compressors are linked to the Opto controllers, which communicate using a variety of industrial protocols, such as Profibus and Modbus. The controllers also aggregate all data and serve it to Sotavento databases for analysis and archiving.

2/9/2009
1804C Case Study: Fulghum Industries (Chinese)

This document is written in Chinese.

Fulghum Industries, Inc. provides saws, chippers, loaders, conveyors, cranes, debarkers, and other heavy-duty equipment that transports and processes wood into woodchips and wood fiber for pulp and paper, animal bedding, and other end products. To provide additional value to customers, Fulghum also establishes remote wood processing facilities (woodyards) adjacent to paper mills and other customers.

In operating one such woodyard, Fulghum needed to integrate conveying systems and other equipment controlled by the Opto 22 SNAP PAC System, with a Bruks Rockwood stacker-reclaimer that included an embedded Allen-Bradley Logix PLC.

With the help of integrator Advanced Control Solutions, the two control systems were interconnected and now communicate and share information. Integration and configuration was quick and easy and no extra programming was required.

2/9/2009
1764C Case Study: Waterford Township Water Treatment Facilities (Chinese)

This document is written in Chinese.

The Waterford Township Department of Public Works in Michigan has established a reputation for operating one of the most advanced SCADA systems in the state, if not the entire country. Their advanced monitoring capabilities and very high levels of automation have gained widespread attention from water/wastewater consultants and other municipalities all over the United States and Canada.

In this case study, see how Waterford Township uses technology to solve water and sewer problems and operate more cost effectively and efficiently.

2/9/2009
1793C Case Study: Hong Kong Power Plant (Chinese)

This document is written in Chinese.

The Lamma Power Station in Hong Kong is using Opto 22 SNAP PAC standalone controllers to control heat, pressurization and other critical processes. The Opto 22 PACs connect to weigh scales, conveyors, pressure transducers, and thermocouples to ensure that the coal burning operations taking place at Lamma are executed safely and optimally.

For example, analog I/O modules wired to scales measure the weight of the coal prior to its delivery to the furnaces and sends these figures to the controller. Based on these readings—and whether they're low or high—the controller then instructs the conveyors delivering the coal to the furnaces to speed up or slow down appropriately, so the furnaces generate the proper amount of heat needed to spin turbines that produce the power.

At the same time, integrated circuit temperature derivative probes (ICTDs) connected to thermocouple analog input modules monitor the actual furnace temperatures, which are then used in PID calculations to regulate the temperature via analog output modules.

2/9/2009
1800 Case Study: New Belgium Brewing Company

New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado is one of the world's most successful microbreweries.

Chief Electrical and Automation Engineer Igor Valuyev makes creative use of Opto 22 automation systems, which handle all of the facility’s brewing processes, as well as the water process systems and virtually all other building management and facility systems. In total, over 10,000 individual digital and analog I/O points are monitored and/or controlled.

The systems also play a major role in New Belgium’s commitment to sustainability and its state-of-the-art cogeneration system.

1/7/2009
1804 Case Study: Fulghum Industries

Fulghum Industries, Inc. provides saws, chippers, loaders, conveyors, cranes, debarkers, and other heavy-duty equipment that transports and processes wood into woodchips and wood fiber for pulp and paper, animal bedding, and other end products. To provide additional value to customers, Fulghum also establishes remote wood processing facilities (woodyards) adjacent to paper mills and other customers.

In operating one such woodyard, Fulghum needed to integrate conveying systems and other equipment controlled by the Opto 22 SNAP PAC System, with a Bruks Rockwood stacker-reclaimer that included an embedded Allen-Bradley Logix PLC.

With the help of integrator Advanced Control Solutions, the two control systems were interconnected and now communicate and share information. Integration and configuration was quick and easy and no extra programming was required.

1/6/2009
1797 Case Study: Sotavento Power Plant
The Sotavento Virtual Power Plant in Galicia, Spain, is a "green" power utility with an annual production of approximately 38,500 MWh. The plant uses alternative fuels, specifically wind power, supplemented by hydrogen. At the Sotavento plant, Opto 22's SNAP PAC System provides a solution for not only automation and control, but also data acquisition, enterprise connectivity, and communication to databases.

Systems integrator Optomation Systems designed an integrated supervisory system for the Sotavento site, based on the Opto 22 SNAP PAC System platform. Utilizing a mix of analog and digital I/O connections, standalone and rack-mounted SNAP PACs connect to electrolyzers, motor generator units, and other plant systems and communicate with this equipment as well as with the plant's legacy SCADA systems. Disparate machinery and instrumentation from vendors such as Hydrogenics, Emerson, and Bauer Compressors are linked to the Opto controllers, which communicate using a variety of industrial protocols, such as Profibus and Modbus. The controllers also aggregate all data and serve it to Sotavento databases for analysis and archiving.
12/11/2008
1739 Case Study: Michigan Fish Hatcheries
At fish hatcheries throughout the state of Michigan, Opto 22 SNAP PAC systems interface with flowmeters, float level sensors, variable frequency drives, and the other power-, oxygen-, and water-related equipment to automate, manage, and monitor equipment used during every stage of the fish rearing process. Also monitored and managed are a variety of water conditions such as tank water temperatures, water flow and oxygenation, as well as the on/off status of equipment.
8/13/2008
1740 Case Study: NASA - JPL
NASA’s Deep Space Network site in Madrid experienced a crisis when engineers detected cracks in the elevation bearings of a 230-foot parabolic antenna that enables 24/7 monitoring of satellites, space probes, and spacecrafts. These bearings support the 4 million pound weight of the antenna as it tilts up and down. To determine the precise nature of the problem, the antenna's bearings will be lifted and the existing shim pack removed and replaced with load cell transducers, which will convert the measured pressured into an electrical signal output and deliver it to an Opto 22 SNAP PAC System. Specifically, SNAP-AIMA analog input modules will connect four sets of load cells (one for each set of bearings) to SNAP-PAC-EB2 brains, which will receive accurate load cell readings as the antenna moves across the bearings. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will then be studying the data, formulating theories, and determining why the antenna’s bearings have been cracking.
8/7/2008
1730 Case Study: AZEVAP, LLC
AZEVAP, LLC, an original equipment manufacturer specializing in industrial cooling, has combined its own patented technologies with Opto 22’s to address many of the of the drawbacks of modern evaporative coolers. AZEVAP has developed the AZFlow evaporative cooler, which uses as little as 1/8th the power of traditional coolers and utilizes SNAP PAC System components to regulate valves and float switches and capture the amps and horsepower of the variable frequency drives that control the cooler's fans.
8/7/2008
1729 Case Study: Ballarat Health Services
Ballarat Health Services in Victoria, Australia is a major health care organization comprising two hospitals, convalescent homes, psychiatric services, six nursing home hostels, and rehabilitation centers. Ballarat uses Opto 22 SNAP PAC Systems (generations 2 and 3) for equipment automation and building management. This encompasses an incredibly broad set of applications including remote monitoring, alarming, process and discrete control, and data acquisition for performance optimization, energy management, and regulatory compliance reporting.
8/7/2008
1782 Case Study: State University of New York Energy Management Project
Farming in the state of New York has sharply decreased over the last several decades, and the high cost of energy is an important cause. Thanks to an OptoGreen Grant, Professor Michael Otis of the State University of New York (SUNY), a team of his students, and The Solar Energy Consortium (TSEC) are addressing the problem.

The SNAP PAC System provided by the grant will monitor and control energy usage at a large apple farm in upstate New York. Based on this collected data, solar and other alternative energy sources will be phased in as needed on the farm. The hope is that this example will demonstrate the viability of energy control and alternative energy for farm business operations in the state as a whole.
8/7/2008
1764 Case Study: Waterford Township Water Treatment Facilities
The Waterford Township Department of Public Works in Michigan has established a reputation for operating one of the most advanced SCADA systems in the state, if not the entire country. Their advanced monitoring capabilities and very high levels of automation have gained widespread attention from water/wastewater consultants and other municipalities all over the United States and Canada.

In this case study, see how Waterford Township uses technology to solve water and sewer problems and operate more cost effectively and efficiently.
5/6/2008
1749 Caso: Brunswick Bowling & Billiards M‚xico
Caso sobre la compañía Brunswick Bowling & Billiards México, que tenía la necesidad de automatizar el almacenamiento y suministro de materias primas basado en un sistema que cumpliera con la confiabilidad requerida y la opción de crecimiento en etapas. Esta confiabilidad y modularidad la encontraron en los equipos de automatización Opto 22 basados en PACs (Controlador para Automatización Programable). (Case study about Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Mexico, who needed a reliable and upgradable automation system to store and manage its raw materials. The company met these requirements with Opto 22's PAC automation hardware.)
2/7/2008
1753 Case Study: PayWerks
Original equipment manufacturer PayWerks has developed the Advanced Toll Payment Machine (ATPM), an outdoor payment kiosk for the toll road industry. Opto 22 PAC controllers provide the intelligence that enables the ATPM to know the amount of the driver's toll and also gives them the ability to pay it. The PAC connects to infrared lane sensors, which identify the class of vehicle as single-, double-, or multi-axle. The sensors then communicate with the controller, transmitting the data via a standard serial connection to SNAP input modules that work with the PAC.
1/22/2008
1751 Case Study: Lumenyte
Lumenyte is currently using Opto 22’s SNAP PAC System and other hardware to control and monitor a host of equipment used in process control and manufacturing of plastic optical fibers. This equipment includes a large stainless steel casting chamber, ball valves, heating elements, flowmeters, and a liquid nitrogen delivery system.
1/18/2008
1748 Caso: Georgia Pacific Tissue México (Spanish)
Caso sobre como la compañía Georgia Pacific Tissue, que ha actualizado maquinaria en una planta en la ciudad de Toluca, México con los productos de Opto 22. (Case study on how Georgia Pacific Tissue's factory in Toluca, Mexico upgraded existing equipment with Opto 22 products.)
1/17/2008
1750 Case Study: Upgrading Motion Control System
Since the introduction of G4 input/output modules in the mid-1980s, Opto 22 has sold millions. And 20 years later, these remain some of the company’s best-selling products. Like most Opto 22 modules, G4’s are guaranteed for life. In order to make this guarantee, the company must submit the modules to rigorous testing before they’re shipped to customers.

The G4 Handler is the machine used to perform these tests. When the 20-year-old servos on the G4 Handler needed to be replaced, an economical replacement could not be found. Instead, the G4 Handler’s servo motors were replaced with stepper motors.

This case study describes how the SNAP PAC System Motion Control Subsystem was used with the new stepper motors to control module testing and gather test data.
1/8/2008
1691 Caso: Ingenio Plan de Ayala S.A. de C.V. (Spanish)
Caso sobre un gran ingenio de azúcar en Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí, México, y la optimización de su proceso de producción. (Case study describing how a large sugar refinery in Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, optimzed its production process. Document is in Spanish.)
8/6/2007
1727 Opto 22 Carbon Footprint Reduction Statement
This documents describes Opto 22's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint.
7/10/2007
1670 Case Study: National Gas Machinery Laboratory
Case study of the National Gas Machinery Laboratory at Kansas State University
11/16/2006
1671 Caso: Henkel Capital México (Spanish)
Caso sobre la automización de una empresa de adhesivos en la ciudad de Salamanca, Guanajuato, México. (Case study of how an adhesives manufacturer in Salamanca, Guanajuato, México, was automated.)
11/10/2006
1665 Case Study: Ecopetrol
Ecopetrol, the national oil company of Colombia, is using Opto 22 SNAP PACs to maximize output and securely monitor and control its pumping locations throughout the country. The SNAP PACs communicate via Modbus and Profibus as they regulate valve positioning, pumpjack motors, variable frequency drives and other devices to maintain the desired flowrate. Equipment status and other data is communicated over wireless Ethernet to Ecopetrol headquarters in Bogota.
9/22/2006
1637 Case Study: Georgia Aquarium
This case study describes how Opto 22 and other vendors provide the hardware and integrated control systems used at the world's largest aquarium---the Georgia Aquarium.
9/6/2006
1304 Case Study: Grupo Antolin Gains Control of Its Headliner Assembly Process
Grupo Antolin uses sophisticated technology including robotics, scanners, "pick-to-light" bins, bar coding, inventory controls, and Opto 22 SNAP Ethernet I/O to manufacture and ship automobile headliners in the precise order needed by auto manufacturers such as Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Chevrolet, and Pontiac.
8/23/2006
1652 Caso: Planta de Cloro y Sosa Cáustica en Monterrey, México (Spanish)
Caso sobre la automización de una planta de cloro y sosa cáustica en la ciudad de Monterrey N.L., México. (Case study of a chlorine and caustic soda plant in Monterrey N.L., Mexico, that is automated with Opto 22 equipment.)
8/21/2006
1571 Caso: Soto la Marina (Spanish)
Caso sobre la automización de una planta de tratamiento de aguas en la ciudad de Soto la Marina, un puerto ubicado en la costa de Tamaulipas en el Golfo de México. (Case study of how a water treatment plant in Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was automated.)
8/8/2006
1653 Case Study: Verizon Communications
This case study describes cogeneration system monitoring and energy management with Verizon Communications in collaboration with Opto 22's network of SNAP I/O systems and Machine Interface's comprehensive monitoring system.
8/7/2006
1309 Caso: Redes de Distribución de Agua en Monterrey, México (Spanish)
Caso sobre la automización de un amplio sistema acuífero en la ciudad de Monterrey, NL en México. (Case study describing a large water/wastewater control project in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. Document is in Spanish.)
5/15/2006
1303 Case Study: Callaway Drives Better After a Year with SNAP Ethernet I/O
In its new 225,000 square-foot manufacturing facility, Callaway Golf Ball Company used Opto 22 SNAP Ethernet I/O to increase its yield of golf balls from 33 to 99 percent.
5/5/2006
1631 Case Study: PepsiAmericas and OptoSolutions
This case study describes how PepsiAmericas enlists OptoSolutions for bottling facilities water and power monitoring as well as ammonia detection.
4/28/2006
1619 Case Study: Brooks Automation
This case study describes how the company, Brooks Automation, uses Opto 22 hardware and software to develop a "universal testing platform" for product qualification.
4/27/2006
1554 Case Study: La Pastora
This case study describes how and Opto 22 integraor, IAC, designs and implements an automation and control system at a Venezuelan sugar mill.
4/27/2006
1570 Case Study: ALGOSYSTEMS
This case study describes how a systems integrator uses Opto 22 technologies to help maintain the buildings, highways, and infrastructure in the country of Greece.
3/27/2006
0814 Case Study: Flying J
Flying J Case Study
9/26/2005
1573 Case Study: Delphi-Delco
This case study describes how an automotive leader outfits its automotive product line with Opto 22's SNAP Ethernet I/O System for manufacturing automation and validation.
5/18/2005
1539 Case Study: Alsum Produce
Opto 22 SNAP high-density digital output modules provide 32 digital output channels in one compact SNAP module. These modules are ideal for OEMs and others with applications with high point counts, or for those requiring more than 64 digital output channels on one SNAP I/O rack.
4/25/2005
1560 Case Study: Jett Electric
This case study describes how an Opto 22 systems integrator uses Opto 22 SNAP Ethernet systems at work, at home, and to start his own business.
3/30/2005
1531 Case Study: Knauf Fiberglass
This case study describes how Knauf Fiberglass uses Opto 22 systems for process control and data acquisition.
3/17/2005
1437 Case Study: Autostadt
This case study describes how Opto 22's SNAP Ethernet I/O helps to manage a German auto mall.
11/3/2004
1353 Case Study: Airport Automation
Minnesota Control Company is using a collection of Opto 22’s popular serial products including the G4 I/O modules, B100 brain boards, and SNAP-LCM4s (with fiber-optic repeaters) for automating and monitoring the airport’s many critical systems.
11/3/2004
1367 Case Study: Barcelona Underground Railway
The Opto 22 SNAP Ethernet I/O system is used to monitor Barcelona Metro’s entire communications network including the radio links used for voice and data transmission throughout the stations, two-way communication between the trains and the station, and driver communication with maintenance personnel. Also installed throughout these stations is a system of public intercom phones that allow passengers to communicate with the station manager.
11/3/2004
1266 Case Study: McMinnville Water & Light
This case study describes how a power and water utility located in Oregon---McMinnville Water & Light---uses Opto 22's hardware and software to effectively and efficiently manage it's municipal power system.
11/3/2004
1426 Case Study: Coca-Cola/Dasani Water
This case study covers a Missouri-based integrator, The Automate Company, which designed and implemented the control system for Coca-Cola/Dasani bottling plant using Opto 22 hardware. The OptoTerminal-G70 serves as the interface for SNAP Ultimate I/O which works with two SNAP Ethernet I/O units to control three pumps which supply water back to the factory. All communication takes place over wireless LAN.
11/3/2004
1463 Case Study: Checkers Drive-Thru
nPhase enlists Opto 22 SNAP-IT for Checkers Drive-Thru monitoring, timing, and data acquisition and distribution
11/3/2004
1257 Case Study: Colorado State and Opto 22 Put Engine Lab on the Internet
This case study explains how Colorado State and Opto 22 put an Engine Lab on the Internet for students to use worldwide.
11/2/2004
1140 Case Study: Gross Solutions
Gross Solutions Case Study
11/2/2004
1141 Case Study: Motor Industry Research Association
Motor Industry Research Association Case Study
11/2/2004
1142 Case Study: Rototek
Rototek Case Study
11/2/2004
0813 Case Study: Connor Peripherals
Connor Peripherals Case Study
11/1/2004
0815 Case Study: Penn Racquet
Penn Racquet Case Study
11/1/2004
0816 Case Study: Toro Corporation
Toro Corporation Case Study
11/1/2004
1517 Case Study: TrafficWerks
This case study describes how Original Equipment Manufacturer TrafficWerks uses Opto 22 SNAP Ultimate I/O in toll booth monitoring and data acquisition systems.
9/9/2004
1523 Case Study: Alaska Native Medical Center
This case study describes how healthcare organizations seek accreditation using Opto 22 SNAP Ethernet Systems for drug storage and refrigeration
9/9/2004
1299 Case Study: SpectraSite Communications
This case study describes how SpectraSite Communications leverages Opto 22 SNAP-IT™ technology for comprehensive remote management of wireless site assets.
9/8/2004
1480 Case Study: Amersam Car Park Management
Case study describing how TCM Enginy uses Opto 22 SNAP Ultimate I/O-based machine-to-machine system for remote monitoring and data acquisition at parking facilities in Rues, Spain.
9/8/2004
1369 Case Study: Bayer AG-Vendor Managed Inventory
This case study describes how Opto 22 and ATplan collaborated to ensure availability of Bayer materials across Europe.
9/8/2004
1431 Case Study: Brookstone Equipment Company
This case study describes how Opto 22 and Nokia uses Machine-to-Machine technology to enable monitoring of remote generators for field service optimization.
8/18/2004
1241 Case Study: Meridian Medical Technologies Improves Critical Water Quality
This case study shows how a manufacturer of medical products and pharmaceutical systems uses Opto 22 SNAP-IT with their existing Unicenter TNG enterprise management system to automatically log critical data, store it in a database, and notify personnel of any problems.
8/17/2004
1477 Case Study: BioLab Ensures Water Quality with Opto 22 M2M System
Case study describing BioLab Commercial Water's implementation of Opto 22 machine-to-machine technology for remote monitoring, control and enterprise data acquisition for commercial pool facilities. System utilizes Nokia 31 Connectivity terminal for wireless communication over GSM/GPRS mobile networks and was integrated by nPhase.
8/9/2004
1478 Case Study: Opto 22 Factory Deploys SNAP-IT for Data Acquisition from Manufacturing Processes
Case study detailing Opto 22's use of SNAP-IT for remote monitoring and enterprise data acquisition from G4 Handler manufacturing machinery.
11/24/2003
0991 PC-Based Automation in the Pipeline Industry
This paper examines four important PCAS (PC-based Automation System) aspects: connectivity, scalability, reliability, and supportability. While the following discussion focuses on natural gas pipeline applications, these general principles can be applied to any pipeline.
1/9/2003
1464 Case Study: New Belgium Brewing Company
Opto 22 Ethernet technology helps fast–growing brewery maintain quality standards.
12/17/2002
1099 Case Study: Transwestern Pipeline
Transwestern Pipeline Case Study
4/26/2001
1095 Case Study: Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney Case Study
4/26/2001
1094 Case Study: Man Made Fibers
Man Made Fibers Case Study
4/25/2001
1100 Case Study: University of Utah
University of Utah Case Study
4/25/2001
1092 Case Study: Foster Miller
Foster Miller Case Study
4/20/2001
1088 Case Study: BASF
BASF Case Study
4/20/2001
1089 Case Study: Brush Wellman
Brush Wellman Case Study
4/20/2001
1090 Case Study: Cherokee Brick
Cherokee Brick Case Study
4/20/2001
1091 Case Study: City of Leipzig
City of Leipzig Case Study
4/19/2001
1093 Case Study: IHRE
IHRE Case Study
4/19/2001
1096 Case Study: Shelby Montana
Shelby Montana Case Study
4/18/2001
1097 Case Study: Richland County Public Works
Richland County Public Works Case Study
4/18/2001
1098 Case Study: Controlled Environmental Structures
Controlled Environmental Structures Case Study
4/18/2001
1101 Case Study: Wisconsin Public Service
Wisconsin Public Service Case Study
4/18/2001
1137 Case Study: Tri-County Refrigeration
Tri-County Refrigeration Case Study
4/11/2001
1024 Product Specification Guide PC-Based Plug-In I/O
This specification guide to PC-based plug-in I/O will attempt to highlight some of the features, benefits, and limitations of the plug-in I/O system.
9/14/1998
1793 Case Study: Hong Kong Power Plant

The Lamma Power Station in Hong Kong is using Opto 22 SNAP PAC standalone controllers to control heat, pressurization and other critical processes. The Opto 22 PACs connect to weigh scales, conveyors, pressure transducers, and thermocouples to ensure that the coal burning operations taking place at Lamma are executed safely and optimally.

For example, analog I/O modules wired to scales measure the weight of the coal prior to its delivery to the furnaces and sends these figures to the controller. Based on these readings—and whether they're low or high—the controller then instructs the conveyors delivering the coal to the furnaces to speed up or slow down appropriately, so the furnaces generate the proper amount of heat needed to spin turbines that produce the power.

At the same time, integrated circuit temperature derivative probes (ICTDs) connected to thermocouple analog input modules monitor the actual furnace temperatures, which are then used in PID calculations to regulate the temperature via analog output modules.

1/1/1997

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