References: Building materials industry

Completed projects in the building materials industry

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of a sand drying plant with a moisture measurement system

Germany

Plant data

  • 3 mixing lines, 18 scales, sand drying with a moisture measurement system
  • 1,800 physical inputs/outputs
  • Batch management system based on S88-2
  • Oracle database system for process data recording
  • Integration of all automatic and manual production steps
  • Sand drying optimisation with weather data compensation
  • Recording of energy consumption and process data
  • Plant monitoring using network camera systems
  • Belt weighing systems

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment and engineering
  • Commissioning, plant expansion and on-site software modifications
  • Training
  • Remote support

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of a dry mortar mixing plant 3

Germany

Plant data

  • Dry mortar mixing plant
  • S88-2 batch management system
  • Contractor: Schmid Automation, Switzerland
  • Integration with the SAP order system
  • ET200M input/output components
  • Siwarex weighing systems
  • Integration with Bluhm DSS Manager

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • On-site service
  • Weighing system service
  • Remote support

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of a mixing plant with vehicle management

Germany

Plant data

  • 1 mixing line, 5 scales, sand drying
  • 450 physical inputs/outputs
  • MySQL database with a web front end for data analysis
  • Recording of all automatic and manual production steps

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment and re-engineering of process control and batch control
  • Development of control and visualisation, an S88 batch system and vehicle management
  • Data recording and analysis
  • Electrical engineering
  • Control panel construction
  • Commissioning
  • Training
  • Remote support

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of a mixing plant suitable for legal-for-trade verification

Germany

Plant data

  • Mixing plant suitable for legal-for-trade verification
  • Integration with SAP order management via RFC
  • 1 mixing line, 5 scales, sand drying
  • 450 physical inputs/outputs
  • MS SQL database with a web front end for data analysis
  • Recording of all automatic and manual production steps

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Re-engineering of process control and batch control
  • Development of control and visualisation, an S88 batch system and vehicle management
  • Data recording and analysis
  • Electrical engineering
  • Replacement of Siemens S5 with Beckhoff I/O components
  • Commissioning
  • Training
  • Remote support

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of an in-plant concrete batching plant

Germany

Plant data

  • In-plant concrete batching plant with 1 mixing line, 2 scales, 5 time-based dosing systems and water dosing
  • 250 physical inputs/outputs
  • Integration of all automatic and manual production steps

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment and re-engineering of process control and batch control
  • Development of control, visualisation and a batch system.
  • Data recording and analysis using an Access database at the customer's request
  • Electrical engineering
  • Control panel modification
  • Commissioning
  • Training

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of an automatic pipe transport system

Germany

Plant data

  • Automatic pipe transport system with a curing tunnel for conveying and heat-treating polymer concrete pipes
  • Approximately 150 physical inputs/outputs
  • Integration of all automatic and manual production steps

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment and re-engineering of process control
  • Development of control and visualisation
  • Data recording using a MySQL database system and analysis via a web front end
  • Electrical engineering
  • Control panel modification
  • Commissioning
  • Training

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of a return-slurry grinding plant

Germany

Plant data

  • Return-slurry grinding plant for aerated concrete production
  • 350 physical inputs/outputs
  • 6 kV motor and starter control
  • Loss-in-weight and belt scales
  • Network camera monitoring
  • Recording of all automatic and manual production steps

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment and re-engineering of process control
  • Development of control and visualisation
  • Data recording and analysis
  • Electrical engineering
  • Control panel construction
  • Commissioning
  • Training

Building materials industry

Optimisation of scales, mixing lines and volumetric dosing lines

Germany

Plant data

  • 1 mixing line, 14 scales, volumetric dosing line
  • 1,800 physical inputs/outputs
  • Batch management system based on S88-2
  • Oracle database system for process data recording
  • Integration of all automatic and manual production steps

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment
  • Commissioning and plant expansion
  • On-site software modifications
  • Operator training
  • 24-hour support, 365 days a year

Building materials industry

Control of a sand drying plant with a moisture measurement system

Germany

Plant data

  • 3 mixing lines, 18 scales, sand drying with a moisture measurement system
  • 1,800 physical inputs/outputs
  • Batch management system based on S88-2
  • Oracle database system for process data recording
  • Integration of all automatic and manual production steps

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment and engineering
  • Commissioning and plant expansion
  • On-site software modifications
  • Operator training
  • 24-hour support, 365 days a year

Building materials industry

Polymer concrete mixing plant with pipe transport control

Germany

Plant data

  • Polymer concrete mixing plant with pipe transport control
  • 1,200 physical inputs/outputs
  • Hot-standby redundancy
  • Oracle database server for process data recording
  • Integration of all automatic and manual production steps

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment and process control engineering
  • Modification of control and visualisation
  • Data recording and analysis
  • Electrical engineering
  • Commissioning
  • Training
  • 24-hour support, 365 days a year

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of a sand drying plant

Germany

Plant data

  • 1 mixing line, 5 scales, sand drying
  • 450 physical inputs/outputs
  • MySQL database with a web front end for data analysis
  • Recording of all automatic and manual production steps

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment and re-engineering of process control and batch control
  • Development of control and visualisation
  • S88 batch system and vehicle management
  • Data recording and analysis
  • Electrical engineering
  • Control panel construction
  • Commissioning
  • Training

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of a liquid dosing plant

Germany

Plant data

  • 2 mixing lines, 1 scale, 5 Coriolis liquid dosing systems
  • 450 physical inputs/outputs
  • Aggregate drying
  • Production station management and distributed systems (curing tunnel)
  • MySQL database with a web front end for data analysis

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment and re-engineering of process control
  • Development of control, visualisation and an S88 batch system
  • Data recording and analysis
  • Electrical engineering
  • Control panel construction
  • Commissioning
  • Training

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of a separating machine for aerated concrete blocks

Germany

Plant data

  • Separating machine for aerated concrete blocks
  • Recipe management for block selection
  • High-precision positioning via Profibus servo drives
  • Automatic position calculations
  • Data communication via Profibus / Modbus / Ethernet

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment and re-engineering of process control
  • Development of control and visualisation
  • Data recording and analysis
  • Electrical engineering
  • Control panel modification
  • Commissioning
  • Training

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of a handhold cutting machine for aerated concrete blocks

Germany

Plant data

  • Handhold cutting machine for aerated concrete blocks
  • Oracle database connection for control parameters
  • High-precision positioning via Profibus servo drives
  • Automatic position calculations
  • Data communication via Profibus / Modbus / Ethernet
  • Data exchange with an AEG Modicon PLC via Modbus

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment and re-engineering of process control
  • Development of control and visualisation
  • Data recording and analysis
  • Electrical engineering
  • Control panel construction
  • Commissioning
  • Training

Building materials industry

Expansion of an aerated concrete plant

Germany

Plant data

  • One control server with approximately 3,500 inputs/outputs, 4 clients and 5 PLCs
  • Control of aerated concrete transport systems.
  • Integration with the Rekers control system
  • Integration with third-party packaging systems
  • Warehouse management systems
  • Marking systems
  • Video monitoring using network cameras

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Concept development with Rekers
  • Integration with external control systems
  • PLC communication driver development
  • Electrical and network engineering
  • Modification of various third-party S7 programs
  • Commissioning
  • Training

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation for a sand drying plant

Germany

Plant data

  • Sand drying
  • Moisture measurement sensors
  • Burner, exhaust air and feed control
  • Inputs/outputs routed via S5 135U / IM308-C
  • Integration with the existing mixing plant control system
  • Trend recording of all process data

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Re-engineering of existing process control
  • Development of control and visualisation,
  • Data recording and analysis
  • Electrical engineering
  • Configuration of legacy S5 components (IM308-C)
  • Integration of legacy Modicon I/O components
  • Commissioning and modifications
  • Training
  • Remote support

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of a dry mortar mixing plant 2

Germany

Plant data

  • Dry mortar mixing plant
  • S88-2 batch management system
  • Contractor: Schmid Automation, Switzerland
  • Integration with the SAP order system
  • ET200M input/output components
  • Siwarex weighing systems
  • Integration with Bluhm DSS Manager

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Implementation of drying optimisation
  • Modification of drying sensors
  • Control loop software development
  • Electrical engineering for the drying system
  • Commissioning
  • Training
  • Remote support

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation for a sand drying plant 2

Germany

Plant data

  • Sand drying
  • Moisture measurement system
  • Optimisation of burner and feed control
  • EtherCAT network inputs/outputs
  • Weather station integration and data recording
  • Trend recording of all analogue measurement points

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Re-engineering of process control
  • Development of control and visualisation
  • Data recording and analysis
  • Electrical engineering
  • Construction of new control panels
  • Commissioning
  • Training
  • Remote support

Building materials industry

Control and visualisation of a mixing plant with sand drying

Germany

Plant data

  • 1 mixing line, 14 scales, volumetric dosing line
  • 1,800 physical inputs/outputs
  • Batch management system based on S88-2
  • Oracle database system for process data recording
  • Integration of all automatic and manual production steps
  • Sand drying optimisation
  • Energy management

Services provided by StaKo Tec

  • Site assessment
  • Commissioning, expansion and on-site software modifications
  • Training
  • Remote support

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