OPC Case Studies

文章重点摘要：

开放式标准是关键：采用开放式标准（如OPC UA和MQTT）对于现代数据共享至关重要，Chevron Phillips Chemical的成功案例证明了这一点。这些标准帮助建立了一个统一的数据交换框架，确保不同系统和领域之间的数据兼容性和互操作性。

Matrikon Data Broker（MDB）的重要作用：MDB在IT和OT领域之间充当桥梁，实现了跨防火墙的顺畅数据共享。

着眼于现代化和可持续性：现在为数据共享挑战提供的战略性解决方案，可以加速企业的现代化进程，并为未来持续增长的OT数据需求奠定基础。

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This Chevron Phillips Chemical (CP-Chem) Case Study provides an overview of CP-Chem's strategic initiative to modernize OT data access throughout its worldwide enterprise.

Discover how CP-Chem used open standards like OPC UA and MQTT via Matrikon Data Broker (MDB) and data technology (DT) to tackle complex OT data sharing obstacles to facilitate seamless real-time process data access across IT and OT domains - both on-premises and to the cloud.

Key Case Study takeaways include:

1. Open standards are essential for modern data sharing: Chevron Phillips Chemical's success underscores the importance of adopting open standards like OPC UA and MQTT. These standards create a cohesive framework for data exchange, ensuring compatibility and interoperability across various systems and disciplines.
2. Matrikon Data Broker facilitates seamless Enterprise integration: MDB acts as a bridge between IT and OT realms, enabling smooth and meaningful data sharing across firewalls.
3. Modernize for today and a sustainable future: address data sharing challenges strategically. Chevron Phillips Chemical streamlined existing OT data sharing and laid the foundation for secure, long-term OT data accessibility.

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The Matrikon FLEX OPC UA SDK was used for INDICS (China)to enabled CASIC to develop a robust OPC UA interface for users of its INDICS cloud manufacturing platform in just two months. Read More...

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Blue Pillar used Matrikon FLEX OPC UA SDK for its embedded gateway. Read More...

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HollySys chose Matrikon FLEX, to quickly and easily enable its products with high performance OPC UA connectivity. Read More...

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Find out how Matrikon helps Danone in Romania to monitored and analyze their Data Read More...

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Automatización y Control de Edificios Inteligentes Read More...

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Flughafen Dubai erweitert das öffentliche Ansagesystem mit MatrikonOPC Read More...

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Преимущества AREVA при использовании открытого обмена данными при помощи OPC UA Embedded Server SDK от MatrikonOPC

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AREVA profitiert durch das ‚MatrikonOPC UA Embedded Server SDK‘ von den Vorteilen offener Konnektivität Read More...

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Headquartered in Erlangen, Germany, AREVA NP GmbH, part of the global AREVA Group, provides electrical systems and instrumentation & control (I&C) technology for the nuclear power and renewal energy industries. AREVA is recognized for its worldwide expertise and proven track record of performance.AREVA and its customers have realized a number of key benefits from implementation of the MatrikonOPC OPC UA Embedded Server Software Development Kit (SDK). From an end user perspective, Native UA connectivity allows AREVA products to be tied directly into infrastructure without the need for additional components. The small OPC UA embedded SDK footprint also meets AREVA’s requirements from a supplier standpoint. Since the MatrikonOPC SDK was OPC Foundation certified, it gave AREVA confidence they were investing in the right toolkit with the potential for new market opportunities. Read More...

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Dubai Airport Expands Public Announcement System with MatrikonOPC Read More...

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Empresa Energética utiliza OPC para el funcionamiento de sus parques eólicos en España Read More...

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Energieversorger setzt für die Verwaltung seiner Windparks in Spanien auf MatrikonOPC Read More...

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Energy Company uses OPC for operating its wind farms in Spain Read More...

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Shanghai Petrochemical vereinfacht Datenerfassung mit Hilfe von OPC-Servern von MatrikonOPC (Deutsch) Read More...

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Bergbauunternehmen beschleunigt Datenzugriff und senkt Kosten mit dem OPC Hub and Spoke-Lösungsportfolio (Deutsch) Read More...

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Energieunternehmen greift mit Excel Reporter auf Echtzeit-Testdaten zu (Deutsch) Read More...

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BuildingIQ bewältigt Verbindungsprobleme mit dem MatrikonOPC Server for BACnet (Deutsch) Read More...

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Case Study - Shanghai Petrochemical Simplifies Data Acquisition Using MatrikonOPC Servers Read More...

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Shanghai Petrochemical’s Manufacture Execute System (MES) requires data acquisition on the PLC systems of all their main devices. A total of 51 PLC or DCS systems need data acquisition, which involves numerous models and vendors. Using a proprietary data read drive could not manage the complexity of the workload. Instead, the company needed an open, standard-based OPC connectivity protocol. The company implemented 26 MatrikonOPC servers that corresponded with the company’s system types. In addition, the company integrated several MatrikonOPC Buffers to support data collection and buffering. Read More...

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When process engineers and others at Tiwest’s mine in Cooljarloo, Australia, needed to examine historical data, they faced a long and labor-intensive process. Often, the engineers could not navigate the IT infrastructure well enough to access the data themselves, and their requests for assistance sometimes went unmet because the data could not be found. The company clearly needed a better way to store and access its historical data, and the solution needed to fit the company’s tight budget restrictions.

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Cray Valley logra una interconectividad eficiente con el Servidor OPC para RS3 RNI de MatrikonOPC Read More...

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Case Study - Energy Company Accesses Real-time Test Data with Excel Reporter Read More...

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FALLSTUDIE: Schwedischer Möbelfabrikant Swedwood verbessert Prozesse und realisiert universelle Kommunikationsanbindung mit MatrikonOPC-Lösungen Read More...

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CASESTUDY: Furniture manufacturer Swedwood improves processes by adding Universal Communication from MatrikonOPC. Read More...

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Case Study: hExeis Improves Security and Eliminates DCOM Headaches using Matrikon OPC Tunneller Read More...

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Case Study: BuildingIQ Overcomes Communication Challenges with MatrikonOPC Server for BACnet Read More...

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Performance testing results from Geometrics on integrating MatrikonOPC with Oracle's Manufacturing Operations Center (MOC) Read More...

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Case study written with Alliance Pipeline to establish reliable communications using the MatrikonOPC Server for Mark V Direct. Read More...

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AES Wind Generation brings dispersed data together with MatrikonOPC and Operational Insight Read More...

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In late 2006, The control system interface software in the facility’s R&D pilot plant failed. This system was used by Intermediates Technology R&D engineers and technicians to collect critical process data from various experimental runs. Under the failure conditions, data from only 25 per cent of the process could be obtained, significantly hampering research and development capacity.

Software in this case study:
OPC Server for APACS Read More...

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Matrix Technologies Inc. were contracted to upgrade the Level 2 Supervisory Process Control system for a basic oxygen furnace at one of steel giant AK Steel’s mills

Products in this case study:
OPC Data Manager
OPC Server for OpenVMS Read More...

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Lack of Access to Data Hinders Competitiveness Limited data access impedes product quality and the ability to make timely and critical decisions. Propal’s lack of process data resulted in their inability to accurately determine operating costs and to improve product quality, and ultimately hindered Propal’s need to stay competitive in the paper industry. Propal had two objectives: make data available to various sources; and to maintain a high level of network security. Propal integrated standards-based OPC technology and as a result, improved their overall business performance by reducing production costs, increasing efficiency and leveraging the data in their corporate environment. OPC technology made staying competitive in the paper industry a reality. Read and download the Case Study, and learn how OPC technology increases competitiveness…

Products in this case study:
OPC Tunneller
OPC Desktop Historian
OPC Server for ABB GCOM
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In a project funded by jointly by the Ministry of Transport for the Province of Quebec (MTQ) and the federal government, Tecsult was contracted to simplify the integration of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) using the NTCIP protocol. Commercial, off-the-shelf software was to be used as much as possible in order to control development and implementation costs.

Products in this case study:
OPC Server for NTCIP Read More...

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Tilbury required a reliable and supportable solution that did not use DCOM and could provide OPCconnectivity to their Linux application.

Products used in this case study:
OPC Tunneller Read More...

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Our main goal at the new Rainey plant was to maximize the efficiency of our operations. We also needed a method to send environmental data to the Continuous Emissions Monitoring System and reduce manual data collection processes. This was inefficient in the past because we had many isolated data sources that could only be accessed manually.

Products in this case study:
OPC Server for MarkV
OPC Data Manager
OPC Redundancy Broker
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Our challenge was to implement an Alarms and Events server that extracts and stores event data from the Sequence of Events Recorder in our PLC controls system. Once that was in place, we needed to install a client application to view the stored alarms and events data.

Products used in this case study:
OPC Server for Modbus
OPC A&E Historian Read More...

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This case study describes how AOC used data more effectively to improve overall business performance Read More...

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"The installation of the software was a piece of cake; I just followed the instructions." Read More...

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"We selected Matrikon's product because of its strict adherence to the OPC specifications," said Scott Cloherty, Project Manager for TransAmerican Automation. "The support staff did an excellent job, so our experience with Matrikon has been very positive," he added. Read More...

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"We selected the Matrikon OPC Server for ABB AC450 (using the GCOM protocol), because of its high throughput capabilities and the fact that it could connect to all three controllers simultaneously." Read More...

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"The installation was a cakewalk" said Vien. "Matrikon's OPC server for Foxboro I/A provided us with the stability and data throughput that we needed to properly implement OCS." Read More...

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"Matrikon's OPC server installed rather easily," said Peter Salz, project manager at ITO. "Our alternatives were to either use DDE or to develop our own interface, but existing software greatly simplified the task and saved us a lot of system integration time" he added. Read More...

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"We chose Matrikon to help us develop this server because of their vast experience with a variety of OPC applications," said John Walsh, director of distribution at Eurotherm. "The resulting server is very fast, reliable and robust." Read More...

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After evaluating our options, we landed on the open standard "OPC-HDA" (OLE for Process Control, Historical Data Access). By reputation, we heard of Matrikon Inc. and their wide spectrum of OPC products and support. Read More...

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"We are extremely pleased with the performance of Matrikon's OPC Server, and we appreciate the support we received from their personnel during the integration process." Read More...

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Successful launch of Matrikon's OPC RS3 RNI server to support operations at LUKOIL refinery in Perm, Russia. Read More...

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"We chose Matrikon software because it is so easy to use compared to other industry offerings. The installation was fast and uncomplicated and our training in Edmonton was invaluable. The overall support received from Matrikon was excellent." Read More...

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Matrikon's OPC Server for Foxboro I/A has been implemented at the Air Liquide Rozenburg plant near Rotterdam. Read More...

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Providing OPC connectivity is what MatrikonOPC is all about and so when Emerson Process Management needed a solution, Matrikon was able to offer an easy, cost-effective, and off-the-shelf answer - the Matrikon OPC Server for Modbus. Read More...

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FeedForward was commissioned to help a client transform a time-intensive manual data entry procedure into an efficient automated process. Furthermore, the real-time and historical data needed to be accessed by engineers and management for environmental monitoring purposes. To help out, FeedForward approached Matrikon to provide the connectivity required to make the project successful. Read More...

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Graco needed a way for their customers to deliver production information such as how much paint was used, recipes, alarm logs, and other quality assurance data from the finishing line to the Operation Manager's office PC. Matrikon helped out with the connectivity issues. Read More...

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Since Matrikon's OPC products have proved to work well before, their OPC Server for Intellution FIX was a natural choice. Read More...

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Feedforward, an integrator for process control projects, needed an OPC server to help a client transfer data from a legacy DCS located in Maysville, Oklahoma to a client application in Houston, Texas. They chose Matrikon’s OPC Genie. Read More...

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Like many plant floor operations, Agrium Inc. was faced with the task of implementing a communications infrastructure that would allow the communication of process control data among different types of data sources. These data sources included Foxboro I/A and Siemens-Moore APACS DCSs. The main problem was that the data from the DCSs was delivered in a proprietary format, making the system cumbersome, inflexible and costly to modify. Matrikon was able to step in and turn what was once a closed system into an open system using the OPC standard – all at a lower cost than it would take to maintain the current closed system. Read More...

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Engineers at an American biotechnology facility needed to archive data generated by their plant bioreactors. The plan was to route all the data through the plants primary DCS, a Moore APACS, and into a Wonderware IndustrialSQL process historian. Because of the different systems involved, the company decided to implement OPC for their connectivity. Read More...

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Matrikon today announced that Santos Limited, Australia's largest gas producer, has selected Matrikon for a multi-year corporate contract, including products, services and support, for the capture of historical process information. Read More...

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Process control engineers at Celanese Acetate's plant in Rock Hill, South Carolina needed a connectivity solution to interface two Fisher-Rosemount RS3 DCSs in two different areas of the plant with a Wonderware IndustrialSQL, their central process historian. To do this, engineers turned to OPC technology. Read More...

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Matrikon Inc. announces that Spartan Controls, an Emerson Process Management representative, is including Matrikon’s OPC Server for Fisher ROC in their integration solutions when implementing Fisher devices. Read More...

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Spartan Controls was contracted by Petro-Canada, a major Canadian oil company, to replace the SCADA system at their gas plant in Edson, Alberta, Canada. The purpose was to tie an existing telemetry-based SCADA system into the current plant control infrastructure – an Emerson DeltaV Scalable Process Control System. Read More...

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A private wastewater company located in the southern United States needed to monitor their infrastructure to proactively diagnose potential problems and improve customer service. The scope of the project required the integration of 300 Remote Terminal Units (RTU) that would collect information from hundreds of wastewater pumps. Data from the RTUs was made available for viewing using Iconics Genesis32 HMI. The information collected was stored in a Wonderware IndustrialSQL Process Historian. Matrikon OPC was used to connect the disparate systems, providing an open communication network for the transfer of real-time data. Read More...

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Staff at Sibur-Tumen’s gas processing plant in western Siberia needed to integrate a process control system for their compressor station. To implement the project, Sibur-Tumen retained Sterling Group, a leading Russian integrator. In addition to providing a reliable, continuous connection, the required solution would have to connect 7,000 points. Read More...

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Siemens Building Automation S.A., a leader in automated building solutions, was contracted by Vodafone to lend their expertise in a building expansion project. Part of the project required the integration of the connectivity network between new building automation equipment and the Building Management System (BMS). Based on a recommendation from Siemens headquarters in Europe, Siemens project manager Antonio Ruiz chose MatrikonOPC as the primary OPC vendor. Read More...

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As part of an initiative to implement Model Predictive Control, process control engineers at a large American paper mill needed to pass process variables between an Emerson DeltaV control system and a Siemens-Moore APACS DCS. The required solution would not only provide connectivity across platforms, but across two different network domains. Read More...

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AllMons, a leading automation consultant based in the Netherlands, was retained by Diosynth Biotechnology, a world leading bio-pharmaceutical company, to integrate process control systems within a new facility. The new infrastructure controlled and monitored plant processes and building management systems. In addition, the control systems were tied into a database for logging and reporting production data to ensure compliance with the FDA’s 21 CFR Part 11 regulations. Part of the solution called for Matrikon OPC Connectivity. Read More...

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Messer Croatiaplin, a Croatian industrial gas manufacturer, supplies gases to hospitals and industrial users. In efforts to gain better control over gas levels in critical applications, ECCOS inþenjering, an integrator in Croatia, was brought on board to provide a solution. To handle the connectivity required, Matrikon’s OPC Server for Modbus SCADA was implemented to communicate with remote tanks from an Iconics Genesis 32 HMI. Read More...

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ABB, a leader in power and automation technologies, designed a Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) for LUKOIL Neftochim, the biggest refinery in the Balkan region of Bulgaria. This system enables LUKOIL to collect emissions data and generate reports in order to comply with new emissions legislation. The most difficult part of the project was establishing the connection between gas analyzers, controllers and the SCADA application. To make the connection, ABB looked to Matrikon OPC for a robust and reliable solution. Read More...

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Robert Rice, a Chemical Engineering student at the University of Connecticut, conducted a study mimicking an actual plant environment, where the process system is located in an area remote to the control room. Just like in the proces control industry, there were problems with connectivity due to different domains and DCOM settings. To solve this problem, Matrikon's OPC Tunneller was implemented. Read More...

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Matrikon OPC has helped integrators all over the world by supplying reliable, robust connectivity in countless industrial settings. But a recent integration by ABB in Jumet, Belgium illustrates the level of quality and dependability associated with Matrikon’s OPC products. ABB Jumet has implemented Matrikon’s OPC Server for Modbus in its own factory for the purpose of developing and testing Modbus products and for demonstrating their controllers and applications to prospective clients. Read More...

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In recent years, Rodney Stansbury has developed a strong familiarity with Matrikon’s OPC products. As a Systems & Support Integration Engineer, Stansbury has relied on Matrikon’s OPC offerings and, in return, has provided crucial feedback and suggestions for enhancements and improvements to the products that have benefited all Matrikon OPC users. So when Stansbury wanted to implement a unique automation project in his new home, he knew Matrikon OPC would provide reliable connectivity. Read More...

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King Island is located in Bass Strait, between Tasmania and Victoria in the Southeast of Australia. As part of the KIREX Renewable Energy Expansion project, Hydro Tasmania installed two Vestas wind turbines to complement the existing wind/diesel power station. The power station is load controlled and is fully automatic. It is controlled by an Allen Bradley PLC control system, with an RSView operator interface. To overcome DCOM issues, Matrikon OPC Tunneling technology was integrated. Read More...

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Following a plant expansion at a major petrochemical company's olefins plant, personnel were looking for a way to make an Ethernet connection from their fault-tolerant control system, a Triconex Tricon, and their turbine control system, a GE Mark VI, to client applications. To handle the connectivity requirements, the project manager chose MatrikonOPC. Read More...

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Connecting multi-vendor devices and data sources with client applications is what OPC is all about, so when the Process Control System Specialist with a major petrochemical company needed to integrate a process historian with three distributed control systems, he looked no further than MatrikonOPC. Read More...

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Without having access to real-time data, the best any process plant operator can do is base decisions on educated guesses . That wasn’t good enough for an engineering specialist for a polyethylene plant in the southern U.S. The scope of the project was to replace old and unreliable DOS-based applications with Windows-based applications. It was important to use a published and scalable platform, so the engineering specialist turned to OPC as the standard connectivity technology to use in the project. Read More...

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Management at Apache Canada, a leading independent oil and gas exploration and development company, wasn’t happy with the supervisory control on their current well sites located in Northern Canada. To help out Apache Canada contracted IMV Projects to integrate a solution. The solution included using MatirkonOPC as the technology to provide the connectivity between the RTUs and the SCADA host. Read More...

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A water purification system was integrated into a Building Automation System (BAS). The integration enabled plant maintenance personnel to monitor the water purification system from any BAS workstation in the plant. To handle the connectivity requirements, MatrikonOPC was used. Read More...

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PI Technologies, an integrator based in Trinidad, was retained by Yara Trinidad Ltd., an ammonia producer, to integrate a Process Information Management System (PIMS) that would improve production reporting, process analysis and optimization at two of the company’s plants. To aid in the connectivity, PI Technologies turned MatrikonOPC. Read More...

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Innovative Automation & Engineering, an integrator based in Pakistan, was contracted by ICI Pakistan Limited in early 2004 to establish a system whereby their polyester fiber plant could acquire critical data to calculate the plant’s process efficiency. To help out with the connectivity, Innovative Automation looked to MatrikonOPC. Read More...

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Stretch Island Fruit produces 100% fruit snacks. Due to the tremendous success they have experienced over the past decade, Stretch Island undertook a project to double the capacity of their Allyn, Washington plant. Heading up the project is Vice President of AspenTech, Dave Zimmer, who teamed up with MatrikonOPC to handle the connectivity requirements. Read More...

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June 24, 2004 (Edmonton, Alberta) – Matrikon and HMS Industrial Networks today released the OPC Server for Anybus-PCI. This new server provides OPC connectivity to Profibus, DeviceNet, and AS-Interface networks through Anybus-PCI interface cards. The joint development effort combines Matrikon’s knowledge of OPC and HMS’s experience with all major industrial networks into a cost-effective solution for OPC-compatible industrial software applications. Read More...

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July 22, 2004 (Edmonton, Alberta) – Matrikon and Nova Biomedical today announced the availability of the OPC Server for Nova BioProfile Chemistry Analyzers. Read More...

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Using a standard communication protocol, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) integrated a real-time communication architecture, using OPC, enabling them to collect and move data from oil wells and other facilities to a Process Historian. Operators, maintenance personal, engineers and others use the archived data to monitor, control, optimize, and analyze well performance. Read More...

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An article published in the July 2004 issue of Nuclear News outlines how the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, NY approached plant monitoring to ensure public and environmental safety. Read More...

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Like many companies, MetMex Peñoles discovered a need to exchange data between two OPC servers. However there was a problem. Theoretically, two OPC servers cannot exchange data – they are only able to respond to requests. Read More...

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Nova Chemicals needed a customized solution and for help, they turned to MatrikonOPC to provide the OPC connectivity and implemented OPC Client for ODBC. Read More...

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As part of the conditions for licensing of their hydroelectric project, the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) in California was instructed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to broadcast water levels for the lakes and streams that were part of the district. To help with the connectivity, MatrikonOPC was integrated. Read More...

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ScadaOne, a New Jersey based integration company, developed Scada 24/7, a new product that enables users to access their SCADA system via the Internet. It is an Internet-based application that provides access to SCADA and security information. MatrikonOPC was chosen to satisfy the data connectivity requirements. Read More...

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In January 2003, a major North American energy company was involved in a plant expansion in Texas City, Texas that required them to integrate new equipment and replace old, legacy equipment. MatrikonOPC provided the connectivity they needed. Read More...

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In order to start on the road to open architecture solutions, Fanapel needed connectivity between ABB's Industrial^IT product and a Foxboro I/A control system. They turned to MatrikonOPC for the answer. Read More...

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Queensland Nickel (QNI), an Australian nickel and cobalt company, needed reliable data access for their boiler control so they turned to MatrikonOPC to make the connection. Read More...

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As part of a plant expansion, Oracle was looking to streamline building operations, and improve operator decision making. They needed to bring HVAC and Electrical control systems together without losing any existing functionality, with the added requirement of making historical data and trends available to desktop users. They turned to MatrikonOPC for the solution. Read More...

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Matrikon announces that it has developed the OPCLink Module on behalf of Environmental Systems Corporation (ESC) for their E-DAS Expert and E-DAS EMR software packages. ESC is the largest supplier of 40CFR75 data acquisition and handling systems (DAHS). Read More...

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An independent oil and gas producer had a serious problem. The data they needed to streamline operations was locked on a newly acquired remote offshore platform, and there was no easy or reliable way to transfer it to the business domain. Using MatrikonOPC's Hub and Spoke architecture, they found the ideal solution to their problem. Read More...

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Cogeneration (cogen) is the simultaneous production of heat and power in a single thermodynamic process. It is widely used throughout the world for efficient production of heat and power. Alberta Research Council needed to connect their cogen optimization application to the HMI system controlling their cogen power source. Matrikon OPC Tunneller provided the needed connectivity.

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In the fall of 2004, Dairyland began a modernization project that would increase its capacity by 24 MW and improve reliability by more than 6%. Extensive maintenance and equipment upgrades, including the installation of an Intelligent Sootblowing System and the replacement of the plant control system, were performed as the plant underwent a major overhaul Read More...

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A major European oil company upgraded their refinery as part of a strategy to enhance plant profitability, increase throughput capacity, upgrade product yields and improve on-stream reliability. OPC played a major part in helping to make it happen. Read More...

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Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) dealt with a legacy system that was severely limiting their access to their RTUs and PLCs. Limitations included difficulty in producing reports, a restricted number of concurrent users and bugs in the software. As well, the system did not use a standards-based communication infrastructure, so the number and type of applications available to access, report on, and trend the process data were limited. Besides, the system was not user friendly and very difficult to maintain and configure. It also did not allow for remote device configuration. The OPC solution they chose, allows SPDC effective data access, monitoring, and analysis. SPDC is now able to generate accurate reports faster and make decisions more readily than before. Read More...

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Propal Paper Production in Valle del Cauca, Colombia recently upgraded their plants as part of a strategy to enhance profitability, stay competitive and maximize their Return on Investment (ROI) in the demanding paper market. They used standards-based OPC industrial connectivity to provide a complete off-the-shelf solution to give them quick, reliable and secure access to highly accurate data Read More...

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The attached paper discusses how Husky Injection Molding Systems built a flexible network with standards based OPC, providing positive turn-key solutions for plant and equipment monitoring. Read More...

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Matrikon announced that it has entered into an agreement to supply ABB Products Inc. with a host of SCADA class OPC servers. In addition, Matrikon has agreed to provide second level support for ABB to ensure that a high-level of service is maintained. Read More...

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IRVINE, Calif., Nov 7, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Triconex, a unit of Invensys Process Systems, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Matrikon Inc. (Toronto: MTK), to jointly market Matrikon's OPC Server in conjunction with Triconex's TRICON(TM) and Trident(TM) controllers. Triconex is the world leader in safety systems and critical control applications. Read More...

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Conspec needed to provide a reliable connection between their Modbus gas monitors and applications including the Rockwell RSView32 HMI. The proprietary solution currently being integrated proved to be inadequate because it was incompatible with the PLCs used by the majority of their clients. Conspec turned to MatrikonOPC for a connectivity solution. Read More...

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An olefins and aromatics plant's main control system was powered by a Honeywell TDC3000 equipped with a Universal Station. Hardwired to the control system was a safety-critical annunciator and several high-speed chart recorders. The scope of the project involved replacing legacy equipment with OPC-compliant applications. Read More...

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ABB was retained by one of the largest private electrical groups in the world, to integrate two redundant GE Mark V turbine controllers at a new power plant in Spain. The controllers were going to tie into the plant’s main DCS, an ABB Advant control system. Process Portal B and MiscroSCADA client applications were used to visualize process data from the turbine controllers. To make the connection, ABB chose to integrate OPC to read and write 1,098 points from each turbine for a total of 2,196 points. Read More...

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Sydel, an automated systems integrator based in France, used Matrikon’s OPC Server for Modbus to connect 5 PLCs to multi-vendor HMIs at a new plant for Rovaganti, a leader in the production of premium meats based in Rome, Italy. Read More...

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A refinery in the southern U.S. needed a solution that would enable them to transfer data acquired from a condition monitoring application, Bently-Nevada’s Trendmaster, to a Honeywell PHD process historian. The refinery's Process Control Systems Engineer looked to MatrikonOPC to provide him with the necessary components to make a reliable and robust solution. Read More...

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KnowledgeScape, a developer and integrator of expert control systems based in Salt Lake City, Utah, was selected by the Phelps Dodge Bagdad Copper Concentrator in Bagdad, Arizona to provide an adaptive optimization and expert control solution. MatrikonOPC provided the connectivity required. Read More...

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A major North American energy company was involved in a plant expansion in Detroit that required the integration of new equipment and the replacement of legacy equipment. They found MatrikonOPC, who offered an OPC solution that was easy to integrate, cost-effective, flexible, and made future expansion easy. Read More...

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Having the information needed to make key decisions is crucial in today’s processing industry. When a major petrochemical plant needed to transfer historical data from the plant’s main process historian, a Honeywell PHD, to a number of individual Intellution iFIX SCADA terminals, they looked to MatrikonOPC to provide the required connectivity. Read More...

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A global manufacturing company needed to transfer data from their plant in Detroit, Michigan to a process data storage system in St. Paul, Minnesota. Their Control Systems Engineering Group chose OPC technology as the communication medium. Read More...

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