ENGINEERING IN PRACTICE

Project experience

Equipment networking, production traceability and industrial control applications.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Industrial automation in practice

01 / Equipment networking

Shanghai Hitachi equipment networking and inspection

CC-LINK networking and SCADA software with web access.
Fault notifications by SMS and email.
FANUC robot communication and Cognex vision inspection, with an MES module interfacing to an Oracle database.

02 / Production management

Engine production management and traceability

Customers: Shenyang Mitsubishi Engine and JAC.
ERP production plans integrated with MELSECNET/H, CC-LINK and FL-NET.
RFID records engine serial numbers, process data and component barcodes through an MES database interface.
Redundant servers and QR-code traceability for machining data.

03 / Equipment networking

Tire vulcanizing machine networking

RPLC MES modules communicate directly with MES databases.
Multi-brand PLC integration over MODBUS, PROFIBUS-DP, PROFINET and ETHERNET/IP.
The Giti Anhui plant project covers more than 400 vulcanizing machines.

04 / Process control

ELTHERM projects in China

Projects for ELTHERM’s Singapore subsidiary in Changchun and Changshu.
96 PLC systems and more than 40,000 points.
MODBUS TCP communications with redundancy.

05 / Process control

Qingdao Jinjing glass furnace control

Redundant RPLC system with more than 100 temperature and pressure PID loops.
Data acquisition from Siemens PLCs, ABB DCS and electrical meters.
Web clients.

06 / Production management

Glico equipment OEE system

Data collection from more than ten production lines.
OEE calculations, downtime analysis and good-product statistics.

07 / Production management

Nanjing Emerson production monitoring

Production and equipment monitoring screens shown in the company presentation.

08 / Facilities and energy

Hefei IRICO FMCS

Factory air-conditioning and compressed-air systems.
Boiler communications and energy management.

09 / Equipment networking

Jushi fiber-drawing machine network

Multiple networks, each involving nearly 200 machines.
Mitsubishi FX and Q, Siemens S7-300 and OMRON PLCs.
CC-LINK, PROFIBUS-DP, MODBUS RTU and MODBUS TCP.

10 / Motion control

Folding mask production machine

Ultrasonic welding of 3–6 material layers with folding, edge sealing and cutting.
Tension control, magnetic powder braking and synchronized servo positioning.

11 / New energy

Hefei Gotion MEB-B module line

RD81OPC96 OPC UA server module.
iQ-R system communicates with Balluff RFID over CC-LINK.
Data access, user authentication and self-diagnostics.

12 / Production monitoring

Dongfeng multifunctional skateboard pilot line

3D line models linked to real-time data.
Critical equipment vibration analysis, UWB indoor positioning and video.
OPC UA as a shared communications interface.

13 / New energy

Gotion VDA battery PACK line

CC-LINK IE FIELD communications between PLCs.
SSCNET III/H optical servo network.
PROFINET for Balluff RFID and Ethernet for vision.

14 / Robotics and vision

Tracking applications in robotic packaging

Vision-based incoming-material recognition and dynamic tracking.
Coordinated adhesive application trajectories with robot and vision systems.

15 / Motion control

Flow wrapping machine

Coordinated sealing, film pulling and feeding axes.
Automatic cutting curves with single- and double-knife switching.
Print-mark tracking error below ±1 mm; empty-pack prevention and automatic reversal after knife collision.

16 / Remote monitoring

Smart pumping station monitoring

Real-time maps and low-latency remote video.
Unattended operation with multilevel control and integrated security.