A manufacturer reached out to us because they were growing and at risk of not meeting their discharge limits. They had worked with other chemical suppliers and were told that they might need to purchase an entirely new system, something that would cost the company up to $310,565.00. Their current system, a very basic system without a lot of computer technology, was outdated. It did not have a “logic” behind it, not a lot of remote monitoring. A system like this can grow as far as it can. But sometimes more water flow is necessary.
So, what do you do? Do you make the investment, or can you work with what you have and even find cost savings and reduce chemical consumption?
In this case, our experts were able to help the manufacturer identify the proper PLC (Programmable Logic Control) unit that will control pH probes, pumps, water transfer pumps and chemical feed pumps. This change is going to take a less hands-on human compatibility to run it because with the flip of a switch the computer’s going to run it.
Through a combination of virtual visits and being tank side, we took this manufacture from a very basic wastewater system with barely any control at all to a flow through system that’s now robust enough to double wastewater flow capacity and still meet the metal removal goals.
The next step is to add that programmable logic, so someone doesn’t have to be standing there turning pumps on and off. Or if they forget to turn off the chemical dose pump and they come in the next morning, they’re out of chemistry, now they can’t run. A computer will do that for them.
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