GE Intelligent Platforms Project Reference List Following is a sample of recent GE projects with which we have been involved. This includes such products as GE 90-30 and 90-70 PLCs, Intellution FIX, FIX32, and iFIX, GE Cimplicity, and Proficy. Please contact your Applied Control Engineering, Inc.
Representative if you require additional information. ABEC ACE provided engineering services on a process control and data collection system for a fermentation process at Berlex’s Seattle, Washington site. The project included a SCADA architecture with four clients.
Intellution iFIX Version 3.5 was used as the HMI package. ACE also installed and configured the 21 CFR Part 11 ER/ES features of this package. The SCADA system connected to Intellution’s iHistorian real-time historian. The control systems were integrated with the vendor supplied skids containing Allen-Bradley and Siemens control platforms. ACE also provided design and test documentation. Air Products and Chemicals In 1997, ACE signed a master service agreement with Air Products. Since that time, ACE has completed several projects using the GE family of PLCs as well as GE CIMPLICITY for an operator interface.
These projects have included efforts at plant sites in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Taiwan. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals As the preferred systems integrator at AstraZeneca’s Newark, Delaware site, ACE provided FIX32 configuration services for several projects. In all cases, the FIX32 nodes interfaced with Modicon PLCs. Bristol-Meyers Squibb ACE performed a controls retrofit on a system with seven GE 90-70 PLCs, each with its own dedicated Wonderware InTouch interface. The control system provides for recipe management in each of the separate batch reactor systems. An Industrial SQL server was also configured for data acquisition for all of the areas. Since the successful implementation of this project, ACE has supported these systems, providing minor troubleshooting and system enhancements.
Compositron This customer manufactures electrochemical grinding machines, which are used to machine completely burr-free. ACE designed electrical wiring, programmed GE 90-30 operations, and configured a QuickPanel touchscreen interface for this machine. The controls’ scheme included operation of the machine in two axes of motion as well as control of a conductive cooling fluid addition from the associated coolant tank. ACE created the system for the first prototype machine, and has since incorporated enhancements, which have been incorporated into additional units.
Connecticut Department of Corrections Two new GE 90-30 PLCs were programmed and installed to replace non-PLC based and hardwired controls for cell block and main gate entry control and alarming. Existing 90-70 and 90-30 communications were upgraded and tied together for common viewing and control. Three touch screen workstations were configured and installed along with a central historical data server.
CT Films For this Dover, Delaware customer, ACE provided integration between a FIX DMACS HMI and a GE 90-30 PLC. Configuration enhancements were also provided to take advantage of additional product features.
DuPont Pharmaceuticals ACE provided DuPont Pharmaceuticals in Deepwater, New Jersey with FIX32 configuration on several projects. These projects consisted of upgrading existing HMI systems to FIX32 as well as developing the FIX32 configuration from scratch. Most of these projects involved interfacing with Honeywell control systems. ACE also provided the life cycle documentation required for system validation. General Electric Power Systems ACE developed and installed a GE 90-70 PLC control system with a FactoryLink HMI for the Steam Turbine Generator Division in Schenectady, New York. The three autoclaves that ACE retrofitted are used to cure the insulation on the generator stator bars.
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Recipe logic included several temperature profiles for the assorted materials processed. Inolex Chemical Co. ACE implemented batch controls and recipe management for two new pre-mix tanks. The control system architecture included a GE 90-30 PLC with VersaMax I/O modules and a GE CIMPLICITY operator interface. The interface was configured to store and retrieve batch parameters in a Microsoft Access database.
Johnson Matthey Corporation ACE implemented an iFIX SCADA and manufacturing execution system (MES) at the JMC facility in Wayne, Pennsylvania. This multiple-project effort involved the development of a new configuration for multiple iFIX nodes integrated with Siemens Series 505 PLCs. Intellution’s VisiconX was used to interface large quantities of plant data with an Oracle database. Visual basic code was used to integrate a QC data entry system, iFIX, and an Oracle database. Visual Basic code was also developed for a logistics system and its interface with the Oracle database. Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association Since 2000, ACE has provided maintenance support on all of the control systems at MD&VA’s process facility. These systems include two GE 90-70 PLCs and one GE 90-30 PLC with FIX32 operator interfaces, which control the evaporation and drying phases of the production line.
The maintenance support has involved troubleshooting hardware and communication failures as well as incorporating several enhancements to the system. Midstream Energy (formerly Colorado Interstate Gas) This project was an HMI upgrade for a Helium extraction facility in Keyes, Oklahoma. ACE upgraded an existing Moore Products MycroAdvantage HMI to FIX32. The application was then merged with CIG’s corporate operations in Colorado Springs so that the plant could be remotely monitored. ACE continues to support this site with a maintenance contract for minor control changes and enhancements.
Noramco This project was an HMI upgrade for a pharmaceutical facility in Wilmington, Delaware. ACE upgraded two existing FIX32 systems to iFIX 3.0 SCADA nodes. The main project driver was a set of new EPA reporting requirements. An Excel-based report was developed that pulled process data from the local historians and alarms into the specified format. This report also required the addition of several new alarms and I/O additions to the existing PLC programs (an Allen-Bradley PLC5 and SLC5/04). Pall ACE provided SCADA configuration, documentation, and testing for a filtration skid for Pall. Intellution iFIX version 4.0 was used as the HMI package.
The SCADA system connects to Intellution's iHistorian real-time historian. Intellution's iBatch version 5.0 is interfaced with an Allen-Bradley ControlLogix controller. ACE also provided design and test documentation. Rhodia (formerly Rhone-Poulenc) ACE was asked to help maintain and provide enhancements for a GE 90-70 PLC, a CIMPLICITY HMI, and a UNIX based batch engine. The system provides for monitoring and control as well as data acquisition for a batch reactor process. Under this support contract, ACE is responsible for everything from minor bug fixes to the implementation of new control strategies. Schering-Plough Corporation ACE provided SCADA configuration, documentation and testing for a Kinetics WFI system.
Intellution iFIX Version 3.0 was used as the HMI package. ACE also installed and configured the 21 CFR Part 11 ER/ES features of this package, and provided GAMP design and test documentation, including Software Quality Assurance Plan (SQAP), Software Design Document (SDD), and Factory and Site Acceptance Tests (FAT & SAT). Shire HGT ACE was asked to provide on-going major project support at Shire’s new Roller Bottle manufacturing facility in Lexington, MA.
Intellution Fix32
The control system architecture included Siemens S7 PLCs and GE Proficy HMI/SCADA software. Project scope included preliminary engineering, confirmation and documentation of module library, control system definition, documentation development, control panel design and procurement, PLC and HMI/SCADA configuration, acceptance testing, project management, site installation support, commissioning/startup, and validation support.
VPI Mirrex, Inc. On two separate projects, ACE retrofitted the operator interfaces to several GE Series VI PLCs for a calendar line and a wastewater treatment facility.
Both of these projects involved the upgrade of an existing HMI system to multiple iFIX nodes, interfacing with GE Series VI PLCs. ACE also provided the flat panel displays that were mounted into existing panels. ACE was selected for this job because of our level of experience with GE control products. Wyeth ACE constructed a line control and reporting system for a solid dose bottle filling line at Wyeth’s Puerto Rico site.
An Allen-Bradley ControlLogix PLC collects data from eight vendor-supplied skids and provides conveyor control and supervisory line control. Using GE’s iFIX Version 4.0 in a client/server configuration with one SCADA node and three clients, operators monitors and provides supervisory control for the line. The SCADA system connects to GE’s Proficy Historian to record real-time line data. This data is monitored by GE’s Plant Applications Efficiency module.
Line efficiency and productivity reports are presented via a web interface using Proficy Information Portal. Wyeth ACE provided engineering services on a process control and data collection system for a fill line at Wyeth’s Pearl River, NY site, including a vial filler, lyophilizer and isolators. The project included a redundant SCADA architecture with six clients. Intellution iFIX Version 3.0 was used as the HMI package. ACE also installed and configured the 21 CFR Part 11 ER/ES features of this package. The SCADA system connected to Intellution’s iHistorian real-time historian.
The control systems were integrated with the vendor supplied skids containing Allen-Bradley SLC, Allen-Bradley ControlLogix, and Siemens S7 control platforms. ACE also provided design and test documentation including a Hardware Design Specification (HDS), Software Design Specification (SDS), Site Acceptance Test (SAT) and Installation and Operation Qualification (IOQ).
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TOP Server Multismart DNP 3 Suite OPC Server-2 Device License This item is no longer available for online ordering. See below for details on alternate products or products that may have superceded this item. This product is used to connect any OPC compliant HMI/SCADA/DCS system to Multismart Pump Controllers via DNP Serial or Ethernet Connections. Native Suitelink interface also included for Wonderware products. Native iFix interface also.
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This specific item is for connecting to a TWO Multismarts. Larger licenses are available. This product is designed to provide plug-and-go connectivity between and popular software packages such as Wonderware InTouch/System Platform/Historian, Intellution/GE iFix, Rockwell RSView32, RSViewSE, FactoryTalk View, Siemens WinCC, Citect, Indusoft, and many others. Because this driver is an OPC compliance tested product, you can be confident it will work with about any OPC client application out there that supports the OPC DA 2.x and 3.x standards. Also, as a bonus, this software provides native interfaces for Wonderware (Suitelink/FastDDE) and Intellution iFix (PDB/Process Database) that those users prefer often for their connectivity to drivers.
Visit the for more details and licenses for multiple device connections. This communications driver is a member of the TOP Server family of products and shares a number of powerful features in common with all of the products in the TOP Server family. The TOP Server family represents the latest in client-server communications technology for connecting HMI, Historian, Database, and other applications to plant floor equipment. Broad OPC Support The TOP Server implements both the OPC 1.0a, 2.0, and 3.0 Data Access Specifications giving you the choice of the widest range of OPC client applications. The TOP Server is continuously tested with the most popular OPC client applications on the market to insure ease of use, integration, and reliability, including popular names as Wonderware, Siemens WinCC, Intellution, Iconics, Cimplicity, RSView and more.
Full Support for Wonderware FastDDE and Suitelink The TOP Server's support of Wonderware Corporation's FastDDE and SuiteLink simplifies the task of connecting the server with FactorySuite applications such as InTouch. By using the Wonderware connectivity toolkit, our TOP Server can simultaneously provide OPC and FastDDE/SuiteLink connectivity to address your communications needs. With built-in support of these Client/Server technologies, the TOP Server allows you to quickly access device data without the need to use an intermediary software bridge (i.e. OPC Link) as is done when using a strictly OPC only communications server. For Wonderware users the familiar look and feel of FastDDE/SuiteLink tag database setup is maintained. Backwards compatibility for legacy DDE is also supported.
Intellution NIO native interface supported - no OPC Power Tool needed! Direct connection to the iFix Process Database allows you to skip the OPC Power Tool.
Enabling the iFix PDB interface on the TOP Server Tools-Options menus causes the TOP server to appear as a native Intellution driver named 'IDS'. Never before has connecting TOP Server to Intellution iFix been easier. Legacy Support for DDE While OPC has become the defacto format of choice for communications drivers in the automation market, we realize that not everyone can replace their client software with the latest OPC client versions. For this reason, the TOP Server is one of the few OPC servers on the market to also simulataneously support Wonderware's FastDDE and Suitelink interfaces, Rockwell's AdvanceDDE and Microsoft's standard DDE interfaces for connecting the TOP Server to your client application.
With the TOP Server you can connect to your legacy DDE clients today and move smoothly to the world of OPC when you are ready and not have to worry about replacing or re-configuring the communications driver connecting you to your production machinery. Other Key Features in the TOP Server Runtime Configuration Changes A very unique feature to this product is the ability to change your configuration while the server is running and has clients connected. The connected client application has access to a group of system tags that allow the client to request the TOP Server to change which network card it is using, change which com port it is using, change the IP address of the target device, change the Device ID of a target serial device, change serial communications parameters including RTS line control and flow control, and change diagnostic settings. This capability enables you to do Redundancy at the network media, serial connection media, and device levels - your client application makes the determination that the target device is no longer operable by any means you choose, including monitoring our Error system tag for communications errors, and when the client application wants the TOP Server to switch, it simply writes to the appropriate system level tag to change network connection, com port, or target device ID/IP address. Redundancy is just one of the powerful types of complex applications that these runtime-configurable features can enable. Import Tag Databases from KEPServer Your existing KEPServer version 3.x/4.x tag databases are readable by the new TOP Server so you can migrate your existing application seamlessly to the TOP Server.
Online Full Time The TOP Server allows you to make changes to your tag database configuration at any time. In older versions, you could be online, but not add tags, or be offline to add tags but not read data. With the TOP Server you make changes when you need to, on the fly. User Management With powerful features such as online changes, you want to make sure you manage who is allowed to make what changes. The User Manager in the TOP Server lets you define what different people can change and update in the servers' configuration. Tag Management You want to organize your tag database around your process. With the TOP Server we've taken full advantage of OPC grouping capabilities to let you segregate and organize your tags the way you want them.
Drag and Drop configuration lets you quickly move, add, copy large numbers of tags quickly and easily. CSV (Ascii comma-delimited) format import and export lets you bring in your tags from an Excel worksheet or export them, edit them in bulk and bring them back in.
Tag Scaling Display your data in units that are meaningful to you. The TOP Server supports Linear and Square Root tag scaling. You define the display format and the engineering units display string to meet your needs. Diagnostics The TOP Server family of communications products provide real time diagnostics on all tag read/write operations that can be viewed in your OPC client to keep tabs on what is going on in the server. For those tough to debug communications problems, you can turn on our diagnostic window and capture protocol packets off to disk to find out what is really happening between the computer and the hardware device. Other Powerful Features in the TOP Server include:.
Tag Browsing. Modem support built in for serial drivers. Extensive help files and examples of how to use the TOP Server with popular OPC clients. Visual Basic OPC client sample code. 32-bit high performance multi-threaded drivers. Auto-Start for unattended operation.
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Works with any OPC client or DDE, AdvancedDDE client application. Works with Wonderware's FastDDE and SuiteLink interfaces Operating System Support.
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Intellution Ifix 3.0
IFIX from GE Digital, formerly Proficy HMI/SCADA - iFIX, is the industrial automation system of choice for many applications, ranging from common HMI, as simple as manual data entry and validation, to complex SCADA, such as batch, filtration, and distributed alarm management. With iFIX, you gain secure agility, enabling better decision making to drive results.Thousands of organizations globally use iFIX for its robust engine, rich set of connectivity options, open architecture, and scalability. Secure agility for the smart operator.
Purchase of this product requires an additional deposit that is refundable when you return the old core to the selling Caterpillar dealer. The core deposit is refunded upon return of an acceptable core (used part) to your dealer.
In order to qualify for a core deposit refund, the core must meet acceptance criteria. Typical criteria include, but are not limited to: must be fully assembled and complete, not cracked or broken, free of excessive rust or pitting, free of fire damage, and must be an acceptable Cat® part number. Core acceptance criteria may vary by product - please contact your dealer for full details.
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