Introduction
A Midwest customer is a leading salt manufacturer. They produce a variety of salt products including table salt, pool salt and industrial grade salt. This customer needed to bring data from existing Yokogawa DAQSTATIONS into their Delta V system.
Application
This company has two divisions. The first division is the chemical division that processes material and uses a Delta V to control and monitor the process. The second division uses steam to recover material from underground. Both divisions require hundreds of inputs from various processes. Both the Delta V and the Yokogawa DAQSTATION are considered servers. Since both instruments are providing data, both server and client application software was required.
Solution
Yokogawa utilized Kepware, a leading software designer, for the OPC Bridging Software that was needed. Kepware has previously created drivers for Yokogawa's DAQSTATION and DAQMASTER product lines. Utilizing the Kepware DAQSTATION driver, the customer is able to read and write to all of the Yokogawa registers.
LinkMaster, another Kepware software product, has the capabilities of both a "server" and a "client" application, allowing it to access, collect, organize and link data from multiple OPC servers. Utilizing LinkMaster software, the customer was able to transfer the data from the DAQSTATION directly into a Delta V soft tag.
Yokogawa's DAQSTATION provided a cost efficient, reliable interface to process inputs, and gave operators an easy-to-read, real-time display. The customer uses this system as the interface between all its processes. This method of gathering data will reduce costs and improve production efficiency.
For additional information, please contact Chris Smith at chris.smith@us.yokogawa.com.
Industries
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Bulk & Petrochemical
Whether you produce petrochemicals, inorganics or intermediates, chemical companies are under cost and margin pressures to deliver products in a timely and efficient manner while maintaining safe and compliant operations. Additionally, chemical companies need to adjust to fluctuating feedstock and energy prices and to provide the most profitable product mix to the market.
Yokogawa has been serving the automation needs of the bulk chemical market globally and is the recognized leader in this market. With products, solutions, and industry expertise, Yokogawa understands your market and production needs and will work with you to provide a reliable, and cost effective solution through the lifecycle of your plant.
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Power
In the mid 1970s, Yokogawa entered the power business with the release of the EBS Electric Control System. Since then, Yokogawa has steadfastly continued with the development of our technologies and capabilities for providing the best services and solutions to our customers worldwide.
Yokogawa has operated the global power solutions network to play a more active role in the dynamic global power market. This has allowed closer teamwork within Yokogawa, bringing together our global resources and industry know-how. Yokogawa's power industry experts work together to bring each customer the solution that best suits their sophisticated requirements.
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Renewable Energy
Renewable energy helps protect the environment and brings both society and industry closer to the goal of achieving sustainability. However, compared to conventional energy sources, there are certain challenges that stand in the way of its rapid adoption, such as higher production costs and greater instability in the supply of power to the grid. As a leading company in the control and instrumentation business, Yokogawa has always striven to help its customers in various industries achieve stable operations and improve productivity in their plants. We provide solutions for renewable energy applications worldwide, thus contributing to the sustainable development goals.
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Water & Wastewater
Water resources are finite, and therefore contributing to a sustainable water cycle is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yokogawa has been providing advanced digital control solutions for the stable supply of clean and safe water, wastewater treatment for protecting the water environment, water loss management and optimization of plant operation for reducing CO2 emissions and running costs. With our leading-edge technologies, dependable products and extensive expertise and experience of diverse water projects around the world, we work with you to provide sustainable water solutions that boost your business and add value throughout the plant lifecycle.
Yokogawa supports a wide range of water control applications in both the municipal and industrial water markets.
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Standalone MW100
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Data Loggers
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