A global automotive manufacturer required a turn-key hardware and software controls solution for an automated system to monitor the ventilation and provide safety functions in a fluid-fill (non-gasoline) environment to ensure a safe environment for its employees.
The primary design challenges involved the following:
- Retrofitting the existing fluid-fill systems.
- Retrofitting the existing ventilation systems.
- Incorporating the newly installed 1234yf coolant.
Using Allen-Bradley products, provide a flexible design scheme that could be modified, as required, and incorporated into additional plants with a minimum of re-design.
Provide a design that met the applicable safety requirements.
This system, in order to meet the applicable safety standards, incorporated the Allen-Bradley GuardLogix PLC, Allen-Bradley 1791ES Safety I/O modules, and an Ethernet/IP network. Additionally, this project included a PanelView PLUS HMI for an operator interface.
The major components of this system included:
- Allen Bradley L71S GuardLogix PLC
- Allen Bradley 2711P-T15 Panelview Plus HMI
- Allen Bradley 1791ES Safety I/O
- Allen Bradley 1756-EN2T Ethernet/IP Network
Our experience as a Rockwell Automation System Integrator (RASI) allowed also to develop a solution that exceeded the customers’ expectations. In February 2020, we have installation this solution in the customers sixth plan in North America.