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Utilizing our extensive experience in process and controls engineering, we offer efficient and unbiased system solutions for a wide range of applications. Whether it is an equipment addition to an existing process, or a completely new system we are positioned to lead or assist your instrumentation and controls effort.

Applications

  • Asphalt Mixing/Heating
  • Boiler Management Systems
  • Chemical Feed Systems
  • Conveyor & Material Handling Systems
  • Electro-Plating Systems
  • Facility Management Control Systems
  • Furnace Controls
  • Grain Mixing Operations
  • Industrial Knitting Machines
  • Palletizing Systems
  • Steam Cook Kettles/Delivery Systems (Pie Filling)
  • Pollution Abatement Systems (Water and Air)
  • Process UV/IR Detection and Suppression Systems
  • Pump & Level Controls
  • Raw Material/Chemical Delivery Systems
  • Remote Communication Systems
  • Stone Crushing/Screening
  • Sugar Liquifying System
  • Water Filtration/Pumping
  • Weigh Scale Filling/Packaging Systems

CONVEYOR & MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS

The equipment and functionality of these systems include conveyors, lifts, speed controls, weigh scales, RFID pallets, trafficking, product buffering, grinding equipment, recipe management, inline-inspection systems, robotic cells, safety zones, laser systems, microwave and industrial dryers, and part/product tracking systems. Products handled by these systems have included ceramic filters, 25/50 lb bags of dry mix ingredients, glass, and optical fiber.

FACILITY MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS

Responsible for the detailed design, architecture, specification, integration, site installation management, and commissioning of facility management control systems. These systems were responsible for monitoring and controlling major facility equipment and systems: HVAC, Air Compressors, Water/Wastewater, Pollution Abatement Systems, Process Cooling Water Systems, Boilers, Chillers, Cooling Towers, and Generators.

POLLUTION ABATEMENT SYSTEMS

Odyssey Controls, Inc. has worked on over 20 different systems throughout the world, which have involved the abatement of pollutants contained within large volume air and water streams. Our teams have extensive experience with wet scrubbers, baghouses, filter module collection systems, and chemical treatment systems. Large centrifugal fans are controlled to supply the motive force to transport air streams from the manufacturing process to baghouse and scrubber systems. The chemical treatment of wet scrubber blowdown water is handled using numerous analytical transmitters, pumps, and mix tanks to separate out the waste.

SUGAR LIQUIFYING SYSTEM

This process involves liquefying bulk quantities of sucrose for local distribution via tanker trucks to food processing plants. The sucrose is unloaded from the rail cars into a large bulk storage bin in the facility. Using specific recipe settings, a designated amount of water is metered into a steam jacketed tank while a temperature control loop is used to supply heat to the jacket. A motorized mixer/agitator is operated for specified time intervals to provide proper mixing of the heated water and sucrose which is fed into the tank by a conveyor. Temperature control, level control, recipe management, alarming, and batch reporting/ticketing are several key control system elements of this application.

REMOTE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Most of the municipalities that we work with have remote pump stations, tanks, or reservoirs that require automation of equipment from a centrally located operation’s building (which can be miles away from these remote locations). Radio, microwave, and cellular protocols keep our clients informed about what is happening at these remote sites from one control station. We have configured numerous wireless systems to communicate between master/slave PLC functional components, as well as implementing auto-dialers to call key staff personnel if an alarm condition is activated.

Typically, these remote sites are capturing pressure, temperature, level, flow rates, chemical system data, and pump motor VFD values. The remote-control capabilities consist of positioning valves, adjusting pump motor speeds, adjusting chemical dosing rates, refilling city/town water tanks, and lift station lead/lag operations.