Mitsubishi Q Series PLCS prevent spiral pump failures at sewage treatment plant

  In one part of a waste water plant in Germany, three Archimedes pumps are connected to the secondary settlement basin at the sludge recirculation pumping station. They continuously take the biological sludge back into the aeration basins, where the micro-organisms break down dissolved and fine particulate organic pollutants.   In the space of about […]

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Mitsubishi Electric FX3 in PDX Reactor for Japanese food maker

British process and automation expertise has helped one of Japan’s largest food producers to cut white sauce production time by 83%, reduce cleaning between batches because there is no burn-on residue and minimise energy consumption. Food producers are constantly striving for greater efficiencies because of the highly demanding nature of the food industry.  A new […]

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Is there a future for the PLC?

    Automation is changing: future trends in control technology suggest that the role of that control technology is changing. Integrated solutions in which tasks are distributed to free up capacity are growing in importance: individual components are irrelevant to the customer.  According to Mitsubishi Electric, it is not a  question of pitching PLC against […]

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