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	Customer Success Story: Metal Trade Comax a.s. ICONICS

Customer Success Story: Metal Trade Comax a.s.

ICONICS

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Metals
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation Visual Quality Detection
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Metal Trade Comax a.s., a producer of non-ferrous casting alloys and surface treated metal sheets and bands, needed a comprehensive monitoring and control solution for their production processes. They required a system that could ensure the coated metal exits the production line without defects. The company also wanted to gain interoperability with their devices from different vendors. They were looking for a solution that could interface with their Siemens SIMOTION PLC, which controls the main drives or motors of the production line, and a Siemens Simatic S7-300, connected with industrial ethernet. Read More
About Customer	Metal Trade Comax a.s., located about 30 kilometers from Prague in the Czech Republic, is a producer of non-ferrous casting alloys and surface treated metal sheets and bands. Using coil coating technology, Metal Trade Comax applies organic coatings and embossing to aluminum, aluminum alloys, cold rolled steel and hot dip galvanized steel. Coated metals have a wide breadth of functions, for both interior and exterior needs. Roofing, sheet metal, parapets, interior facings, windows, automobile superstructures, trailers, cladding of buildings, cold storage and swimming pools can be constructed of coated metal. Read More
Solution	System Integrator ADAX s.r.o. implemented ICONICS GENESIS32 for Metal Trade Comax after several successful projects in the Czech Republic. ICONICS GENESIS32 with GraphWorX32 provides visualization for all parts of Metal Trade Comax’s coating line, where metal strips are painted or treated depending on their function. WebHMI enables remote Internet connectivity. ReportWorX32 and TrendWorX32 work together as the data logging, charting, reporting and analysis system, while AlarmWorX32 delivers alarm information. ICONICS software exchanges production data with Microsoft Dynamics NAV Enterprise Resource Planning software, for the complete integration of Metal Trade Comax’s data and processes. ICONICS interfaces with a Siemens SIMOTION PLC, which controls the main drives or motors of the production line, and a Siemens Simatic S7-300, connected with industrial ethernet. DataWorX32 provides OPC Data Aggregation from various OPC sources. Monitoring is enhanced with SNMP communication to devices for measuring energy consumption with variables including gas, water and electricity. Through TrendWorX, Metal Trade Comax is able to save large volumes of trend data from their production to a Microsoft SQL 2005 Server. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Applicable Industries

Metals

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Visual Quality Detection

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Metal Trade Comax a.s., a producer of non-ferrous casting alloys and surface treated metal sheets and bands, needed a comprehensive monitoring and control solution for their production processes. They required a system that could ensure the coated metal exits the production line without defects. The company also wanted to gain interoperability with their devices from different vendors. They were looking for a solution that could interface with their Siemens SIMOTION PLC, which controls the main drives or motors of the production line, and a Siemens Simatic S7-300, connected with industrial ethernet.

About Customer

Metal Trade Comax a.s., located about 30 kilometers from Prague in the Czech Republic, is a producer of non-ferrous casting alloys and surface treated metal sheets and bands. Using coil coating technology, Metal Trade Comax applies organic coatings and embossing to aluminum, aluminum alloys, cold rolled steel and hot dip galvanized steel. Coated metals have a wide breadth of functions, for both interior and exterior needs. Roofing, sheet metal, parapets, interior facings, windows, automobile superstructures, trailers, cladding of buildings, cold storage and swimming pools can be constructed of coated metal.

Solution

System Integrator ADAX s.r.o. implemented ICONICS GENESIS32 for Metal Trade Comax after several successful projects in the Czech Republic. ICONICS GENESIS32 with GraphWorX32 provides visualization for all parts of Metal Trade Comax’s coating line, where metal strips are painted or treated depending on their function. WebHMI enables remote Internet connectivity. ReportWorX32 and TrendWorX32 work together as the data logging, charting, reporting and analysis system, while AlarmWorX32 delivers alarm information. ICONICS software exchanges production data with Microsoft Dynamics NAV Enterprise Resource Planning software, for the complete integration of Metal Trade Comax’s data and processes. ICONICS interfaces with a Siemens SIMOTION PLC, which controls the main drives or motors of the production line, and a Siemens Simatic S7-300, connected with industrial ethernet. DataWorX32 provides OPC Data Aggregation from various OPC sources. Monitoring is enhanced with SNMP communication to devices for measuring energy consumption with variables including gas, water and electricity. Through TrendWorX, Metal Trade Comax is able to save large volumes of trend data from their production to a Microsoft SQL 2005 Server.

Impact #1	ICONICS enables an advanced process for ensuring the coated metal exits the production line without defects.
Impact #2	Metal Trade Comax has a system in place to automatically evaluate surface defect in coils.
Impact #3	Three fast industrial cameras are installed on the line, which can detect surface defects on the metal plates.

Impact #1

ICONICS enables an advanced process for ensuring the coated metal exits the production line without defects.

Impact #2

Metal Trade Comax has a system in place to automatically evaluate surface defect in coils.

Impact #3

Three fast industrial cameras are installed on the line, which can detect surface defects on the metal plates.

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Customer Success Story: Metal Trade Comax a.s.

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