Client: ENDESA
Location: Spain

Updating throughout the years of the control systems of several hydropower plants and installing S7-400 programmable automation, SIEMENS SCADA WinCC and PROFIBUS networked remote control system. Plants covered by the works: EUME, PRADA, SAN SEBASTIAN, BARCENA, LAS ONDINAS, CORNATEL, QUEREÑO.

Client: BIOINGENIERIA MEDIOAMBIENTAL, S.L
Location: Spain

Automation department has been awarded the control and power system for the biodiesel production plant owned by BIOVIGO ENERGY, SL and the processor company BM Ingenieria SL. This plant, located in the province of La Coruña, has a batch production system based on vegetable oils with an estimated annual production of 40,000 tn. The control system implemented is based on Schneider Electric equipment, as well as the power and motor control. AC&A will carry out the integral control software, supply of electrical and control cabinets, engineering and legalisation of the plant project.

Client: BIONORTE, S.A.
Location: Spain

Development of a control application for the Bionorte plant in Sotrondio, which obtains biodiesel from the recycling of used cooking oils. For the development of the control application, Siemens PLC S7-300 and touch panels for control and visualisation have been used.

Client: ISOTRON
Location: Algerie

Programming supply and start-up of a system to monitor and control the desalination plant. The control architecture has:

• General plant DCS are of a redundant architecture both at monitoring level (redundant servers) and controller level (pair of redundant controllers).
• Distributed periphery at the plant in redundant bus (profibus).
• Ethernet monitoring network with star architecture and secure remote access for monitoring and configuration.

Client: UTE AQUALIA/FCC
Location: Spain

The Ablaneda drinking water treatment plant is located in the municipality of Corvera de Asturias and works to treat water from the Narcea river to ensure supply to the coastal towns. The control system has PLCs and Siemens SCADA WinCC and covers the following areas of the facilities:

• Preliminary treatment and pumping of untreated water.
• Filtration and chlorination.
• Reagents and sludge treatment.

Client: VOLKSWAGEN
Location: Portugal (Portugal)

Programming and commissioning. PLC and HMI SIEMENS technology.

Client: ARCELORMITTAL ESPAÑA, S.A.
Location: Spain

Programming supply and start-up of a system to monitor and control the coke batteries at the steelworks. The system includes:

• General DCS used as platform to perform various control actions and production organisation.
• PLC control systems of the various process areas (15 PLCs).
• Ethernet network with dual-ring redundant topology.
• Various machines connected to each other through a redundant wireless link (6 machines).

Client: ARCELORMITTAL ESPAÑA, S.A.
Location: Spain

Control system made up for S7-400 programmable automation, SIEMENS SCADA WinCC monitoring and SIEMENS TELEPERM distributed control. Point-to-point TTY communication via RK51 protocol. Project performed in line with scheduled, one-off shut-downs during facility hours. All the common parts of the 2 existing converters (steam system) were duplicated to enable alternative operation. The existing programming was adapted both in the PLCs and in the DCS to ensure that operation responded to the functional description provided by the technicians.

Client: ARCELORMITTAL ESPAÑA, S.A.
Location: Spain

Web portal for the management of maintenance incidents and worker interventions, integrated with Siemens OEE for the management of operating times and equipment performance. Equipped with the corresponding reports produced with Report Manager.