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August 2006 : SiloTrack™

 

SiloTrack™ V3.5

New V3.5 Silo Inventory Management System

- Interfaces With Two Level Sensor Technologies
- Remote/Vendor Managed Inventory Solutions
- Unique Server/Client Security and Database
- English/Spanish

 

Elburn, IL –Monitoring and managing your silo inventory is an important job. Production depends on it, and accounting can insist on it. Now, with SiloTrack Version 3.5 it has never been easier. At Monitor Technologies we recognize that not one type of sensor technology can fit every bulk solids inventory monitoring application. That's why our latest SiloTrack Version 3.5 inventory management system will interface with our smart guided wave radar and cable-based sensors.

SiloTrack V3.5 provides a graphical interface for up to 128 silos per system, with a wide variety of capability including automatic report generation and scheduling, email alerts for re-order points and you can even switch between English and Spanish languages.

SiloTrack V3.5 is a smart system using Server and Client software. This means you can be assured of having your latest database of information right at your fingertips, and not thousands of miles away at some third party Internet service provider site.

In addition, SiloTrack provides security for your data and your internal IT system. SiloTrack V3.5 uses your LAN, WAN/Internet or dial-up connection to transmit database uploads between Server and Client. All transmissions are encrypted and user name/password protected. You don't have to worry about the third-party Internet provider connection going down when you're on your own internal LAN or WAN. Your data is secure and accessible all the time.

Monitor Technologies LLC is a leading supplier of level, flow, particle emission and aeration instrumentation for the worldwide powder and bulk solids market. The experience and market knowledge gained over five decades has earned Monitor a reputation for providing high quality and reliable product solutions.  Monitor is located in Elburn Illinois, give us a call today and let us put our creative solutions to work for you!

 

 

 
Solids Flow Monitor - SFI  
SiloPatrol® SE
Measuring coal powder levels when nothing else will work ….

Coal-fired power plants are commonplace around the world.  In order for these power generating stations to create huge amounts of electricity the turbines need to be feed with steam and the steam created by boilers that are fired by … yep, coal.  But coal as it comes from the mining operations is not what is fed to the burners.  First it is ground or pulverized into powder.  It is not unusual for the coal powder to be stored in silos awaiting the demand for it to be fed to the burners.  The inventory of coal powder in these silos needs to be monitored to allow for efficient operation of the power plant.

So, how do we monitor the inventory of coal powder in a silo?  Not easily.  In one typical application the power plant personnel found that the only technology that would work reliably is the modern smart weight & cable system from Monitor Technologies LLC, the SiloPatrol® SE.

Anhui Tongling power plant in Anhui province in China had tried almost ever technology possible to get a reliable level measurement in their 5 coal powder silos.  Radar, ultrasonic and others were tried, but none worked reliably.  It wasn’t until Beijing Conasen walked in and proposed that the Tongling plant use the SiloPatrol SE smart cable-based inventory monitoring system that the power plant personnel found a reliable solution.

Mr. William Yuan, sales manager for Beijing Conasen indicates that the power plant tried many major brands of ultrasonic, radar, and other technologies but that due to good relations with the Tongling plant personnel he was able to sell three SiloPatrol SE model SMU sensors and an HMI operator interface to them.  The units were installed by plant personnel.  Because of the heavy amount of coal dust in the silos an air purge using dry compressed air was used.  The SiloPatrol sensor incorporates the patent-pending use of Hall-effect sensor technology, a split-compartment enclosure, microcontroller, redundant optics and many other valuable features and technology to ensure reliable measurement even in challenging dust applications like coal powder.

The SiloPatrol SE system has been working reliably and the plant has since purchased two additional sensors and connected them into the same HMI operator interface.  This same sensor technology is working reliably at other coal-fired power stations in China as well.

For more information on the SiloPatrol SE click here or contact Monitor Technologies LLC at 800-766-6486 in the USA and 630-365-9403 worldwide.

 

>>Click here for more information about SiloPatrol SE from Monitor Technologies.
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