MBR Technology Assistant
MBR SCADA Replacement

Controls expertise to replace aging hardware and software.

PLC and HMI replacement, panel fabrication, commissioning and secure remote access, on the plant you already run, without touching the process.
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Why M|MBR

Six Reasons Operators Replace Plant Automation

Membranes are not the only part of an MBR plant with a service life. The PLC, the HMI and the software behind them age faster than the mechanical equipment around them, and they age quietly. Most operators do not think about the control system at all until the day it stops them doing something they need to do.

01

Obsolete hardware

The PLC installed with the plant is no longer manufactured. Spares come from resellers at several times the original price, and a single card failure puts the plant at risk.

02

Unsupported software

The programming software is several versions behind and needs an operating system that no longer receives security patches. IT will not allow it on the network.

03

The integrator is gone

The people who wrote the program have moved on or closed the business. The logic is undocumented and nobody on staff wants to be the first to touch it.

04

Platform fragmentation

Each facility in the system runs a different HMI on a different platform. Operators retrain at every site and support becomes site-specific instead of standard.

05

No secure remote access

Troubleshooting means driving to the plant, or it means an exposed connection nobody is comfortable with. Neither is an acceptable answer at two in the morning.

06

Alarms without answers

Nuisance alarms fire without context, trends are not retained, and the operating history needed to explain a performance problem is missing at the moment somebody asks for it.
Everything is running smooth here.

Dale Tafoya

Operator

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wHAT WE DO

Our SCADA replacement process

Before deployment we conduct Factory Acceptance Testing to verify system functionality and compile documentation. After installation, commissioning, debugging and loop tuning. Hundreds of MBR SCADA systems over the past two decades, across all major platforms.

Design & Build

  • System design
  • Control panel fabrication, UL shop
  • PLC/HMI programming
  • Instrumentation selection

Deliver

  • Factory acceptance testing
  • Documentation
  • Commissioning and debug
  • Loop tuning

Support

  • Secure remote access
  • After-hours troubleshooting
  • Field service
  • Work with antiquated hardware
Case Study · Customer Standard

Obsolete PLC To A Supportable Common Platform

Over five years we answered several emergency calls from this customer, including two full plant shutdowns, each requiring remote PLC and HMI access. The plant’s PLC hardware had become obsolete and its programming software no longer ran on current Windows platforms, making remote support difficult at exactly the moments it mattered.
Component
From
To
Why
PLC hardware
CompactLogix 1769-L35E
1769-L36ER
Required to run current Studio 5000
PLC software
Logix 5000 v.19
Studio 5000 v.36
Older versions need Windows 10 or earlier
HMI software
Wonderware
RSView SE
Customer Standard