Control Switchboards for Industrial & Mining Water Projects

Over 800 Projects Delivered for the Water Industry

With decades of expertise in a wide range of water treatment systems, Metroid’s engineering team is equipped to ensure your project runs smoothly from start to finish.

Having successfully delivered over 800 water treatment projects, we specialise in design, construction, programming, commissioning, and troubleshooting for projects of all sizes and complexities.

Water Treatment Technologies

Metroid’s engineers are highly experienced in designing control systems for all common water treatment technologies including:

Ultrafiltration (UF)
Reverse Osmosis (RO)
Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF)
Membrane Batch Reactor (MBR)
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR)
Sequence Batch Reactor (SBR)
UV Disinfection

Applications

Industrial Trade Waste

Metroid has designed, built, programmed and commissioned control switchboards for trade waste projects all over Australia.

Mining

Metroid has extensive experience supplying compliant switchboards for over 40 mining clients across Australia.

Food & Beverage Manufacturing

Metroid has designed, built, programmed and commissioned control switchboards for wide range of diverse applications within the food & beverage manufacturing industry.

Pharmaceutical

Metroid has supplied projects within the pharmaceutical industry requiring very high standards of water treatment.

Desalination

Metroid has designed, built, programmed and commissioned control switchboards for wide range of diverse applications within the food & beverage manufacturing industry.

Waste-to-Energy Plants

Metroid has extensive experience supplying compliant switchboards for over 40 mining clients across Australia.

Compliance

Metroid has over 30 years of experience complying with stringent client specifications and all relevant Australian Standards.

Australian Standards

All switchboards are designed and built to comply with all relevant Australian standards including:

AS3000 – Wiring Rules
AS61439 - Low Voltage and Control Gear Assemblies
AS4024 - Safety of Machinery
AS/NZS5638 - Electrical Equipment for Mines and Quarries
AS4509 – Standalone Power Systems
AS2081 – Electrical Protection Devices For Mines And Quarries
WA: Work Health And Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022
Arc Flash Study
Load Study
Discrimination Study

We supply to sites nationally and internationally.

Client Specifications

Metroid’s ensures full compliance with your and your client’s unique specifications.

We have delivered projects for hundreds of high profile end clients across mining, municipal, food & beverage manufacturing, energy projects and other critical infrastructure applications.

Industrial & Mining End Clients

Some of the leading companies Metroid has helped OEMs & contractors deliver industrial and mining water projects for include:

Adaman Resources
AGL Macquarie
Agnew Gold
Alcoa
Anglo American Coal
Anglo Grosvenor
ANSTO
Atlas Iron
Atom Minerals
Austral Bricks
BG&E Resources
BHP
Bingo
BMA
BMA Blackwater
BMA Goonyella
BMA Saraji
CFA
Coburn Resources
Cockburn Cement
CSA Mine
CSL
CUB
Dacian Gold
EMU Farmers
Endeavour Mining
Ensham Resources
FMG
Fosterville Gold
Glencore
Grassdale Fertilisers
Harvest Choice
Heathgate Resources
Idemitsu Australia

IGO Nova
Iluka
Independence Group NL
Inghams
JBS
Lesaffre
Lynas
McCain
Melbourne Zoo
Nestle
Newcrest Mining
Oil Search
Oyu Tolgoi
Pfizer
Port Waratah Coal Services
QNP
Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto Koodaideri Project
Rio Tinto Mesa J
RMS
Roy Hill
RTIO Amrun Project
SALTAS
Santos
Saputo
Sonac
St Ives Gold Mine
Sundrop Farms
Sydney Trains
Tronox
Western Meats
Westpork
YanCoal
Zoos Victoria

Containerised Switchrooms

Metroid supplies fully fitted custom 40′ and 20′ containerised switchrooms built to comply with all relevant Australian standards and any stringent client specifications.

Having a complete containerised switchroom delivered with the control switchboards and all other equipment pre-installed, saves significant time and headache on site.

Programming & Commissioning

PLC, HMI & SCADA Programming

Metroid’s automation engineers are highly experienced in
PLC, HMI and SCADA programming across a wide variety of applications and processes in water treatment.

Having programmed over 800 projects throughout Australia and abroad across industrial, municipal and mining applications, you can trust us – we’ve done it before.

Commissioning

Metroid’s automation engineers and industrial electricians are highly experienced in commissioning a wide range of complex industrial process control applications.

We have a whatever-it-takes approach, and our engineers will work alongside your team to ensure your project gets up and running smoothly.

Technical Support

Through our dedicated technical support hotline, Metroid’s service team provides fast technical support whenever you require.

You will be rapidly connected to an experienced engineer who is willing to assist with anything from troubleshooting installation issues to supporting with instrumentation calibration.

Water Treatment Case Studies

Over 800 successful water treatment projects completed and experience in every common type of water treatment system:

Aquila Mine Sewage Treatment Plant

Description

Project for a client that required a full complete package water treatment plant and mine sewage treatment plant, including 5 pump stations, 18 local control stations, 3 remote HMI panels and a power distribution panel. All 7 control boards had to talk to each other, including some of the boards which were over 1km away.

Features

WTP and STP boards being built to Form 4b suitable for installation,
6 Allen Bradley CPUs – programmed to client and site specifications,
Fibre optic panel,
Schneider motor management relay,
Custom made stainless steel pump stations

Scope

Design, construction, programming

Caval Ridge Sewage Treatment Plant

Description

Motor Control Centre manufactured to BMA Spec for the Caval Ridge Coal Mine sewage treatment plant.

Features

IP42 20A Form 4A BMA Spec Enclosure,
Installed in an IP56 Kiosk,
Allen Bradley CompactLogix PLC,
Schneider Power Meter PowerLogic

Scope

Design, construction, programming, commissioning

Inghams Automatic Waste Water Recycling Plant

Description

The $15 million project by Inghams is to improve their sustainability with a more modern and expanded Waste Water Recycling plant efficiently treating water and reducing odour emissions. The recycling water system is expected to reduce incoming water supply by 40%

Features

22 x ABB ACQ580 VSD’s,
Allen Bradley Panel View Plus 7 12” HMI,
20 pumps on DOL, 10 pumps on Soft Starters,
Allen Bradley CompactLogix PLC

Scope

Design, construction, programming

Gamuda Sydney Metro Tunnelling WTP

Description

Main MCC for a the Sydney Metro Tunnelling West Water Treatment Plant. This was part of an underground railway works that was helping connect Greater Parramatta and the Sydney CBD.

Features

32 Schneider VSD’s,
Advantec 19” Touch Screen HMI,
Siemens S7-1500 PLC

Scope

Design, construction

Control Switchboards for Industrial & Mining Water Projects

Over 800 Projects Delivered for the Water Industry

Water Treatment Technologies

Applications

Industrial Trade Waste

Mining

Food & Beverage Manufacturing

Pharmaceutical

Desalination

Waste-to-Energy Plants

Compliance

Australian Standards

Client Specifications

Industrial & Mining End Clients

Containerised Switchrooms

Programming & Commissioning

PLC, HMI & SCADA Programming

Commissioning

Technical Support

Water Treatment Case Studies

Over 800 successful water treatment projects completed and experience in every common type of water treatment system:

Aquila Mine Sewage Treatment Plant

Features

Caval Ridge Sewage Treatment Plant

Features

Inghams Automatic Waste Water Recycling Plant

Features

Gamuda Sydney Metro Tunnelling WTP

Features

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