Typical Industrial
Switchboard Projects

Check out the various industrial switchboards we have worked on over the years

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Description

Switchboard to control regulator gates for river and wetlands management near the Murray mouth

Features

Allen-Bradley MicroLogix PLC and 7″ HMI,
Remote access capability over the Internet,
Custom built 316SS enclosure

Scope

Design, construction, PLC and HMI programming and commissioning

Oily Water Separator Switchboard
Description

PLC control panel for a specialised oily water separator system. Metroid has built several similar systems for Rio Tinto.

Features

B&R Pilbara style enclosure,
Schneider M340 PLC,
Designed and constructed to Rio Tinto’s specifications

Scope

Design, construction, programming and commissioning

Essence Estate SPS
Description

Control panel for a sewage pump station of a new estate

Features

2 x 22kW pumps on VSD’s
Active Harmonic Filter 35A 415VAC,
Schneider Altivar 61 VSD’s,
7.5” Schneider HMI,
Schneider Modicon M340 PLC

Scope

Design, construction

Description

Panel to treat secondary wastewater from the municipal Freeling wastewater treatment plant

Features

Siemens Altivar 320 VSD’s,
Touch Panel 10” TFT HMI,
ZIPlink PLC

Scope

Design, construction, programming, remote support

Description

Twelve duck growing shed control switchboards

Features

Hired Hand controllers,
Quality Schneider switchgear throughout,
Controls for curtains, feeding, drinking and ventilation system

Scope

Design, construction and remote commissioning assistance

Description

PLC control switchboard for pressure media filter system, with automatic backwash cycles, as part of the Lowood STP Upgrade. All built to stringent QUU specifications

Features

Custom aluminium enclosure,
Siemens S7-300 PLC,
Red Lion HMI,
Integration with site SCADA system via Modbus RTU

Scope

Design, construction, PLC and HMI programming, remote and factory commissioning.

Greywater Treatment Plant switchboard
Description

MCC and PLC control switchboard for a packaged waste water greywater treatment plant. The plant used membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology to treat greywater for reuse.

Features

Omron PLC,
Weintek HMI,
Toshiba VSD,
Full remote access via 3G network

Scope

Design, construction, PLC and HMI programming, remote commissioning.

Water Treatment Plant
Description

Control switchboard for a municipal water treatment plant

Features

Custom mild-steel enclosure – double-sided,
Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PLC,
Integration with existing Citect SCADA

Scope

Design, construction, PLC and SCADA programming, onsite and remote commissioning and integration.

Description

PLC control panel for a process bottle cooling line

Features

316 stainless steel enclosure,
Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PLC and PanelView HMI SEW VSD’s

Scope

Design, construction, programming, onsite commissioning and integration.