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Services
Engineering
Special Services
  
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System Integration - Food
Value
IDC is a full-service architectural, engineering and construction
firm with system integration capabilities. For food and consumer
product clients, we offer:
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Low-cost control systems using computerized (PLC) and Web-based
human/machine interface (HMI) technologies.
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Systems that will trace batch lots from raw material receiving
through finished product shipping.
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Ability to make production data available for management
decision making.
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All system integration projects benefit from IDC's project management
expertise, as well as our cost control and scheduling systems. We
provide complete and detailed documentation including design guide
standards, and procedures and staff to support startup and acceptance
testing. Design/build project delivery is available through our
in-house construction management staff, procurement capabilities,
and field calibration systems.
Expertise
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Design of high-reliability control systems through hot failover
PLCs and redundant SCADA servers.
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Monitoring and control of energy center systems (chillers,
boilers, compressors).
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Batch and continuous process controls.
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Batch tracking controls.
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Discrete part handling and packaging controls.
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Aseptic processing control systems.
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Clean-in-place sanitation control systems.
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Pasteurization control systems.
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Specialized water treatment control systems (RO, nanofiltration).
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Refrigeration control systems.
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Technology
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Web technology (HTML, XML, portals, Active X) and web-based
applications.
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IEC-1131 compliant PLC code and standard code blocks.
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Switched Ethernet networks, fiber optic and IEEE 802.11 wireless.
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Relational database technology for data archiving.
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Remote, secure data collection over wide area network (WAN)
and Internet.
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Browser-based HMI.
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Fieldbus technology to reduce field wiring installation cost.
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