A reorganised version of the project history published on the original BM Studio website, covering PLC, DCS, HMI, communications, commissioning and engineering software.
The list below preserves the substance of the original portfolio while presenting it in a cleaner, easier-to-read format.
PLC configuration and commissioning of two marine platforms off the coast of Fiumicino for loading and unloading oil tankers serving the Rome refinery.
HIMA PLC, Wizcon supervision, radio-modem communication and multimaster Modbus architecture.Configuration and commissioning of the district-heating system of Sesto San Giovanni.
Redundant Rockwell Automation ProcessLogix platform and remote control over a dedicated data line via router.Teaching assignment for the course “How to program a PLC”, financed by Regione Lombardia.
Testing and commissioning of Telemecanique and Allen-Bradley PLCs for a painting plant in Belaya Kalitva, Russia.
Automation of the Como–Brunate funicular system.
Commissioning of an ABB Freelance DCS system.
Commissioning of an ABB Freelance DCS system for the Mercure ENEL thermoelectric power plant.
Technical assistance on ABB Freelance systems at Marangoni Pneumatics in Rovereto and Anagni.
Configuration and commissioning of Allen-Bradley PLC5 systems for a cellulose acetate production plant.
CPU and communication redundancy; RSView supervision with redundant Ethernet links.Development of a Wyse terminal-emulator application with custom functionality.
Software developed in C++.Configuration, testing and support for the Recue hydroelectric plant in Chile on ABB Freelance.
Integration of Siemens, Fanuc, Sulzer and Freelance systems over Ethernet/fibre, Modbus and Profibus with modem, radio modem and power-line communication; redundant channels.ABB Freelance configuration for a high-pressure compressed-air production plant at C.I.R.A. — Italian Aerospace Research Centre.
ABB Freelance configuration for a municipal solid-waste incineration plant at AISA Arezzo.
Allen-Bradley PLC5 configuration and commissioning for a purification plant at Gragnano Trebbiense.
Rockwell Automation SLC500 configuration and commissioning for a galvanic-treatment overhead crane.
Proprietary communication with voltage rectifiers; routines developed both on a BASIC board and directly in the PLC.Rockwell ControlLogix configuration and commissioning for a tartaric-acid production plant.
ABB Freelance configuration and commissioning for the Giuliano di Campania / Quagliano municipal solid-waste incineration plant.
Rockwell Automation PLC5 configuration and commissioning for a choline-chloride production plant.
Proprietary communication with continuous and batch weighing systems; routines developed directly in the PLC.Rockwell Automation SLC500 configuration and commissioning for seven-axis manipulator robots used in X-ray inspection.
Proprietary communication with the X-ray generation system and self-learning manipulator movement based on recorded operator steps.ABB Freelance configuration for oxygen, nitrogen and industrial-gas production and distribution for Air Liquide at the Priolo Gargallo petrochemical complex.
ABB Freelance configuration for a water-filtration system for Termomeccanica at the Priolo Gargallo petrochemical complex.
ABB Freelance configuration for a film-production plant serving electronic capacitor manufacturing.
Software development for automatic generation of flowcharts from Fisher DCS source programs.
Developed in Borland Delphi and interfaced with ABC FlowCharter.Rockwell Automation SLC500 configuration and commissioning for several low-grade-fuel boilers.
ABB Freelance configuration for the AEM Figino district-heating plant in Milan.
Rockwell Automation SLC500 configuration for a river-water treatment plant.
Network comprising 22 PLCs and 5 PanelView operator panels.Rockwell ControlLogix configuration and commissioning for a powder-coating plant for Nordic Aluminum in Helsinki, Finland.
Foxboro DCS configuration and commissioning for glass lamination at Saint-Gobain Pisa.
Software development for automatic generation of loop-diagram drawings from an Access database in MicroStation.
Program developed in C++ with companion Access routines.Rockwell Automation SLC500 configuration for a river-water treatment plant.
Network comprising 42 PLCs, 7 PanelView operator panels and RSView supervision; main PLCs in redundant configuration.Building-automation system with 15 networked NAIS PLCs and Wizcon supervision.
Supervision accessible through Internet Explorer locally and remotely via telephone connection.ABB Freelance configuration for a biomass plant.
Emerson DeltaV configuration for the revamping of the ENEL thermoelectric plant in the old port of Genoa.
18 redundant controllers and 6 operator stations; control of five boilers using naphtha, heavy naphtha and coal. Work also included cabinet design and field-wiring activities.Rockwell ControlLogix 5000 configuration for a demineralised-water production plant serving a power plant in Cairo, Egypt.
Development of a redundant Ethernet/Profibus gateway between HIMA and Advant systems.
More than 4,000 exchanged tags.Crude-oil pumping station in Cairo, Egypt, with PLC5 and RSView supervision.
Serial data exchange with two 1 MW Caterpillar engines.Partial Rockwell ControlLogix software development for a milk-treatment plant.
Pasteurisation, tanker loading/unloading, CIP, storage and line washing.Rockwell ControlLogix software development and RSView SE Server HMI pages for a condensed-polishing plant.
RSView SE Server HMI development for a demineralised-water production plant and commissioning in Saudi Arabia, including Rockwell ControlLogix activities.
AutoCAD logic diagrams for automation systems.
Development of Lisp routines for automatic tag cross-references.Rockwell CompactLogix configuration and commissioning with RSView HMI for an edible-oil refinery.
Rockwell CompactLogix configuration and commissioning with RSView HMI for a biogas-production plant at a distillery in Cades del Penedès, Barcelona.
Rockwell CompactLogix configuration and commissioning with RSView HMI for a number of industrial dryers.
Rockwell CompactLogix configuration and commissioning with RSView HMI for an edible-oil refinery in Turkey.
Rockwell CompactLogix configuration with RSView HMI for a biodiesel-production plant.
Rockwell Automation PLC configuration and RSView HMI pages for eight gas heaters serving a pipeline in West Africa.
Rockwell ControlLogix configuration and commissioning with InTouch HMI for a sludge-transport system at the Milan Nosedo wastewater-treatment plant.
Rockwell ControlLogix configuration and commissioning with InTouch HMI for a sludge-transport system at the Milan Nosedo wastewater-treatment plant.
Assistance, modification, optimisation, upgrades and development of new plant sections on Emerson DeltaV DCS systems for ENEL plants in Pietrafitta, Genoa, Sulcis and Fusina.
Revamping of two hydroelectric plants in Iraqi Kurdistan on the Ovation platform.
One plant with 3 × 90 MW units and one with 5 × 90 MW units.Implementation of the Shuaiba–Karkh pipeline control system in Iraq.
532 km pipeline with four pumping/booster stations and three receiving stations; 15 ControlLogix PLCs linked by Modbus with local and global supervision. Included a PLC-based engine for pipeline queue management.FAT and commissioning of a fire & gas system at the SAFCO plant in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
Gas filtration and pumping station.
HVAC system for four power-generation modules.
Heating, air-conditioning and lighting management system for Humanitas Hospital, Milan.
Vibration-control and analysis system.
Annual maintenance of the Gazprom gas-pumping and filtration system at Portovaya, Nord Stream gas pipeline.
Various automation systems using the PlantPAx library for companies in the pharmaceutical sector.
Christmas Tree Control Station for six production wells.
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