TPCA Czech, s.r.o. (Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile) was established as a joint-venture of Toyota Motor Corporation and PSA Peugeot Citroën. These two concerns built a brand new plant to provide a production of small motor cars.
The largest Japanese manufacturer Toyota is an actual automobile giant that combines the Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu and Scion brands. In the year 2005, their combined sales reached an incredible 6,78 million vehicles and therefore, placed Toyota as the second largest manufacturer in the world. This success was largely due to the good reputation of Toyota vehicles well known for their quality and reliability. Toyota is not only a term used among customers but also among specialists of the automobile industry.
PSA Peugeot Citroën Company is a significant player in the world of the automobile industry. Its force is fuelled by the traditional European brands Peugeot and Citroën that are combined under the wings of one company but each have its own cover and style. In the past five years, both companies experienced a sharp rise in sales that belong to one of the highest climbs in the automobile industry.
The HVAC control system of the TPCA plant is provided by fourteen Simatic S7 PLCs. Communication between the Reliance SCADA system and the PLCs is provided by an OPC server via Ethernet. The main visualization window displays an overview of the entire HVAC system along with all the controllers. When clicking on the symbol of a PLC in the main visualization window, a new window is opened displaying the state (e.g. manual/automatic mode, on/off state, error, etc.) of the selected air-conditioning unit. A detailed visualization window is also available for each air-conditioning unit that displays all monitored values and links to trends, reports, and related alarms.
Air-conditioning unit
Air-conditioning unit – detailed information
Monitoring and control of gas consumption
Country
Czech Republic
Name
Visualization and control of air-conditioning units at the TPCA plant
Implemented by
PROTECO s.r.o.
Date
2006
Control System
14x Simatic S7
Software
Reliance Runtime Control with 10,000 data points
