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    Environmental Monitoring
  • Dam Monitoring and Control System
    Jiaxian Weir is located in the Kaohsiung County in southern Taiwan, about 450 meters upstream from the Jiaxian Bridge. The weir is an extensive facility of the Nanhua Reservoir used to channel water from Qishan Creek into the Nanhua Reservoir, which not only helps to alleviate possible overflow of the creek during the rainy season but also increases water in the Nanhua Reservoir to meet municipal and industrial demands in Kaohsiung and Tainan. The original equipment that helped control the Jiaxian Weir was damaged by flooding brought by the devastating Typhoon Morakot in 2009. It was important to restore the facility before the next typhoon season to prevent a repeat of the disaster. If it was not completed in time, the construction work might have been destroyed by another flood.
  • Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant Networking System
    • Facility Management
  • Intelligent Tunnel Lighting Control System
    Provincial Highway No.2 stretches through northeastern Taiwan and is one of the major traffic arteries in the region. Two of the main tunnels on the highway were built many years ago, and their equipment was very outdated, with wires and circuits often breaking down. Moreover, they had no remote control and monitoring system, posing safety and security threats to commuters. Advantech’s PAC products integrate control, data processing, networking and audio and video functionalities in a single platform, which was perfect as the basis for a lighting and circuit project in the Lanyang Tunnels.
  • Cost-effective EKG Machine for Medical Technician Training
    Electrocardiography (EKG) is a transthoracic interpretation of the electrical activity of the heart over time captured and externally recorded by skin electrodes. EKG machines are some of the most important equipment in a hospital or medical setting, allowing medical technicians to constantly monitor the heartbeat of unconscious or sleeping patients. One of Advantech’s customers was looking for help in creating a new cost-effective EKG machine that could be used for training use.
  • Ship Lock Control System with WebAccess
    Lock control systems are used to raise and lower the levels of water to allow vessels access. In sections with large water level differences, they control the water line by using a ship lock to ensure the safety of passing ships. Generally operation rooms will be established at both upstream and downstream valves to realize centralized and separate operation at the same time. What’s more, the general control room and electromechanical maintenance room need to be integrated, so as to monitor real-time field conditions.
  • GIS Railway VOIP Communication System
    GIS Railway in Italy was seeking to develop a VOIP system for their railway applications. They wanted an infrastructure that featured a redundant SHDSL line and allowed connection to a variety of devices, from modern IP interfaces to old analog telephones. This project was very important, as it would lay the foundation for their communications system for many years to come, with many upgrades and expansions already planned.
  • Network Infrastructure for Metro System in Brazil
    A network infrastructure is the heart of any communications system, and includes all of the routers, switches, wireless access points, access methods and protocols needed to operate a modern enterprise. The Metro system in Brazil was looking to upgrade their existing network, and turned to Advantech for the necessary products and know-how. Their main central control center needed a system to monitor and control the communication quality, and required products compatible with their digital analyzers.
    • Factory Automation
  • Steel Factory Control & Monitoring System
    In the past, relay devices were the main components for industrial automation control systems, and some existing factories still use them today. But in today’s complicated systems, relays provide limited use, poor flexibility and unreliable stability. Moreover, they are not easily maintained, the control panel is big and heavy, and is not easy to move. With the advent of PLC & PC-based control systems, new systems can easily benefit from easy configuration, high flexibility and high stability. One steel factory was looking to upgrade their system with a new PLC-based control system with a redundant Ethernet network.
    • Renewable Energy
  • Control Solution for Solar Energy Monitoring System
    The Hsinta Power Plant is a large thermal power station located in the Yong-an township of Kaohsiung County. To take advantage of its geographical position in southern Taiwan, Hsinta has begun developing an expansive solar power facility with a 1 megawatt capacity as part of the government’s effort to tap into new renewable energy technologies.
    • Traffic and Transportation
  • Fiber Optic Train Station Communication System