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Power Plant Remtron Success Story

Power Plant Remtron Success Story
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Laird Smart Technology. Delivered.' SUCCESS STORY Laird™ Remtron™ Solutions are Powerful for Energy Facility At a power facility near Grand Rapids, MN, large amounts of coal are delivered, stored, and ultimately are used in the process of creating electricity. Moving the massive daily tonnage of coal requires several conveyors and machines in an endless cycle of transferring from one location to the next. Looking for a cost-effective answer with the ability to shut down the conveyors in the event of a jam or overload to decrease the impact of an accident or damage to machinery, the company turned to the Laird Remtron family of products as the ideal solution. The Challenge The power facility stockpiles approximately 1.8M tons of coal on site and uses approximately 100K tons each day in the power generating process. The coal is moved with massive machines that relocate the product into position where large, mobile conveyors then scoop it up and send it into the plant for usage. Should one of these mobile conveyors jam or stall the potential risk for both the workers and machines is costly and dangerous. The Solution The facility selected the Laird Remtron Safe-T-Stop system in a previous project, impressed with its durability of the unit, and decided it preferred the same Laird quality for their conveyor control system. The facility chose operator controllers to be used in combination with a receiver that acts as a power interrupt for the conveyor. Operator controllers are

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SUCCESS STORY used in the cabs of the bulldozers while the third controller is used by a lead on site allowing broad safety coverage should there be an instance where the conveyor must be stopped immediately. In addition, the customer decided on a back-up system due to the criticality of the operation. Lastly, the extended-range receive antennas ensure radio signal coverage of the multi-acre site. The Benefits Allowing multiple machine operators to shut down the conveyor power in the event of a conveyor jam, overload or in the event of an emergency provides the power facility immeasurable...

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