Air Water Inc., a Japanese industrial gas corporation, has introduced a Remote Control Support System which will centrally monitor around 230 of its on-site facilities, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The system, in place since 1st April 2016, will monitor all the gas generation facilities that the company handles for its gas sales, such as its oxygen (O2) and nitrogen (N2) pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units.
Facilities in Air Water’s V1 Series and small air separation units (ASUs), which the company calls VSU plants and are generally used in the semiconductor sector, will also be monitored by the system.
By accumulating and analysing the operational data of these units, I would like to use this information to reduce costs and to improve performance
Air Water has created a Remote Control Support Centre in its Plant Engineering Office in Sakai to support the implementation of this system, with a team of five employees monitoring the plants 24/7.
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