Turning the key to better control

Automation and control systems specialist Denca Controls, has been commissioned by a producer of patient care pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to supply the control systems expertise for its new manufacturing facility in Liverpool.

The £500,000 turnkey project has enabled Denca to demonstrate the full range of its expertise, from developing process diagrams to the design and manufacture of control panels to software, programming, installation and commissioning. In all, five Siemens S7300 PLCs are to be networked together with MP 277 touch screen HMIs, a Profibus Remote IO installed and communication with package vendors achieved on a Profibus DP.

Tighter compliance controls are a necessary fact of life for the pharmaceuticals sector. Here Denca's work in the field is proving useful in securing the necessary validation documentation to support FDA and GAMP 5 compliance.