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.