Automation Solutions for the Water & Wastewater, Electric, Oil & Gas, Radio Telemetry, Public Safety and Transportation Markets
About Us
Edison Automation, Inc. was established with the express purpose of being the premiere automation solutions provider in the Southeast, offering a wide array of high quality automation products supported valued-added services. Edison represents the most comprehensive knowledge base of industrial automation technologies and products in our market. Edison's strength derives from its corporate culture, a critical component to the owners and entire staff. We continuously stress our company values in meetings, in our daily interactions with each other, and with the customers and suppliers we serve. Edison has extraordinarily knowledgeable, innovative and service oriented employees and requires them to perform as professionals in all aspects of their work. We hire the brightest people, continually expose them to new technologies, and through a flexible framework, make them available to our customers. Offering our customers access to this knowledge base enables them to find the best products and solutions for their applications. Scope of Services Product Sales & Technical Support Complete Project Management Controls Design System Design & Integration Systems Programming Motors/Drives Sizing & Programming I/O Screen Generation Machine Fabrication & Installation Systems Documentation On-Site Product & Systems Training Applications Support Instrumentation Calibration Service & Scheduled Maintenance Utilities and Public Infrastructure Edison Automation is a leader in the utilities market providing “turn-key” systems that are highly flexible and reliable. Edison Automations’ team of professionals and technical experts provide a consultative approach to project management, hardware and software selection, field start-up services and maintenance contracts, which exceed customers’ expectations. The Utilities and Public Infrastructure Division of Edison Automation was established in 1997 to offer superior systems integration, instrumentation and controls, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Automation Meter Reading (AMR), Telemetry and Plant Automation, Pump and Motor Control, Substation Monitoring, Recloser Control, UL508 Panel Fabrication and Field Services for the following municipal markets; Water & Wastewater, Electric, Oil & Gas, Public Safety and Transportation. Services and Solutions PC-based SCADA and control systems PLC, DCS and RTU systems Database design and configuration Network design Integration of production information and controls with business databases Video surveillance Client education & training Long-term service partner 365/24/7 service & support Solutions based on customer needs, budgets, technical requirements Comprehensive knowledge of available technologies & technology trends Technical staff with expertise in automation & communication Project management process Product selection & application support from end elements to the corporate office Scalable/flexible solutions – in scope, technologies, budgets Open architect are with state-of-the-art technologies Migration paths Service – scheduled maintenance, service contracts, emergency support
Edison Automation, Inc. was established with the express purpose of being the premiere automation solutions provider in the Southeast, offering a wide array of high quality automation products supported valued-added services. Edison represents the most comprehensive knowledge base of industrial automation technologies and products in our market.
Edison's strength derives from its corporate culture, a critical component to the owners and entire staff. We continuously stress our company values in meetings, in our daily interactions with each other, and with the customers and suppliers we serve.
Edison has extraordinarily knowledgeable, innovative and service oriented employees and requires them to perform as professionals in all aspects of their work. We hire the brightest people, continually expose them to new technologies, and through a flexible framework, make them available to our customers. Offering our customers access to this knowledge base enables them to find the best products and solutions for their applications.
Scope of Services
Edison Automation is a leader in the utilities market providing “turn-key” systems that are highly flexible and reliable. Edison Automations’ team of professionals and technical experts provide a consultative approach to project management, hardware and software selection, field start-up services and maintenance contracts, which exceed customers’ expectations.
The Utilities and Public Infrastructure Division of Edison Automation was established in 1997 to offer superior systems integration, instrumentation and controls, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Automation Meter Reading (AMR), Telemetry and Plant Automation, Pump and Motor Control, Substation Monitoring, Recloser Control, UL508 Panel Fabrication and Field Services for the following municipal markets; Water & Wastewater, Electric, Oil & Gas, Public Safety and Transportation.
Services and Solutions
Water & Wastewater
The collection, treatment and distribution system for a metropolitan water and wastewater treatment and monitoring system typically covers hundreds or thousands of square miles. Water levels may need to be monitored on distant reservoirs and lakes, chemical treatments and flow rates controlled in multiple tanks and lagoons, pumps operated at lift stations and regulatory reports generated for local and national authorities. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are typically used to monitor the day-to-day operation of these facilities. Edison Automation has proven to be a leader in the design and integration of these systems throughout the Southeastern United States. SCADA system can be scaled to fit any size water treatment facility or combination of utilities, while it centralizes management and ensures round-the-clock reliability and regulatory compliance. It has the proven ability to operate over large networks with different types of communications. Edison’s methodology is to utilize non-propriety, off-the-self components and deliver the system from our facility to yours ensuring a smooth transition. City of Shreveport, LA – T.L. Amiss Wastewater Treatment Plant The Challenge was to replace an obsolete SCADA system with disparate remote terminal units (RTU) and stand-alone HMI nodes with an integrated SCADA system to access all control locations and RTUs. An open-sourced SCADA system was implemented at the T.L. Amiss Water Treatment Plant. Subsequently, the project was expanded to the other plants to create a single system that monitors the city’s entire water and wastewater treatment facilities. Using a state-of-the-art SCADA system, authorized users now access all control plant and RTU data from any screen. The integrated system simplified site monitoring and enabled the city to reduce training costs, easily integrated cost-effective security devices and link to other systems, such as CMMS and LIMS.
The collection, treatment and distribution system for a metropolitan water and wastewater treatment and monitoring system typically covers hundreds or thousands of square miles. Water levels may need to be monitored on distant reservoirs and lakes, chemical treatments and flow rates controlled in multiple tanks and lagoons, pumps operated at lift stations and regulatory reports generated for local and national authorities. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are typically used to monitor the day-to-day operation of these facilities. Edison Automation has proven to be a leader in the design and integration of these systems throughout the Southeastern United States. SCADA system can be scaled to fit any size water treatment facility or combination of utilities, while it centralizes management and ensures round-the-clock reliability and regulatory compliance. It has the proven ability to operate over large networks with different types of communications. Edison’s methodology is to utilize non-propriety, off-the-self components and deliver the system from our facility to yours ensuring a smooth transition.
City of Shreveport, LA – T.L. Amiss Wastewater Treatment Plant
The Challenge was to replace an obsolete SCADA system with disparate remote terminal units (RTU) and stand-alone HMI nodes with an integrated SCADA system to access all control locations and RTUs.
An open-sourced SCADA system was implemented at the T.L. Amiss Water Treatment Plant. Subsequently, the project was expanded to the other plants to create a single system that monitors the city’s entire water and wastewater treatment facilities.
Using a state-of-the-art SCADA system, authorized users now access all control plant and RTU data from any screen. The integrated system simplified site monitoring and enabled the city to reduce training costs, easily integrated cost-effective security devices and link to other systems, such as CMMS and LIMS.
Other Services
Electric Utilities are evolving rapidly and face extraordinary challenges, with reliability and an aging infrastructure among the most serious. To overcome these and other challenges, automation of field workers, receiving real-time information, and utilizing advanced communications are crucial. The technologies to enable real-time information include a wireless infrastructure for both fixed and mobile data. In the face of deregulation, many companies are consolidating dispatch centers and field forces. This means they need to get work orders to the field as quickly as possible and track developments, particularly during an outage or other critical situation. Utilities also want to track their vehicles to ensure the most cost-effective routing is used. Edison Automation is quickly emerging as the leader in providing reliable, state-of-the-art networks to deliver information to the end user. Oil & Gas A typical transportation and distribution system for natural gas or liquid hydrocarbons can extend hundreds of miles and comprise thousands of sensors, valves, pumps and controllers. The challenge is to connect these devices to regional or headquarters control rooms, and to monitor them remotely 24 hours a day through efficient remote monitoring and control systems. Centralized monitoring and control of remote production and transport facilities are critical and having a network in place to monitor and report relevant and timely data, throughout the infrastructure are essential in today’s environment. Edison’s approach in keeping the Total Cost of Ownership manageable, is to provide a non-proprietary, open-architecture, state-of-art facility, while delivering an easy-to-use operator interface which gives operators, maintenance and plant managers maximum mobility to remotely monitor and control your sites while increasing throughput, eliminating downtime, reducing wastage, improving quality levels and tracking resources. Radio Telemetry Edison Automation Inc. utilizes the latest computer modeling techniques to evaluate existing communications infrastructure to determine the suitability of the locations for reliable, high speed data connectivity. Radio communications networks are engineered systems and require a great deal of forethought and planning before implementing any one technology or topology. We utilize several software applications to simulate system performance. This allows us to test communications equipment for sensitivity, power output, and susceptibility to interference. We evaluate antenna structures for proper height, side or top mounting of antennas, separation from existing services, feedline requirements, and losses. We feel that our unique experience in planning and implementing systems provides a strong practical foundation for the recommendations we make as consultants with regard to equipment selection, reliability, and overall system design. Transportation Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) improves transportation safety and mobility and enhances productivity through the use of advanced communications technologies. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) encompass a broad range of wireless and wire line communications-based information and electronics technologies. When integrated into the transportation system's infrastructure, and in vehicles themselves, these technologies relieve congestion, improve safety and enhance American productivity. Intelligent transportation systems provide the tools for skilled transportation professionals to collect, analyze, and archive data about the performance of the system during the hours of peak use. Having this data enhances traffic operators' ability to respond to incidents, adverse weather or other capacity constricting events. New applications and technologies are being developed every day. Better-known examples of ITS technologies include on-board navigation systems, roadbed sensors, traffic video/control technologies, variable message signs and fleet tracking and weigh in-motion technologies.
Utilities are evolving rapidly and face extraordinary challenges, with reliability and an aging infrastructure among the most serious. To overcome these and other challenges, automation of field workers, receiving real-time information, and utilizing advanced communications are crucial. The technologies to enable real-time information include a wireless infrastructure for both fixed and mobile data. In the face of deregulation, many companies are consolidating dispatch centers and field forces. This means they need to get work orders to the field as quickly as possible and track developments, particularly during an outage or other critical situation. Utilities also want to track their vehicles to ensure the most cost-effective routing is used. Edison Automation is quickly emerging as the leader in providing reliable, state-of-the-art networks to deliver information to the end user.
A typical transportation and distribution system for natural gas or liquid hydrocarbons can extend hundreds of miles and comprise thousands of sensors, valves, pumps and controllers. The challenge is to connect these devices to regional or headquarters control rooms, and to monitor them remotely 24 hours a day through efficient remote monitoring and control systems.
Centralized monitoring and control of remote production and transport facilities are critical and having a network in place to monitor and report relevant and timely data, throughout the infrastructure are essential in today’s environment. Edison’s approach in keeping the Total Cost of Ownership manageable, is to provide a non-proprietary, open-architecture, state-of-art facility, while delivering an easy-to-use operator interface which gives operators, maintenance and plant managers maximum mobility to remotely monitor and control your sites while increasing throughput, eliminating downtime, reducing wastage, improving quality levels and tracking resources.
Edison Automation Inc. utilizes the latest computer modeling techniques to evaluate existing communications infrastructure to determine the suitability of the locations for reliable, high speed data connectivity. Radio communications networks are engineered systems and require a great deal of forethought and planning before implementing any one technology or topology.
We utilize several software applications to simulate system performance. This allows us to test communications equipment for sensitivity, power output, and susceptibility to interference. We evaluate antenna structures for proper height, side or top mounting of antennas, separation from existing services, feedline requirements, and losses.
We feel that our unique experience in planning and implementing systems provides a strong practical foundation for the recommendations we make as consultants with regard to equipment selection, reliability, and overall system design.
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) improves transportation safety and mobility and enhances productivity through the use of advanced communications technologies. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) encompass a broad range of wireless and wire line communications-based information and electronics technologies. When integrated into the transportation system's infrastructure, and in vehicles themselves, these technologies relieve congestion, improve safety and enhance American productivity. Intelligent transportation systems provide the tools for skilled transportation professionals to collect, analyze, and archive data about the performance of the system during the hours of peak use. Having this data enhances traffic operators' ability to respond to incidents, adverse weather or other capacity constricting events. New applications and technologies are being developed every day. Better-known examples of ITS technologies include on-board navigation systems, roadbed sensors, traffic video/control technologies, variable message signs and fleet tracking and weigh in-motion technologies.
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