Rubberlite

Rubberlite, a materials manufacturer specializing in manufacturing custom-engineered polyurethane foams and flexible composite systems, launched a Supervisory Control Systems Project with the goal of improving overall data quality, starting with standardizing their HMI/SCADA systems.

Running the AVEVA System Platform on a fault tolerant Stratus ftServer allowed Rubberlite to digitalize information, standardize data collection at the source to understand performance, and share that data plant-wide. With critical information and insights, Rubberlite was able to realize an 80% reduction in non-sellable material — critical for customer satisfaction and profit. They also eliminated application downtime and data loss.

Process Automation Engineer

“We have not had a single downtime event since [Stratus ftServer] has been running in March 2016.”

Challenges

  • Improve product quality for customer satisfaction, enable innovation for growth
  • Eliminate downtime for SCADA applications
  • Centralize recipe management for manufacturing repeatability
  • Modernize compute infrastructure
  • Reduce IT maintenance and labor costs

Solutions

  • Stratus ftServer deployed in the control room
  • Launch Supervisory Control Systems Project
  • AVEVA™ System Platform on ftServer® for fully integrated DCS and data historian

Benefits

  • Experienced no downtime since implementation in 2016
  • Reduced non-sellable material production by 80%
  • Increased sales by 25%