One of the largest independent liquid petroleum product pipeline operators in the U.S. owns and operates a diversified network of integrated assets providing trusted midstream logistic solutions. With a global terminal network composed of more than 100 liquid petroleum terminals, over 7,000 miles of domestic pipelines, and millions of barrels of tank capacity, the company required a reliable solution to help manage the complex distribution of petroleum-based products.

The company deployed and standardized Stratus Edge Computing running terminal automation software across more than 100 sites replacing legacy PCs and technologies, improving operational efficiency with remote monitor and control capabilities, and reducing costly unplanned downtime.

As a major transportation hub for 30 years, St. Louis Lambert International Airport is pursuing digital transformation initiatives to bring Industry 4.0 to aviation. Such modernization projects are critical for consumer experience and stakes are high.

Previously, projects had been piecemeal and disconnected, and limited to improving one area of the facility at a time. St. Louis Airport leveraged the expertise of Quantum Solutions, a system integrator, and installed Stratus Edge Computing running AVEVA software – including HMI/SCADA and Historian – integrating the different islands of automation into a complete and centrally connected facilities and building management system. This replaced their aging and disparate systems, accelerating digitalization at the airport.

DC Water treats water and wastewater for 1.6 million people in the District of Columbia, as well as for neighboring counties in Maryland and Virginia. The company has the largest facility of its kind in the world, treating an average of nearly 290 million gallons per day, with a peak capacity of nearly 1 billion gallons per day. By operating one of the largest water utilities, it’s no surprise that a strong HMI/SCADA system is a non-negotiable requirement.

DC Water relies on the AVEVA System Platform running on a Stratus Edge Computing platform for secure, real-time automation, operations, and control of its water pumping stations, storage facilities, sewage pumping stations, stormwater pumping stations, and fabridams on the Potomac River. To provide continuous service on a massive scale, DC Water deployed a novel fault-tolerant Edge Computing architecture built on four Stratus ftServers spread across multiple locations to run their sophisticated SCADA systems.

A leading life sciences company that manufactures cell biology, DNA, RNA, and protein analysis products needed to eliminate downtime and data loss to avoid costly disruptions and ensure regulatory compliance. In one week, RoviSys, a global system integrator specializing in automation, deployed Stratus Edge Computing platforms running Rockwell Automation PlantPAx®, including HMI, for three manufacturing sites.

The new production monitor and control architectures provided fault tolerance, simplified validation, converged OT and IT, and reduced TCO by 15-20% compared to a cluster solution. The life sciences company has experienced no downtime and is able to service the Stratus platforms without dedicated IT support.

London-based multinational specialty chemicals company, Synthomer, produces additives and raw materials for creating coatings, paper, textiles, and health and protection products. Previously, the company’s production facility in Piedmont, Italy was controlled by PLCs from different manufacturers operating independently in siloes. These islands of automation were difficult and expensive to maintain and operate.

In 2018, Synthomer modernized the plant’s disparate monitor and control system with an ftServer running Rockwell Automation PlantPAx® DCS, including HMI/SCADA, with the help of system integrator, Progecta. The project drove a considerable increase in production and revenue at the plant by creating a simple, standardized, and resilient system.

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.

QuarterNorth Energy, a leading Oil & Gas producer that operates deep water, shallow, and shelf assets in the Gulf of Mexico, needed to modernize infrastructure and process control technology on its Bullwinkle oil platform – a project critical to improve safety and responsiveness, eliminate costly downtime, and drive operational excellence.

QuarterNorth Energy turned to Enginuity Global, an SI with expertise in process automation, control, and field services. In only 45 days, Enginuity upgraded all PLC panels and centralized monitor and control applications by running their Rockwell DCS, including HMI/SCADA and Rockwell Automation Factory Talk® Historian, with SQL Server supporting 6,000 I/Os, on a single, fault tolerant Stratus Edge Computing platform. This resulted in higher yield, improved safety, and a decrease in unplanned downtime.

The Bradbury Group of manufacturing companies is dedicated to producing high-quality, productivity enhancing metal processing equipment for customers around the world. They needed a solution that readied their customers as well as their own operations for digitalization and efficiency.

By adopting the Stratus ztC Edge platform – running Rockwell Thin Manager® and FactoryTalk® – for their rolling machines, Bradbury Group moved from multiple standalone stations to a centralized distributed visualization platform which reduced costs, resolved downtime issues, and even discovered a new profit-driver for their business providing customer support services.

Italy-based Breton is a leading manufacturer of equipment, machines, and plants that produce and process engineered stone, natural stone (marble, granite, and ornamental), and metals. The company modernized its infrastructure for Industry 4.0 manufacturing environments, where unplanned downtime is not an option and OT useability is critical to unburden IT.

With the goal to innovate their production processes and enhance their business performance, Breton focused on two key objectives: a solution that ensured business continuity and one that was easy for operators to deploy and manage. Partnering with Wonderware Italia, they incorporated Stratus ztC Edge, leveraging its easy-to-support high availability/fault tolerance and built-in virtualization to run AVEVA System Platform, HMI/SCADA, and historian applications.

Streamline Innovations develops and operates a proprietary process that removes toxic hydrogen sulfide (H2 S) in Oil & Gas, water, wastewater, landfills, and biogas. To succeed in the competitive oilfield services market, the company developed a visionary solution called the ValkyrieTM Intelligent Platform to bring AI-powered predictive maintenance, remote monitor and control of precise chemical processes and operations, and 99.5% uptime, to remote oilfield equipment.

The ValkyrieTM Intelligent Platform integrates an Ignition HMI/SCADA with Azure Cloud, MS Dynamics ERP, FOG instrumentation, PLC programming, AI/ML software, and more using a single ztC Edge Computing platform with built-in redundancy and virtualization. This offers high-precision process control with “tiered” intelligence to monitor and analyze performance of remote assets.

Petra Srl owns and operates one of Italy’s largest oil depots, handling millions of liters of oil and gasoline and loading hundreds of trucks each day. To enable efficiency for depot operations, Petra runs Nuovo Petrol, a next-generation terminal automation solution from an experienced system integrator, Loginet. This solution controls and monitors all terminal procedures and processes – from access control and weigh stations to deliveries in the bays, and paperwork issuances.

With the Loginet solution and Stratus Edge Computing, Petra automated manual processes and integrated disparate terminal systems to reduce risk, enable real-time data, and centralize visibility of operations. The company reduced depot load times by 33% and has experienced zero downtime in a decade using Stratus Edge Computing.

Dogfish Head is an award-winning microbrewery located in Milton, Delaware, that produces 262,000 barrels of beer in 12 varieties annually. The company had automated its unique hop-dosing process, but their solution became obsolete, resulting in unplanned shutdowns and cybersecurity risks.

Dogfish Head partnered with Stratus to ensure continuous availability for a new manufacturing execution system, fueling business growth and future-proofing the plant. With 24/7/365 monitoring and automated processes, such as predictive health alerts online parts replacement, the company has enhanced computing flexibility to keep growing in the brewing sector.