A Pulsar™ Weather Station was recently integrated with Penn Color ’s building automation systems. The on-site, real-time weather data will be used to improve operations at their headquarters in Hatfield, PA. Weather Server dashboard customized with the Penn Color logo. “We are using the weather station for several things,” says Control Engineer Dan Cole. “A PLC is reading the weather data via modbus. That data is being logged by our server. We plan to correlate that data with some of our production process data points. For example, how does temperature and humidity affect some our production processes and finished goods quality.” The project involves three main objectives to improve quality, efficiency, and safety: Correlate met data with production processes Reactive control of HVAC systems Health and safety notifications The Pulsar 800 Weather Station monitors lightning, precipitation, wind speed and direction, temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, and solar radiation. ...
