Company
DotX Control Solutions offers control related consultancy and products to industry. The company is located in Alkmaar, the Netherlands.
Brochure on DotX Control Solutions
Fields of work
Our field of work is basically unlimited. Our philosophy is that our expertise in control technology and optimisation can be applied to any field of work. At the moment, most of our projects are in one of the following fields of work:
• process industry (steel, paper, chemical, water)
• wind energy production (windturbines)
News
03/09: Application of DNPC to crystallizer
A project proposal on demonstrating the application of DNPC to the control of a melt crystallizer at Huntsman, has been accepted by DSTI. The project is planned to start in 2012.
21/06: Controller for EWT wind turbine
EWT, a global supplier of wind energy solutions, has assigned DotX to deliver and tune a wind turbine control system for one of their new wind turbine models.
20/06: 3D-CMS now operational at Tata
DotX and Tebulo have jointly developed a camera measurement system (3D-CMS). This system has been ordered by Tata Steel, and it has passed all tests (Factory Acceptance Test and Site Acceptance Test at 15 June 2011). In this system, a laserline is projected on the object to be measured. Then, the 3 dimensional coordinates of the laserline are determined, at a high precision, from a photo of the object.
This development is subsidised by the Dutch Government.
29/05: DNPC operational at Weweler
Weweler is a producer of automotive suspension systems and axles. The steel supports of these systems are processed through gas-fired walking beam furnaces. DotX has implement DNPC on one of the Weweler walking beam furnaces. The Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) has been performed succesfully at 1 January 2011 and DNPC is active continuously since then. In February 2011 the first results on performance and energy savings were established. Temperature control appeared satsifactory and energy savings were established at 4.3%. More savings are possible after some hardware changes and software changes, which are expected to be finished around august 2011.
25/05: Control challenges at Tata Steel
Tata Steel has ordered DotX to assist in improving their process control systems of the blast furnace and cokes furnaces. After having proven to able to reduce gas pressure variations in cokes furnaces by using self learning control and adaptive control, DotX has been assigned to continue its efforts and apply its knowlegde to the blast furnace.
01/01: Water control project in Vietnam
DotX, Nelen&Schuurmans and Logic Electronics have jointly started a demonstration project in Vietnam. In this project, an irrigation canal will be automated with solar powered gates and a centralised SCADA system for monitoring and water management. DotX will design and implement the control logic using OCCD. The project is financed by the Dutch government and the above mentioned partners.
