Soluspecs Projects
Projects Done
Project Name: Water Treatment Plant
Aug 2023 - December 2023Project Description: A student residence with two sources of water supply, the municipal supply and borehole water supply, wanted an automated system of their plant room for water treatment from the borehole as everything was running manually. Also requested remote control for the plant.
Responsibilities included:
Project Management- Draft of complete project scope or requirements for an automated system from write up provided on how manual plant works.
- Proposed activity plan from starts of project to finish with timelines on scope deliverables.
- Project management and engineering.
- Project Documentation and sign offs.
- Implementation of the FDS.
- Converting the Functional Design Specifications into logical statements.
- Detailed IO list developed from P&ID provided.
- Detailed electrical design.
- Completion of BOQ for procurement.
- Implementing and commissioning of the software.
- Development of function blocks and utilization of existing function blocks.
- Assigning of new tags to the Graphics.
- Software Utilized: Wago Ecockpit, Connected Components Workbench, EPLAN.
- Assigning IP Addresses to Remote IO Devices (PLC and VSD for Modbus TCP comms).
- Wiring the electrical components.
- IO testing for devices.
- Plant Cold Commissioning.
- Plant Hot Commissioning.
Project Name: ET200M ADDITION
November 2023 - December 2023Project Description: A client wanted to add an et200m siemens station with Profibus communication module with a digital card, analogue cards for one of the processes- copper refinery process.
Responsibilities included:
Project Management- Proposed activity plan from starts of project to finish with timelines on scope deliverables.
- Project management and engineering.
- Project Documentation and sign offs.
- Supervision of the wiring the electrical components.
- Detailed electrical design and BOQ.
- Supply and Installation of the et200m station.
- IO testing and Commissioning for devices- Analogues commissioning with process source meter.
- Software Utilized: TIA Portal & PCS7, EPLAN.
- Profibus troubleshooting- traced network with issues and gave detailed report writing.
Project Name: Water Distribution
September 2023 - January 2024Project Description: A water distribution client wanted an automated system of their 6 reservoirs for water distribution to different sites as everything was running manually (MCC automation). They also requested remote control for the sites.
Responsibilities included:
Project Engineering- Detailed electrical design.
- Completion of BOQ for procurement.
- Implementing and commissioning of the software.
- Development of function blocks and utilization of existing function blocks.
- Assigning of new tags to the Graphics.
- Software Utilized: Wago Ecockpit, Connected Components Workbench.
- Assigning IP Addresses to Remote IO Devices, PLC, VPN Router, Web based HMI.
- Wiring the electrical components. (First panel wiring and teaching a team to wire and supervision of other Five panel wiring)
- IO testing for devices.
- Commissioning assistance.
- Software Utilized: Codesys, EPLAN.
- Commissioning documentation.
- Project Documentation and sign offs.
- Supervision of the wiring the electrical components.
Project Name: Mine Simocodes Project Specification
August 2023Project Description: Site visit to a mine to inspect scope of work for supply and installation of new simocodes with ethernet comms changing from Profibus existing simocodes.
Responsibilities included:
- Site surveys to acquire data for the new system.
- Specification of new simocodes.
- Specification of project scope the control system.
- BOQ and RFQ request from suppliers for required simocodes.
- Software Utilized: TIA Configurator.
Project Name: Conveyor System
October 2023Project Description: A company wanted programming services of an S7 1200 PLC for a movable conveyor system for one of their clients. Design and wiring of panel already done and only required programming.
Responsibilities included:
Project Management- Project management and engineering.
- Project Documentation and sign offs.
- Resource identification, delegation, and supervision.
- Assisting in the implementation of the FDS.
- Converting the Functional Design Specifications into logical statements.
- IO testing of the panel.
- Project control program commissioning.
- Software Utilized: TIA Portal.
Project Name: Reactor Automation
June 2023Project Description: Automation design of reactors for a Company.
Responsibilities included:
Project Management- Project management and engineering.
- Detailed electrical design.
- Completion of BOQ for procurement.
- Software Utilized: EPLAN.
Project Name: Flask Loader
August 2023Project Description: A mining company wanted an updated automated flask loading system to already existing system as previously proposed and scoped by SI company.
Responsibilities included:
Project Management- Project management and engineering.
- Resource identification, delegation, and supervision.
- Supervision of the wiring the electrical components.
- Detailed electrical design.
- Completion of BOQ for procurement.
- Software Utilized: EPLAN.
Project Name: High Frequency Power Supply System
November 2023Project Description: Updating Drawings for a (Company), as a consultant. Concept of High Frequency Power supply for cleaning chargers that trap coal dust.
Project Engineering- Updating loop drawings to as built electrical design.
- Software Utilized: AutoCAD.
Project Name: Water Distribution
Dec 2023 - On going (2024)Project Description: A water distribution client (Municipal) wanted an PLC program for water distribution to different sites, reservoirs. They also requested remote control for the sites (EWON). One pump station already handed over running as per FDS.
Project Engineering- Development of function blocks (Duty blocks for main pumps and jockey pumps) and utilization of existing function blocks.
- Development of new Graphics for the pump stations.
- Assigning IP Addresses to Remote IO Devices, PLC, EWON, Web based HMI.
- Modbus serial setup and troubleshooting. (Issues with too much noise and comms drop)
- PLC Programming (Duty changeover of pumps using pressure control)
- IO testing for devices.
- Commissioning.
- Software Utilized: Codesys.
- Commissioning documentation.
- Project Documentation.
Project Name: Flask Loader
May 2024Project Description: A mining company wanted an updated automated flask loading system to already existing system as previously proposed and scoped by SI company.
Project Management- Project management and engineering.
- Project Documentation.
- PLC program per FDS for semi-automated system.
- Graphics Design and linking tag to graphics.
- Software Utilized: Ecockpit (Wago).
Project Name: Coal Mine Raw Process Plant
Sept 2025 - Jan 2026Project Description: A coal mining company wanted a new MCC panel for the raw process plant, controlled manually from buttons on the MCC buckets and also auto control from the PLC and HMI.
Project Management- Project management and engineering.
- Project Documentation.
- Motor Load list, IO list implementation.
- Electrical design drawings.
- BOQ.
- Electrical Panel Building and Wiring.
- Installation.
- PLC program per FDS for automated system.
- Graphics Design and linking tag to graphics.
- Software Utilized: EPLAN, DIA designer, DIA Screen.
- Development of function blocks and utilization of existing function blocks.
- Development of new Graphics for the Conveyors, Crushers and Vibrators.
- Assigning IP Addresses to PLC, HMI.
- PLC Programming.
- IO testing for devices.
- Commissioning.
- Training and Handover.
Project Name: Milling Station program debugging and upgrade
March 2026Project Description: A milling company had one of their machines not stopping at the correct positions for the filling of the bags, and also wanted to add more safety to the system.
Project Engineering- Going over the software.
- Debugging and modification of the machine PLC code.
- Software Utilized: Omron CX programmer.
- Testing Handover.
Project Name: Containerized Borehole Water Treatment Plant
March - April 2026Project Description: A water treatment and distribution client wanted an automated system of their reservoirs for water treatment of borehole water. They also requested remote control for the sites.
Project Management- Project management and engineering.
- Project Documentation.
- Detailed electrical design.
- Completion of BOQ for procurement.
- Electrical panel Building and wiring.
- Installation.
- Implementing and commissioning of the software.
- Development of function blocks and utilization of existing function blocks.
- Assigning of new tags to the Graphics.
- Software Utilized: EPLAN, DIA Designer, and DIA Screen.
- Assigning IP Addresses to Remote IO Devices, PLC, VPN Router, Web based HMI.
- IO testing for devices.
- Commissioning.
- Training and Handover.