Ewon Case Studies

The leading manufacturer of home solutions for the fresh keeping and storage of food, Cofresco, is constantly developing new products solutions and new complex automation for the household. Cofresco Europa manufactures film products mainly for Toppits, Albal, Glad, Handy Bag and PrimaPackamong among others.

The time when service technicians had to travel through the dark of night and inclement weather to put stuck systems back into operation appears to be gone for good. The keyword nowadays is "connectivity". The most important objective of connectivity is carrying out remote maintenance.

Roberto Caspani, a systems integrator in the province of Bergamo (Italy) has created a monitoring system for 20 photovoltaic plants. The solution is based upon the products offered by the Belgian company eWON, and inserting them in the Energ&metrY integrated solution (www.energemetry.net).

Hexa-Pac, a distributor company of packaging and weighing machines, is a leader in its field in France and wants to provide to its customer the better service possible. The company offers a wide range of machines, from electronic sorting machines to palletizers, and from baggers to automatic staplers for tray packs.

The S&Ü corporate produces mainly sawing and splitting machines, the kind of equipment that requires huge power and robust and sophisticated technology.

The company supplies specialist machines, from the idea and development (design, layout and construction) through to production, assembly, documentation and maintenance. The systems are normally based on a standard product for which the customer can select individual equipment options which make every machine a unique piece.

DISA Industries A/S, based in Herley (Denmark) produce PLC controlled molding machines, with cutting-edge technology, for the world’s finest foundries.

DISA was established in 1900 and is today the world’s leading supplier of foundry equipment and related projects. The Group ensures a worldwide presence with factories, sales & service offices on three continents and with an extensive network of agents. DISA Foundry is today among the world leaders in advanced foundry solutions.

The TRIEF company is specialized in cutting food and especially in turning big rounds of Gouda into handy grated cheese.

Dairyworks source high quality, bulk cheese and butter from local South Island suppliers and package it into consumer products for supermarkets, convenience stores and other retail outlets throughout New Zealand and Australia.

Welcome to Tuntutuliak, Alaska. In this rugged land of subzero chills and eternal winter darkness, the residents of Tuntutuliak place a high value on their electrical service. Here lies a story worth telling.

A leading manufacturer of small snack cakes and bakery goods, the McKee Foods Corporation, has found a solution to their remote boiler control needs with the help of eWONs’ WebPort product line.

The corporate Maillefer, based in Ecublens (Switzerland), is specialized in manufacturing and selling of extrusion and coiling solution for the production of metal wires, cables, optical fibers and pipes. The aim of this company is to increase its customer productivity by means of cutting-edge technology, knowledge and services.

As natural resources are getting scarcer, it is increasingly important to get the most out of the energy sources we have. Using combined heat and power units is a smart way to optimize the use of energy and get both heat and power from the same generator. In Lollar, Germany, Bosch KWK Systems develops state-of-the-art heat and power units enabling their customer to become more energy-efficient. But as all advanced machinery, Bosch's heat and power units need maintenance every once in a while. With eWON remote routers, Bosch found a way to do this remotely.

The company NEAT’s work is to develop, design and construct activities in the fields of oil and gas industry. One of its domains is devoted to the CNG (Compressed natural gas). As the CNG station appeared to be in a non-stop operation and suitable to technical conditions, the NEAT Company created and developed a SCADA system, custom-made for the concerned technology.

The Keravan Energia Oy is a local company situated in Kerava (Southern Finland), with a population of 35,000 people. The Keravan company is responsible for the energy supply of this population in the region. Keravan Energia sells in the district annually approximately 400 GWh of electricity, 400 GWh of heat and process steam, and 25 GWh of gas consumption.

Since opening its new remote service facility in September 2011, Pentair Haffmans serves more customers and even faster than before. Pentair Haffmans meets the needs of customers who require a secure tool to reduce downtime and operating costs by means of remote maintenance.

Paper slitting machines from American machine builder JSI are well-connected indeed. By using HMS technology, JSI can remotely access and control the machine via the internet and also enable wired and wireless communication between different parts of the machine. All this allows JSI to offer an even more competitive and connected machine.

In the sector of manufacturers, remote maintenance is a key business in order to control high-complex and technical machines but the services provided by IT and telecommunication are often expensive and complicated. Therefore the customer demands solutions which are universally applicable and stable, simple and efficient. The company Liebherr chose eWON as the answer to this request, a technology that provides a reliable connection.

The company Aquaflot received an assignment to manufacture and deliver a complete degreasing line for a corporate producing metal sheet covers. The perfect degreasing requires a number of pumps, fans, heaters, dozens of different sensors (temperature, pressure, height, etc.) and, of course, countless hours spent calculating and designing the device. The current parameters are controlled from the touch panel and displayed on this same touch panel.

Hooking up a camera or a temperature sensor to the Internet is nothing revolutionary these days. But if you want online access to back-up power generators in a billion-dollar hospital, things are more complicated. You will need a secure and reliable industrial strength connection around the clock. RCR O’Donnell Griffin, who have installed the control system for the backup power generators in the new Royal Adelaide Hospital, found their remote access solution in the eWON products from HMS.

IBA is a group that has the aim to protect, enhance and save lives. The company develops very high-precision solutions for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, for instance cyclotrons capable of treating many forms of cancer with an unrivalled degree of precision and effectiveness. IBA selected eWON and Talk2M technology to deliver remote service on a global scale.