Plant Watcher keeps vigil on machinery
01 July 2009
COMMAND Alkon, a global leader in integrated solutions for the construction materials industry, has released the latest version of its Plant Watcher notification system.
The new features for version 1.1.0.0 include a new Plant Watcher wizard that guides users through the set-up process for sites, recipients, and profiles; a new XML export option, which can be sent to the desktop of the user’s computer or e-mailed to a recipient; and an enhanced plant performance report that provides powerful analysis of the Commandbatch-enabled plant.
“The new Plant Watcher sends immediate e-mail or mobile phone text messages for ‘out-of-tolerance’ concrete batches, authorised and unauthorised mix design changes, and plant status alerts to users’ set-up on the system,” explains a spokesman for the US-based firm. “This allows for interception of out-of-specification loads from reaching the job site or immediate notification of a plant-down situation.”
The system can create profiles for each batch plant to be monitored and can provide different types of notifications to different users. It can also automatically escalate issues to senior management when required.
Command Alkon is a Birmingham, Alabama-based company with offices in Columbus, Ohio, Kansas City, Kansas, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Colombia, India and Australia. It develops, markets, and supports software and hardware products for the construction materials industry including readymixed concrete, aggregate, and asphalt producers.
Command Alkon has been a long-term, financially stable provider to the construction materials industry for more than three decades.
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