Overview
Instrumentation that tells you the truth about your assets.
A reservoir that is only inspected when someone drives out to it is a reservoir you find out about after it has overflowed or run dry. Telemetry converts that from a reactive situation into a monitored one, and it usually pays for itself in avoided call-outs and avoided water losses well before it pays for itself in anything else.
Malanc Projects installs instrumentation and telemetry across water infrastructure: reservoir and sump level, flow, pressure, pump run status and alarm conditions, brought back to a control room, a SCADA system or simply a phone.
Scope of works
What this covers.
Each item is work we self-perform or directly supervise.
- Level instrumentation
- Ultrasonic, hydrostatic and float level measurement for reservoirs, sumps, wet wells and process tanks.
- Flow measurement
- Electromagnetic and mechanical flow metering installed with the straight lengths and orientation the meter actually needs to be accurate.
- Pressure monitoring
- Pressure transmitters and switches on rising mains, distribution networks and pump discharge arrangements.
- Pump status and run-hour monitoring
- Run status, fault and run-hour data captured so duty balance and maintenance intervals are based on evidence.
- Remote telemetry units
- RTUs and panel-mounted controllers configured to collect, log and transmit data from remote sites.
- Communications
- GSM, radio and network communication links appropriate to site coverage and the client's IT environment.
- SCADA integration
- Data integrated into existing SCADA or control room systems, with tags, alarms and trends configured meaningfully.
- Alarm and notification configuration
- Alarms configured so they mean something — high, low and rate-of-change conditions routed to the people who can act on them.
- Loop testing and calibration
- Every instrument loop tested end to end and calibrated so the displayed value is trustworthy.
Benefits
Why it matters who does this work.
Loops tested end to end
The reading at the control room is verified against the actual level or flow, not assumed from a correctly wired terminal.
Visibility without a site visit
Reservoir levels, pump status and alarms available remotely, converting reactive maintenance into planned maintenance.
Meters installed to be accurate
Straight lengths, orientation and earthing arranged correctly — the most common reason flow meters read wrong is installation, not the meter.
Integrated with the panel
Instrumentation designed into the MCC rather than added later, so there is one coherent installation instead of two overlapping ones.
Alarms that people act on
Alarm thresholds and routing configured deliberately, because a system that cries wolf gets ignored within a month.
Documented configuration
Tag lists, calibration records, loop drawings and configuration backups handed over so the system can be supported by others.
Our process
How we deliver it.
Each stage produces something you can inspect, test or file.
Requirements and site assessment
What you actually need to see, who needs to see it, and what communications coverage exists at each site.
Instrument selection
Instrument type matched to the medium, the accuracy required and the maintenance capability available on site.
Panel and controller integration
Instrumentation designed into the MCC or a dedicated telemetry panel, with power supplies and surge protection provided.
Installation and wiring
Instruments installed correctly — orientation, straight lengths, isolation and access — and wired with proper screening and earthing.
Sectors
Industries this serves.
The same discipline applied to different operating environments.
Gallery
Telemetry & Instrumentation on our sites.
Questions
Frequently asked.
Yes, and it is one of the more cost-effective upgrades available to a municipality. We survey the existing panel and available space, add instrumentation and a controller, and establish communications. Where the existing panel has no spare capacity we will say so up front rather than cramming it in.
Whatever actually works at that site. GSM where there is reliable coverage, radio where there is not, and network connections where the site is already on a corporate network. We check coverage on site before committing to a method, because the assumption that GSM is available everywhere is regularly wrong.
Usually, yes. We work with the protocols and tag structures your existing system uses and configure the integration so the new sites appear consistently alongside your existing ones rather than as an isolated island with its own login.
By configuring alarms deliberately rather than enabling everything the device can generate. Thresholds are set to conditions that require action, routing is set to people who can act, and nuisance alarms are tuned out during the settling-in period. An alarm system that is routinely ignored is worse than none.
Yes. Every loop is tested end to end against a known reference and calibrated, with the results recorded. An instrument that is correctly wired but incorrectly scaled will report confidently wrong numbers, which is more dangerous than reporting nothing at all.
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