Putting it Together ...

Meeting today's ever changing and more demanding facility operating requirements is creating some real challenges, especially in a time when waning revenues are resulting in tighter budgets.

Mandated reporting, improved preventative maintenance, tighter schedules, higher quality standards for product and service along with reductions in overall operating expenses are just a few of these challenges.

AGM provides the products for accessing data and information required by the user who needs to make informed and timely decisions to get the job done. From the field sensor, all the way to the boardroom.

How are AGM's Products?

Where are AGM's Products used?

People who are not familiar with AGM ask,  "what does AGM do and what are AGM's products used for?"

AGM's Application and Technical Support Group provide assistance in the selection from a large array of products that will -

	"condition and isolate" a sensor or transducer signal
	automatically "control" plant and field equipment
	"telemeter" a sensor or transducer signal from point to point
	"calculate" y as a "function" of x
	"record and display" sensor or transducer signals
	"interface" personnel  with plant and field equipment
	provide "connectivity" to 3rd party and legacy equipment
	provide low cost  solutions to all those "unique" system design requirements

The following is a list of typical places where AGM products are used -

	Water and Waste Water Treatment Plants
	Sewage Lift Stations
	Potable Water Distribution Systems
	Electrical Power Generating, Transmission and Distribution Facilities
	Mining and Excavation Operations
	Petroleum/Natural Gas Gathering, Transmission and Distribution Facilities
	Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Facilities
	Water Sprinkler and Irrigation Systems
	Environmental Impact Studies
	Homeland Security
	Meteorological, Geological and Oceanographic Studies
	Energy Management Systems
	Food and Beverage Handling and Processing Plants

A few examples of how AGM products are applied -

Example 1, Signal Conditioning with Isolation

As we all know, variable speed motor drives (VFDs) inherently generates spurious electromagnetic interference (EMI) that can disrupt surrounding instrumentation such as a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) which may be supplying a 4/20 mADC signal that is used by the VFD to control the motor speed.

For this application AGM would propose a product be placed between the PLC and VFD that will optically isolate the PLC from VFD thus preventing the VFD generated EMI from disrupting the PLC.

Example 2, Automatic Tank Level Control

Let's say that you have a water storage tank that is filled by turning on a pump that pumps water from a ground water reservoir into the tank and you would like the pump to be operated automatically so that the water level is maintained within a desired range.

In this case, AGM would suggest a product that will monitor the storage tank level from a level sensor and if that level drops to a settable turn-on point then it will turn on the pump on and if the level rises to settable turn-off point then it will turn the pump off.

Product Applications ...

Total System Solutions ...

Signal Conversion, Conditioning & Isolation
Computation | Signal Selection | Control
Communication / Telemetry | Annunciation
Data Logging | Display | Interface

Potable / Waste Water Management
Irrigation / Sprinkler Controller
Power Plant & Sub Station Monitoring
Landfill Leach and Run Off Monitor

Service and Support

24/7 Application and Technical Assistance
Same Day Shipping
7-Year Transferable Warranty
3^rd Party Equipment Interface Support

"Wireless TransCeiver (WTC)"

"Telephone Lines are for the Birds"

As leased dedicated phone lines are becoming more difficult to acquire, AGM customers are switching to wireless data communications using AGM's Data Handlers (DH) and Spread Spectrum Radios (SSR).

"Beep Alert"

The Data Handler, when combined with your existing  pager system, provides a convenient, low cost way to detect and broadcast remote site alarms such as a pump failure or unauthorized intrusion.

"AWT"

Erratic flow signals can result in unnecessary wear and tear on chemical feed equipment.

Use the Data Handler application, "Average with Time", to smooth the signal.