Process Indicator Panels

Process Indicator Panels (PIP) are electric and air panels designed to assist in quickly locating problems in processing equipment. These panels could be installed as:

[1] A stand-alone unit, to be used on new and/or existing processing equipment.

[2] Work in conjunction with GSI's Master Control Panel using existing power sources and logic functions.

[3] A part of a PLC system that can allow computer monitoring and/or controlling of the processing equipment.

Your maintenance personnel will never be replaced, but PIP Systems can be built so as to expedite the time required to locate and repair problems. As process equipment becomes more sophisticated and problems become more difficult to locate, more knowledgeable maintenance personnel will be needed to effectively perform these duties.

Also, if additional shifts are needed, new maintenance people unfamiliar with the process equipment can be used when systems like the PIP are in place. This will allow new people to become familiar with the process equipment more quickly and solve the problems with greater ease.

Over the past years, GSI has developed indicator panels for equipment that they designed, assembled and/or installed providing the users with easier methods of locating and correcting problem areas. Since the equipment was not only sold in the United States, but also sent to countries around the world, GSI developed panels that could be easily converted to be used worldwide. This flexibility allows for the same equipment to be used in Europe, Asia, Mid-East, South America, Africa and the USSR as is used in the USA and Canada. Almost all parts and components used in these panels can be found worldwide making it easier for the user to have these panel back on line quicker.

Internet support from GSI's website will allow the user of our PIP System to easily obtain parts or part numbers on replacement components, have a service manual to referrence maintenance procedures or service guides, or to e-mail our technical support to obtain a response to questions on the PIP System. On our PLC Systems, programming updates can be downloaded to your site and then be used to update your PLC.

These panels are not only installed on equipment developed by GSI and other companies affiliated with GSI, but can also be adapted to provide the same diagnostics on new or existing processing equipment developed by other manufacturers when their equipment uses air pressure, gas, hot water, steam, ac/dc low voltage electrical current or other similar signals to operate them.

The purpose of these PIP panels are as follows:

[1] During operation, indicate which equipment is on and operating, and which equipment is not in service.

[2] Monitor temperatures in heating systems, voltage drops in power supply panels, pressures in air,water and/or gas lines and other signals that are used.

[3] On emergency shut-downs, determine which equipment is off or on, whether the device which created the shut-down was automatically terminated with safety devices or if a manual panic button was activated.

[4] At the time that the process equipment has stopped due to a malfunction, indicator lights will show the maintenance personnel the location of the equipment that stopped the process and will allow them to immediately begin servicing the problem.

The covers on these panels can be custom made so as to illustrate in picture form the type of equipment and the location of signals being monitored. This is accomplished with a combination of computerized CAD programs that create files of symbols and designs that are then transferred over to an engraving machine that will then cut out recognizable illustrations onto plates that are attached to the covers of the panels.

Lights are placed at points on the cover/s that will indicate the status of the signals that are being tested.

[1] A green light will show that the signal or lack of a signal at the test point is in the acceptable stage.

[2] A red light will indicate that the equipment has not been turned on or that the failure is due to a signal being in a non-acceptable state.

[3] Gauges will also be used to monitor pressures, voltages and other signals required for proper operations.

[4] If desired, a PLC can be incorporated into the PIP System to allow for intelligent monitoring of the processing equipment, computer read outs of input and output signals, and the PLC can also be programmed in assisting in the operations of the processing equipment.

To help us in designing or determining a cost for our PIP System on your processing equipment, please press the appropriate button in the DATA REQUEST section below. After an estimated cost is determined and the user considers the cost to be within a range acceptable for further consideration, a representative of GSI or one of GSI's affiliate companies can visit your facility to confirm the cost, sign an agreement, determine time schedules and acquire needed information and photographs to start the project.

Data Request

To submit data to allow GSI to assist in designing a PIP System.

To submit data to obtain an estimated cost proposal from GSI for a PIP System.

To obtain additional literature and/or have GSI contact you.

To view photograph's of PIP panels.