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(Credit: ABB) protection systems to keep out unau- tomation solution is one of our strong tion and electrical system enabling the thorized entries. suits: our competence in both automa- barrier movement. ABB is not new to

There are also environmental consid- tion and electrical products and systems such peculiar project: they count in erations, such as the possibility of natu- is renowned and testi? ed by thousands fact a number of references in automat- ral gas leakage penetrating the subsea of references in power and water. The ing many ? ood barrier projects in The structures at the inlets, saturating the system provided to Mo.S.E. features Netherlands,” said Mascheroni. “Es- environment and rendering it potentially Symphony Plus latest technology, the sential for the reliability of the Mo.S.E. explosive. control system managing the automa- project, to make sure it works when it is

DIGITAL FLOOD DEFENSE

ABB provides ? eld instrumentation and control and I/O devices that will co- ordinate operation of the entire ? ood de- fense system. This consists of managing the different operational, architectural and safety functionalities for ? ood bar- riers, navigation locks and breakwaters, while integrating with ABB’s safety sys- tem in addition to the Mo.S.E external security system.

The signals gathered from more than 50,000 devices provide the data to posi- tion and maintain the barrier at the 45-de- gree angle, with a variance of 1 degree – an amazing endeavor when taking into account the pressure of water on the bar- rier and the continuous tidal movement.

“For what concerns ABB’s scope of

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