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Water · 2024–2025

Martubung sludge valves and filters, off the operator's hands

At IPAM Martubung, sludge valves and sand filters were still largely run by hand. We automated them so clear water comes out more consistently.

Client
PDAM Tirtanadi · IPAM Martubung
Year
2024–2025
Location
Medan, North Sumatra
My role
Supervision
Delivered through
Xtend Integrasi Indonesia

Layers worked on

  1. 01Field
  2. 02Logic
  3. 03Telemetry
  4. 04Screen

What we did

  1. 01Sludge blowdown valves in the sedimentation basins open and close automatically.
  2. 02Level transmitters and modulating butterfly valves regulate the rapid sand filters.
  3. 03Electromagnetic flowmeters on raw water to pace the coagulant dose.
  4. 04CODESYS PLC with remote I/O, MQTT/OPC-UA HMI and a Laravel and PostgreSQL shift-report application.
LocationMedan, North Sumatra

The result

Sludge valves and sand filters no longer wait for an operator's hand. Shift reports come out of the system.