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TheSCS team
David
h
as
b
een appointedManagingDi
r
ecto
r
of SCS Ltd. T
h
e
r
emainingmem
b
e
r
s of t
h
e team a
r
e familia
r
to all custome
r
s of
ICA. T
r
evo
r
Unde
r
down
h
eads t
h
eUKSales andSe
r
vice Team
wit
h
t
hr
ee enginee
r
s
h
andling t
h
e se
r
vicing of sc
r
u
bb
e
r
s and
associatedCA equipment. T
h
e
y
will continue as t
h
e Van
Ame
r
ongen dist
r
i
b
uto
r
in t
h
eUK andwill se
r
vice t
h
at equipment.
LenManning is t
h
e Tec
h
nical andOpe
r
ationsManage
r
assisted
by
P
r
oductionManage
r
Kevin Jo
h
nson and t
hr
ee p
r
oduction
enginee
r
s. And
y
Duff is P
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oduct Development Enginee
r
.
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T
h
eSafePod®DCA s
y
stem is ope
r
ating in 30 comme
r
cial
sto
r
es on five sepa
r
ate sites in t
h
eUK. It ismanufactu
r
ed jointl
y by
SCS Inc. in t
h
eUSA andSCS Ltd at Law
r
encehouse, Paddock
Wood, Kent. T
h
e casing is
b
uilt in t
h
eUSA and s
h
ipped to t
h
eUK
w
h
e
r
e t
h
e elect
r
onics and cont
r
ol s
y
stems a
r
e installed. T
h
e
completeSafePod®package is sold inte
r
nationall
y
.
LabPod
A
r
esea
r
c
h
p
r
og
r
amme t
h
at sta
r
ted in 2015 intoDCA using t
h
e
ICA ‘Safepod’ s
y
stem, led
by
ICA in associationwit
h
fellow
conso
r
tiummem
b
e
r
s, t
h
eUnive
r
sit
y
of G
r
eenwic
h
(in association
wit
h
t
h
eP
r
oduceQualit
y
Cent
r
e at EastMalling), ACGoat
h
am and
Son, Sains
b
u
ry
’s andAvalonP
r
oduce Ltd, was awa
r
ded funding
f
r
om T
h
eUK’s InnovationAgenc
y
, InnovateUK to fund a t
hr
ee-
y
ea
r
r
esea
r
c
h
p
r
oject. T
h
e p
r
oject was designed to t
r
ial and
develop t
h
e use of t
h
eSafePod s
y
stem fo
r
f
r
uit g
r
own unde
r
UK
conditions anddete
r
mine
h
ow
b
est t
h
is new tec
h
nolog
y
can
b
e
implemented to t
h
e
b
enefit of t
h
eUK’s f
r
uit indust
ry
.
T
h
e La
b
Pod is a
h
e
r
meticall
y
sealed enclosu
r
ewit
h
a stainless
steel
b
ase and a clea
r
moulded cove
r
t
h
at is installed in a cold
sto
r
e fo
r
pe
r
fo
r
mingDCA testing on a sample of a
b
out 80kg of
f
r
uit. It is suppliedwit
h
ai
r
, nit
r
ogen and ca
rb
on dioxide and t
h
e
compute
r
cont
r
ols t
h
e inte
r
nal atmosp
h
e
r
e at gas levels set
by
t
h
e
ope
r
ato
r
. At inte
r
vals dete
r
mined
by
t
h
e ope
r
ato
r
, t
h
e gas supplies
can
b
e s
h
ut off so
r
espi
r
ation quotient and
r
espi
r
ation
r
ate tests
can
b
e pe
r
fo
r
med and t
h
e
r
esults s
h
own on t
h
e compute
r
displa
y
.
T
h
e compute
r
can also
b
emonito
r
ed and cont
r
olled
r
emotel
y
using a standa
r
d netwo
r
k p
r
otocol. T
h
e p
r
oject is
h
alf-wa
y
t
hr
oug
h
and t
h
e 25 La
b
Pods ope
r
ating in t
h
e t
r
ials at NIAbEMr
h
ave
al
r
ead
y
p
r
oduced a la
r
ge amount of valua
b
le data.
Kilowatch
SCS is a
b
outmo
r
e t
h
an t
h
e 6000 cont
r
ol s
y
stem andSafepod.
Man
y
ot
h
e
r
p
r
oducts
h
ave
b
een installed in sto
r
age complexes
ac
r
oss t
h
eUK anddelive
r
ed to
r
esea
r
c
h
la
b
o
r
ato
r
ies
inte
r
nationall
y
.
JimSc
h
aefe
r
launc
h
ed t
h
eKilowatc
h
Ene
r
g
y
Management
S
y
stem™ in 2009. rema
r
ka
b
le ene
r
g
y
savings a
r
e attained using
t
h
e s
y
stem t
h
at uses
r
eal-time ene
r
g
y
-usagemonito
r
ing com
b
ined
wit
h
nume
r
ous ene
r
g
y
saving featu
r
es t
h
at lead to a significant
r
eduction in ope
r
ating costs.Wit
h
demand-limiting, intelligent
def
r
ost cont
r
ol, d
y
namic sti
rr
ing, facilit
y
lig
h
ting and comp
r
esso
r
management, t
h
e s
y
stemp
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ovidesminute-
by
-minute ope
r
ating
cost
r
epo
r
ts t
h
at allow t
h
e ope
r
ato
r
to unde
r
stand full
y
w
h
e
r
e
ene
r
g
y
is
b
eing used.
T
h
e s
y
stem keeps t
h
e sto
r
emanage
r
connected, wit
h
dail
y
status
r
epo
r
ts and ala
r
m notification
by
SMSmessage and email,
ena
b
ling
h
im/
h
e
r
to
r
emain in cont
r
ol. T
h
e a
b
ilit
y
to login and view
t
h
e s
y
stem, and tomake adjustments in
r
eal-time f
r
om a
compute
r
o
r
sma
r
tp
h
one,
r
eplicates standing in f
r
ont of t
h
e
inte
r
face. T
h
e s
y
stem also
h
as data-logging capa
b
ilities t
h
at sto
r
e
tempe
r
atu
r
e and atmosp
h
e
r
ic data f
r
omman
y
y
ea
r
s.
Until
r
ecentl
y
, t
h
is
h
as
b
een offe
r
ed onl
y
wit
h
new const
r
uction
s
y
stems,
b
ut
r
ecentl
y
SCS
h
as expanded t
h
ei
r
offe
r
ing to include
r
et
r
ofit s
y
stems fo
r
t
r
aditional di
r
ect expansion ammonia and
F
r
eon-
b
ased s
y
stems. Inc
r
edi
b
l
y
fast pa
yb
ack pe
r
iods can
b
e
r
ealisedwit
h
t
h
e imp
r
oved comp
r
esso
r
-management, def
r
ost-
management, anddemand-limiting s
y
stems.
Sto
r
ageCont
r
ol S
y
stems Ltdwill continue tomanufactu
r
e and
sell awide
r
ange of po
r
ta
b
le gas anal
y
se
r
s fo
r
t
h
e sto
r
age indust
ry
including t
h
ei
r
250dual O2 andCO2 anal
y
se
r
. T
h
e ICA56 et
hy
lene
anal
y
se
r
fo
r
p
r
oduce sto
r
es iswidel
y
sold t
hr
oug
h
out t
h
ewo
r
ld,
wit
h
ove
r
1300 units supplied. T
h
erESTrAIN et
hy
lene gene
r
ation
and cont
r
ol s
y
stem used fo
r
sp
r
out supp
r
ession in potatoes and
r
ipening on t
h
e vine fo
r
tomato’s and
b
ell peppe
r
s continues to
b
e
impo
r
tant fo
r
t
h
eSCS
b
usiness.
Davidbis
h
op
h
as
b
een cent
r
al to t
h
e development of man
y
sto
r
age s
y
stemp
r
oducts ove
r
t
h
e last 40
y
ea
r
s and t
h
e new
compan
y
, unde
r
t
h
e owne
r
s
h
ipof JimSc
h
aefe
r
, aims to continue
to
b
e t
h
e p
r
ime p
r
ovide
r
and innovato
r
of sto
r
age s
y
stems fo
r
man
y
y
ea
r
s to come.
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