Eyevis helping keep the lights on in Tanzania

BURNLEY-based eyevis UK, the control room video wall specialist, has won a deal which will help keep the lights on in Tanzania.

The company is working with TANESCO, the Tanzania Electric Supply Company via the Finnish integrator ELTEL, at its  new monitoring and control centre in Dar es Salaam.

Eyevis is creating two video walls, each made up of eight of its 70-inch LED rear projection displays, which will be operating 24/7 to identify and prevent problems with the electricity generating network in the East African country.

Eyevis UK was formed seven years ago by Burnley man Steve Murphy,  an avid Clarets fan, who previously served a five year technical apprenticeship with Michelin.

The company, headquartered on Halifax Road, employs 12 and provides video display and audio visual solutions to a range of clients and sectors across the world.

Last year, it helped keep visitors and competitors at the Commonwealth Games safe after installing a £1m video wall system in Glasgow’s new CCTV control centre.

One of the eyevis video walls will be used to monitor TANESCO’s GE SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) applications.
 
The second will oversee the Distribution Management System (DMS), which monitors and controls the entire distribution network efficiently and reliably.
 
Murphy, who has flown out to Tanzania to oversee the project, said: “An electricity generator and distributor like TANESCO requires reliability and equipment which is easy to service, so we are delighted that they have seen the benefits of eyevis technology.”