Bridgnorth Aluminium Limited, a UK manufacturer of aluminium flat rolled products, has had CCTV installed by STANLEY Security.
At 27 hectares, the aluminium firm’s site in Bridgnorth, Shropshire has a casthouse, rolling mill, two litho centres, a multi-slitting line and finishing lines. The company had been using three separate CCTV systems, each covering parts of the site. One system was over 15 years old, had poor image quality and was starting to show signs of failure. None of the three systems had any level of redundancy, so if one failed access to those particular cameras were lost, as was any recorded footage. Steve Denton, IT Manager at Bridgnorth Aluminium, says: “We needed to consolidate everything into one single CCTV system, including all of the cameras from the other three systems, and we needed to add a level of redundancy. The CCTV system is critical to our business in terms of health and safety of our employees and site security.”
STANLEY says it designed a new site-wide IP based CCTV system, covering external areas and the perimeter of the site, besides internal areas including important indoor production spaces. The system uses the aluminium firm’s IP network which is deployed in most areas of the site, hence no need to install coax cable. Opting for an IP based system has also enabled the aluminium firm to make use of newer technology with better quality images.
The new system features STANLEY 2MP bullet cameras and dome cameras, including 360 degree dome models. The cameras feed back to two Milestone Husky M500 Advanced Network Video Recording hardware platforms; one of which is used in case of redundancy.
Steve Denton adds: “The image quality of the new system is streets ahead of the old system. The area of coverage is also far greater thanks to the addition of 180-degree wide angle and 360-degree cameras. The software is very easy to use and has some very useful features to aid with playback of recorded footage. The software has already helped us to retrieve footage that we would have had little chance of retrieving before.”
STANLEY took over the support of the company’s CCTV in 2017. Steve Denton says: “The transition period had proved successful. The service from STANLEY has been excellent, our account manager Amber is one of a kind and always goes above and beyond for us to ensure that we receive the best service possible.”
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