Axxon One VMS Protects AlbChrome’s Ferrochrome Plants in Albania
Axxon One VMS provides mining industry solutions with advanced video surveillance to AlbChrome’s two plants in Albania, ensuring stability, security, and optimal monitoring of the largest chromite and ferrochrome producer in the region.
Client
AlbChrome produces premium chromite and ferrochrome (alloy of chrome and iron). Since 1948, this company has been the largest chromium producer in the region. In the autumn of 2015, MetalBulletin, a British magazine covering the metallurgical industry, ranked AlbChrome among the top five highest quality ferrochrome producers in the world.
Partner
Synapse ATS is an ICT Service and Solution provider, with a wide technology and business knowledge. Its expertise includes networking, IP telephony and collaboration, physical security, data centers, and structured cabling.
Challenges
A video surveillance system with several cameras has already been installed at one of the ferrochrome plants in the city of Elbasan. However, this system experienced lots of performance and stability problems. That became a serious issue for AlbChrome management as the plants represent a complex industrial area that houses valuable raw materials and end products. Moreover, another AlbChrome’s plant in Burrel needed a video surveillance system to be installed. To address these issues and establish reliable mining industry solutions, AlbChrome partnered with Synapse ATS.
Software
Axxon One VMS
Partner
Synapse ATS
Location
Albania
Solution
Synapse ATS implemented a next-generation, open-platform video management software — AxxonSoft’s Intelligent VMS featuring specifically designed capabilities for mining industry solutions.
First of all, the Axxon One VMS replaced the existing one at the plant in Burrel. At that time, there was only 2 Mbps wireless internet connection at the site, and integrators had to use it to stream video to a monitoring center. They were immensely impressed by the fact that even using this low-speed connection they managed to get video from 36 cameras. Moreover, Axxon One’s UI appeared to be intuitive for security professionals. The flexibility of system configuration enabled easy and fast displaying of desired video streams.
Local servers with the Axxon One VMS connected to a single domain are now installed at both ferrochrome plants — in Burrel and Elbasan. One client machine to monitor local cameras was installed at each site as well. Video from all cameras is transmitted in real time to the monitoring center in Tirana where it is displayed on the videowall consisting of four 40-inch LED screens. Altogether, the AxxonSoft Intelligent VMS handles 72 cameras covering an area of 100,000 square meters at each plant, offering state-of-the-art mining industry solutions.
Results and Benefits
AlbChrome representatives were looking for easy-to-use and easily expandable software capable of providing stable operation of a distributed security system with cameras from different manufacturers. The Axxon One VMS fully meets these requirements: the system has been working flawlessly since its installation. Both the client and partner were impressed by the excellent price-quality ratio offered by AxxonSoft. Free built-in video analytics tools help significantly optimize and automate the surveillance system for better performance, making it a top-tier choice for mining industry solutions.
“Whether it is a simple video surveillance system with several cameras or a large-scale complex system - we will always choose AxxonSoft. This product delivers enterprise-level security controls even to small companies. We have been engaged in installing various video surveillance systems in Albania, but we have never seen such a reliable and powerful system as the AxxonSoft VMS“