Voskresensk Mineral Fertilizers, OJSC is one of the top four Russian producers of phosphate fertilizers, fodder additives, phosphoric and sulphuric acid. In 2010 the volume of production amounted to 773 thousand tonnes of marketable products. The enterprise is certified in accordance with ISО 9001, ISО 14001, OHSAS 18001 and has always had a good standing on both international and domestic market. The main industrial area is over 200 ha and over 6 km in perimeter. There are pedestrian, automobile and railway entry checkpoints as well as local safety areas.
Prior to the digital system installation, an analog video surveillance system had been employed at the enterprise which proved to be inadequate to the company's demands for the following reasons:
●the system did not provide operational control of its parameters and features;
● there was no single surveillance center;
● possibilities to expand the structure and features of the system were limited;
● recording quality was low and the video archive depth was shallow.
The Customer put forward the following requirements to the new digital system:
● a possibility to create a centralized video surveillance board (CVSB);
● a possibility to expand the structure and the features of the system;
● serviceability;
● ease of maintenance and administration;
● reliability and durability.
The installation began in 2009 and the video surveillance system has been constantly expanding ever since.
At the moment, the system comprises over 10 video servers, 20 work stations and 130 cameras. The system uses the car license plate recognition module (Auto Intellect) and the railcar number recognition module. Stream Labs products were chosen for IP video servers given their proved record of high reliability and excellent technical support quality.
The installed system provides video surveillance of all entry checkpoints and along the enterprise's perimeter, identification of the plate numbers of automobile transport and railway cars as well as video control of local security zones. The introduction of the system has made it possible to achieve a more efficient video monitoring from the Security Control Center, and to implement better control of the turning cameras and the video archive viewing of all cameras from a single work station.
The Intellect-based system also allows one to execute a quick analysis of accidents at entry checkpoints, work schedule violations, to solve controversial issues between employees and the enterprise's security personnel.