Separator skid scale model front view, horizontal vessel with yellow platform on brown frame atop a black display base

Separator skid model from high angle, green and blue light paths running from gray device stand across the black base

Separator skid model three-quarter view from the right, showing control valves, pump and motor, and blue light path

Low side angle of the separator skid model with automation devices on the angled gray stand in the foreground

Elevated front view of the separator skid model with green control valves on light blue piping and lit base paths

Separator skid model angled view from the left showing vessel nozzles, overhead green piping and transmitters

Close-up of the separator skid's yellow grated access platform, bolted manway covers and pump at the end of the frame

Separator skid model with monitor, keyboard and mouse on the base, green and blue light paths leading to the computer

Automation devices on the angled gray stand with blue backglow, green light path curving toward the skid frame

Front view of the separator skid model with monitor, keyboard and mouse set on the base in front of the vessel

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Separator Skid Automation Model with Animated Lighting

Two lines of light run across the black base of this KiwiMill separator skid scale model, one green and one blue, tracing the path data takes from the equipment to the computer. KiwiMill built it for an industrial automation company, and the company's automation products, not the separator itself, are the real subject of the display.

The skid still had to read as real process equipment. A horizontal separator vessel with two bolted manway covers sits on a brown structural frame, topped by a yellow access platform with grated decking and handrails. A tall flanged nozzle with green overhead piping rises from one end. Blue and yellow transmitters line the top of the vessel, green control valves sit on the light blue process piping, and a pump and motor finish off the far end of the skid.

The animated lighting does the explaining:

Underglow beneath the skid frame
Green and blue light paths set into the base, carrying data from the skid toward the computer
Backglow behind the automation devices, mounted on an angled gray stand

On a working skid, that flow of data is invisible, running through cables and networks no visitor ever sees. On this model, it is the first thing you notice.