CaseStudies

Intelligent valve controllers chosen for FPSO project 19/04/2012
Metso has won an order from Eni Norge and Statoil to supply its latest generation stainless steel valve controllers to the Norwegian Goliat Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) plant in the Barents Sea. Full Story...

Aston Martin improves painting performance 03/04/2012
Aston Martin has specified the use of four wall-mounted ABB IRB 5500 robots in its basecoat and clear coat painting booths. Full Story...

Drive-based system offers diesel generator energy savings 03/04/2012
At the Felixstowe container port, in the UK, the search for greater energy efficiency has led to investment in Control Techniques’ RIS.GA. system for diesel saving on 12 rubber tyre gantry cranes (RTGs). Full Story...

Waste-to-Energy process order for Rockwell Automation 03/04/2012
Cynar, a technology company in the waste-to-energy market, has awarded an contract to Rockwell Automation to design and build a new end-of-life plastic to fuel conversion plant in the UK for SITA UK, a partner in the development. Full Story...

Critical valve control duties 27/03/2012
For critical valve control duty on high temperature gas turbine pre-heater equipment in a power generation application, the CVA electric actuator from Rotork has been specified. The application demands unrestricted modulation of a three-way valve to control the pre-heated temperature of fuel gas for electricity generating turbines. Full Story...

High read rates for a traceability monitoring system 20/03/2012
A German-based industrial product manufacturer has specified Cognex In-Sight 5100 ID readers to create a continuous monitoring system for traceability at several of its facilities across the globe. Full Story...

Safety solutions for new power plant unit 20/03/2012
Safety systems, supplied by HIMA Paul Hildebrandt, are helping to ensure boiler protection and burner control in a lignite-fired power station operated by Vattenfall Europe Generation. Full Story...

Plant-wide drives save £100,000 annually for Ricoh 13/03/2012
Variable speed drives supplied by ABB are saving office equipment manufacturer, Ricoh, over £100,000 per annum on energy costs at its UK-based production plant which manufacturers colour imaging technology as well as undertaking the processes of machine recycling, toner production, injection and blow moulding. Full Story...

Decentralised pneumatics system offers production cost savings 07/03/2012
Ice-cream manufacturer, GB Glace, part of the Unilever Group, has reduced costs and boosted process quality thanks to the implementation of a decentralised pneumatics concept. The GB Glace site in Flen, Sweden is one of the company’s ten European ice-cream production sites. It produces around 45 million litres of ice cream every year. Full Story...

Wurzburger Hofbräu brews up a storm 07/03/2012
The introduction of a Siemens brewery process control system Braumat has enabled the Hofbräu brewery in Wurzburg, Germany to modernise its fermenting and storage cellar operations. Full Story...

Printing, converting and finishing finishing machines beneift from flexible drives 07/03/2012
Every system made by Rotary Logic Systems is bespoke, whether it is high precision security foiling for anti-counterfeit applications, specialised in-line, high speed flexographic/gravure printing processes or sophisticated machinery for the medical industry. One factor is common throughout the machinery range and that is that Control Techniques has been chosen to supply the drives, servo-drives and servo-motors. Full Story...

Automated flow control for tank terminal 28/02/2012
The recently opened Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) in Rotterdam relies on electric valve actuation technology, supplied by Rotork, for automated flow control and vital safety related duties associated with the import, export and storage of a varied range of liquid bulk products. Full Story...

Paper mill project win for Honeywell 21/02/2012
Honeywell has been selected by Kahramanmaras Kagit Sanayi ve Ticaret (KMKPAPER) a Turkish paper manufacturer, to deploy its ExperionMX Quality Control System (QCS) and Experion Process Knowledge Control System (PKS) at a new paper mill based in Kütahya, Turkey. Full Story...

DCS migration offers increased availability, reduced cycle times and less waste 21/02/2012
Cost and operational efficiency benefits have been identified at Fuchs Lubricants, since the addition of Siemens’ PCS 7 distributed process control system and SIMATIC Batch to the control system mix. Full Story...

Nexen awards contract for Golden Eagle Area development project 21/02/2012
Yokogawa UK has been awarded a contract for the supply of an Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) for the Golden Eagle Area Development (GEAD) Project, operated by Nexen Petroleum UK. The area is home to one of the largest oil and gas discoveries in the UK North Sea in the past ten years. Full Story...

Helping Veolia Water save 1.5 million litres of water a day 24/01/2012
Veolia Water has made savings in excess of 1.5 million litres of water a day - nearly £100,000 a year - following the roll out of i2O Water’s integrated network monitoring system across 31 Veolia Water sites in the UK. Full Story...

Making the move to a plantwide control solution 24/01/2012
According to research performed by the ARC Advisory Group, the global process industry loses approximately $20 billion annually, or about 5% of annual production, due to unscheduled downtime from aging DCS systems. Full Story...

Legacy system upgraded to support future manufacture 17/01/2012
A batch control system at the Alloa glassworks in Scotland, owned by Owens of Illinois has been upgraded by Boulting Electrical Systems. Full Story...

Systems, measurement products and valves for new Stora Enso project 17/01/2012
Metso has received an order from the new Stora Enso containerboard production line at Ostroleka in Poland which, when completed, is expected to produce 455,000 tonnes of light-weighted testliner per year. Full Story...

Remote control and safety monitoring for offshore platform 17/01/2012
Statoil has announced that it is to deploy Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) and Honeywell Distributed System Architecture (DSA) at its Valemon platform in the North Sea, where production is due to start in 2014. Full Story...