Siemens DCS Migration To ABB's System 800xa at Baramati Agro
Siemens DCS Migration To ABB's System 800xa at Baramati Agro
System 800xA
Siemens DCS migration to ABB's System 800xA
at Baramati Agro
India has been one of the powerhouses of sugar automation, efficient centrifugal and sugar gradation
production for the last decade, rivaling Brazil as one of equipment and sugar silo system for packaging.
the top producers in the world. With numerous industry
challenges such as changing consumption patterns and In the Indian market, they cater to the sweetener needs of
government regulations, the only certainty producers quality conscious bulk consumers from various sectors such
should expect is in their plant control systems. as soft drink, dairy, confectionery, ice cream etc. They are
also exporting sugar to various countries in Middle East,
Europe, Far East and West Africa.
A leader in agriculture
Baramati Agro has two decades of experience in the The Baramati Agro sugar plant is located 120 km from
diversified agro-business with its head office based in Pune and is a green field project with 5000 TCD capacity.
Baramati, Maharashtra, India. Traditionally their main business Established in 2007, the plant has a 65 KLPD distillery
focus has been the poultry sector and now they have and a 29 MW cogen power plant. However, the production
diversified and grown in the animal feed, chicken processing, was hampered on a daily basis due to inconsistent
sugar, distillery, power and other agriculture related business. automation behavior. The plant needed more manpower to
ramp up production capacity. Furthermore, there was no
Baramati Agro Ltd has a 4300 TCD (tons crushing per day) proper MIS for production and maintenance. Process
plant at single location, producing the best quality sugar knowledge and automation expertise were needed to sort
using state of the art technology. This plant has process out the problem.
System Integrator With Broad Experience “From the day we have commissioned the ABB
Sibella Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is the leading industrial System 800xA DCS, our plant has been working fine.
automation and industrial information technology (IT) ABB’s aspect object technology provides us with
solution provider for management information systems complete plant information, history and diagnostics which
(MIS) and manufacturing execution systems (MES) in India. further helps us to improve our sugar and cogeneration
Their products are complemented by professional services, process.
customer support and training in numerous industries such
as food and beverage, pharmaceutical, metal, mining, The System 800xA DCS is a user friendly, robust and
manufacturing, facilities, water etc. maintenance free system. We can confirm that for the last
3 years, plant operations have been stable and we are
From 2007, Sibella has been with ABB for PLC and DCS getting the required support from ABB’s value provider
products and solutions. Besides receiving the award for Sibella Technologies.”
number one channel partner for AC800 products in
2009 from ABB, they are ISO and CE certified. To serve -- Mr. Arun Pore
the automation market, they have more than 60 Plant In-Charge
engineering staff, demonstrating their commitment to Baramati Agro
excellence.
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In phase one of the solution to replace the current system Improved throughput and communication with
with ABB System 800xA for Baramati Agro, Sibella undertook System 800xA
the task of stabilizing the Siemens control system by using As a result of replacing the faulty control system with
the process knowledge for the FY0809 season. Phase ABB System 800xA, the benefits have been tremendous.
two took place in the first off season, where the Siemens Throughput for the plant increased by 25%, while plant
control system was replaced with ABB System 800xA for availability increases was 15-20% and manpower costs
the boiling house and the mill automation. Sibella performed reduced by 50%. Providing better safety interlocks ensured
well enough that they also received the 29 MW cogen power the equipment were safeguarded. Information was more
plant project in the same site. The next proposed phased is readily available through the mobile phone’s SMS function for
to use System 800xA for the distillery plant in order to create the maintenance engineers and plant managers. The plant
a homogeneous plant control system for better control and management receives the production report on a daily basis
resource optimization. through email.
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Contact us
ABB Inc.
Control Technologies
Wickliffe, Ohio, USA
Phone: +1 440 585 8500
E-mail: [email protected]
www.abb.com/controlsystems