Fonterra
Location | Clandeboye, South Canterbury "Industrial Controls' overall service is excellent.  They are very pro-active and make sure work is done to our site's standards.  In fact, they have been fully involved in setting some of these standards.  In a nutshell, they understand our needs as a customer and always deliver on those requirements.  They deliver everything we need at a site level"
Grant Arnold, Clandeboye Site Engineering Manager, Fonterra

 

Automation of two 20MW coal fired boilers Turnkey project for a demineralised water plant
Client : Easteel Industries Ltd, Dannevirke Client : Filtec New Zealand Ltd, Auckland
Project : Redevelop PLC and Scada programming and re-commissioning of two 20MW boilers, including ash and coal handling services to comply with new Fonterra standards Undertake turnkey project, including PLC and Scada programming, electrical design, site installation and commissioning of a demineralised water plant to enhance Clandeboye's water quality.  This included:
The new control system gives the customer a user-friendly and reliable package, responding to meet the site's variation in steam demands.

Features of the project included:

  • Fully automated boiler start-up and shut-down.
  • Automated fault monitoring and logging.
  • Controlled fault action to continue reliable operation of the boiler system.
  • Supply of a turnkey project for the automation and installation package for the automated control of a demineralised water plant.
  • Redesign of the motor control load centre and additions to the 1250 amp whey services MCC.
  • Design and build of a new remote PLC control system for the plant.
  • Undertaking PLC and Scada software development for the control, monitoring, alarming and fault logging.
  • Incorporating Scada into the site's control architecture.
  • Site commissioning and supplying project documentation.

The package we put together for our client provided them with a one-supplier solution to handle all the automation and electrical components associated with this project.  This resulted in delivering a highly functional plant for Fonterra.
"The key steps to the delivery of this successful project were the undertaking of a detailed analysis of the boiler engineering package and extensive liaison with the project engineer and site operators to develop the ideal control system.  This included the incorporation of the site's rigid engineering standards to ensure full site acceptance.  The involvement of all parties in hazops and system implementation on site enabled a trouble-free re-commissioning and site project sign-off"
Paul Dippie, Managing Director, Easteel Industries Ltd. This project received excellent feedback from the Filtec Management.
"The success of this project was due to offering a complete in-house Industrial Controls package and close liaison with the customer to develop the best control system to suit the operation of their plant.  By meeting all targets, plant hand-over and sign-off were achieved for the customer.  We are very pleased with the way it went."
Bryn Smith, Project Engineer, Filtec New Zealand Ltd.
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