Type of plant:

Pearl gloss pigment production GFA1/GFA2

Customer:

Merck KGaA Darmstadt

Project site:

Frankfurt am Main

Project description:

Replacement of WDPF process control system by PCS7
The conversion was carried out without interrupting production in line with operating requirements.
The existing field equipment systems were for the most part reused.

Scope of services:

  • Project management/project coordination
  • Detail planning
  • PNK software creation
  • Supply and erection of the ABK operator and observation system
  • Detail engineering of the ABK software
  • Supply and installation of the necessary bus components
  • Module test
  • Function test
  • Startup

 

Technical highlights:

DCS: PCS7 V6, redundant server                
Batch: Simatic Batch
Archiving: MIS-Light, Simatic Historian
I/O devices: AS 417H redundant with ET200M
Field bus: Profibus DP, Profibus PA        
System bus: Industrial Ethernet
System bus: Fast Ethernet
Simulation: SIMIT        

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