ABB secures contract with Uruguay’s first and largest malting company Maltería Oriental SA (MOSA) Global technology leader ABB now responsible for automation and electrification as plant increases process production from 140,000 to 220,000 tons of barley malt per year ABB’s solutions will support resources efficiencies at the plant, including up to 70 percent water recycling

Safe and continuous blast furnace production with redundant configuration based on Freelance DCS

Reduce cost, better manage the capacity of assets and realize improvements in the whole supply chain efficiency

Reduced gas consumption by 25%, saving millions per year

IT virtalization and system upgrade with five redundant servers, four ABB AC 800F controllers and 8 operator stations running on thin clients. Integration of System 800xA into SAP ERP is in progress.

Using the new, integrated heat accumulator of the power-to-heat unit, the district heating and electricity production can be temporally decoupled from the heat supply

Putting coal injection control into operation, production process interrupted only for 36 hours

Software applications and man hours to load software reduced by 80%

Achieving fully automatic operation, increased capability for filtration and back-washing process

Integration of a large variety of transmitters, sensors, meters, analysers, actuators and positioners from different vendors, all requiring PROFIBUS

Maximum automation with minimum engineering - the ideal solution for the batch control system upgrade

Autonomously engineered supervision and control enables power plant dimension and capacity increase

Helping an OEM to develop the next generation boiler control and monitoring

Cost-effective solution also suitable for large plants, works carried out during on-going operation

Replacing a PLC with an AC 700F ccontroller ould easily be integrated into the existing Freelance system.

Reaching and exceeding assumed production capacity goals by 70%

The biggest integrated solution of its kind for combined manufacturing and pneumatic transportation lines control systems with enhanced remote control features

Magnetic flotation controls for the best quality and minimized losses

Controlling complex systems engineering of biogas plants to ensure maximum gas output at a constant quality

Modernizing pneumatic control to a cost-effective DCS: "It has opened windows into our plant that we never had"

Control system can be rapidly and easily adjusted in case of plant modifications and extensions, to save time and money

The plant treats brackish water using RO to produce a highly purified water stream for refinery industrial use

Entry level process control solution to optimize costs and improve availability of paper machines

Ease of engineering and support by experienced local partner convinced sugar plants to go for a DCS to control boilers and turbines

Lowering operation cost with unmanned control; saving 1.8 million m3 of natural gas annually

Freedom to change and reprogram the control system for research tests and quick process modifications

Analyzing system performance and control loops improves quality, throughput and costs

Future-proof maintenance for public facilities and residential heating thanks to ABB DCS life cycle management program

Increases equipment and process reliability thanks to better visibility into service activities and preventive maintenance

DCS evolution enhances installation, supports future needs, including smart grid utility requirements

Automatically generated diagnostic information and alarms, easy and fast online optimizations

Operator environment upgrade for trend data, asset monitoring and information management, Freelance controllers retained

How Byworth Boilers in the UK made the digital leap by partnering with ABB

Upgrade from Contronic P to the Freelance DCS to support unmanned operation