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“Using IntelaTrac has made a major contribution to reaching a plant availability factor above 90%, since it has integrated perfectly with the other innovations added to our equipment.”
Mauro TassistroApplications Team Leader
Plant Operational Excellence Thanks to Wonderware IntelaTrac
Goals• Increaseplant’savailabilitybyanticipatingany
potentiallydamagingsituations• Optimizeoperators’efficiencyandreliability
duringinspectionactivity• Limitproductiondowntimestoscheduled
maintenanceonly
Challenges• Theproximityoftheplantstoinhabitedareas
makesitessentialforthesitestobesafeandreliableatalltimes
• Detectionofcriticalindicators,e.g.vibrationsorthepresenceofforeignparticles,whichautomaticinstrumentsdonotusuallydetecteffectively
• Maximizethevalueofthetimeandexperienceofthefieldoperators
Solutions and Products• WonderwareIntelaTrac
Results• TheWonderwaresolutionhasenabledtheplant
toachieveaplantavailabilityfactorofover90%• Thesystemhasallowedtheoperational
proceduresforvisualinspectionsofequipmenttobeoptimizedandstandardized,thankstotheremovalofpaperreportsandtheintuitivenatureofthehandhelddevices
• WonderwareIntelaTrac’sfeaturesnowallowoperatorstoidentifypotentialproblemswhichwerepreviouslyneglected,thusavoidingtheneedforanyemergencyintervention
INDUSTRY:HYDROCARBONPROCESSING
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Vado Ligure, Italy–Everytimewestartthecar,ourgazefallsalmostwithoutfailtothefuelgauge,sincefuelistheessentialelementformakingavehiclerun.Weonlythinkaboutoilwhentheindicatorlightcomeson,andwerarelystoptothinkabouttheadditivesthathelpoptimizeenginefunction.Andyet,engineoilandadditivesarefundamentalelementsinensuringthatthecarsandothermeansoftransportweusetotravelaroundeverydayareworkingproperly.TheproductionoftheseadditivesforlubricantoilsisthecorebusinessoftheInfineumGroup.ThecompanywasestablishedtenyearsagothroughthemergerofParamins(theadditivesdivisionofwhatwasthenExxonChemical)andShellAdditives.InItaly,thefactoryinVadoLigure(nearSavona)istheInfineumGroup’smainEuropeansupplycenterforadditivesinlubricantoils.
Human Supervision in an Automated Industry
Whenworkinginthepetrochemicalsector,itbecomesessentialtocombinesafetyandproductivitybyanticipatingpotentiallydamagingsituations.Inaddition,unforeseenproblemshaveimmediateandfinanciallysignificantrepercussionsforproductionandtherefore,tothebusiness.InspectionsusingtheManufacturingEfficiencyIndex,carriedoutbymanagementintheyearsfollowingthemergershowedanaverageplantavailabilityof80%.Thisisnotanacceptablevalueforahighlyautomatedfirmlookingtothefuture.
Inresponsetothis,InfineumlaunchedtheGlobalManufacturingExcellenceProgramin2004,withtheaimofmaximizingplantreliability,achievingavailabilityofover90%andlimitingproductiondowntimestoscheduledmaintenanceonly.Effortshavethereforebeenconcentratedontwospecificfronts:preventivemaintenanceandoperationalmanagement.
Inthiscontext,itiseasytounderstandtheimportanceofmaintenanceatlargescaleplants.Seeminglylessimportant,however,istheperiodicmonitoringoftheplantcarriedoutbyfieldoperationspersonnel.
However,theseprofessionals,thankstotheirregularrounds,areinfactthepeoplewhoknowthesitebest.Theyareabletorecognizeabnormalorpotentiallydangeroussituationsthatarenotdetectedbyplantinstruments.Theplant’sproductionprocessisconstantlymonitoredbyelectronicinstrumentsanddetectsanydeviationfromtheidealworkingparameters.AllthisinformationisfedbacktotheDCSinrealtime.However,certainspecificfactorssuchasnoise,vibrationsorthepresenceofdirtorsmallinternalleaks,arenotefficientlymeasuredordetectedbyautomaticinstruments.
InstallingadditionalmeasuringinstrumentationwouldleadtohighercostsandcouldoverloadtheDCS.Humansupervisiontherefore,remainsfundamentallyimportanteveninanindustrythatisbecomingmoreandmoreautomated.
Traditionally,operatorsusepaperforreportingeventhoughitispronetotranscriptionerrors.Thesereportsthenhadtobetransferredmanually,thereforeincreasingtheamountoftimerequiredtoobtainusefulinformation.Moreover,someinspectionsarenotcarriedoutfromthecorrectlocation,thuslimitingtheaccuracyoftheobservations.
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Collecting Critical Operational Information Quickly and Efficiently
AspartoftheGlobalManufacturingExcellenceProgramtoincreaseplantavailabilityandoptimizeoperators’work,theInfineumGroupdecidedtoequipitsstaffwithdevicescapableofcollectingcriticaloperationalinformationinaquickandefficientmanner.Thegroupneededtoidentifyareliabletoolthatoptimizesdirectinspectionactivities.
Thiswasnotasimplesearch,sinceeachplanthasitsownparticularfeatures.Thismakesitimpossibletostandardizetheinspectionprocesses.Thewholesearchwasmadeevenmorecomplicatedduetotheregulationsineachcountry.Forthisreason,itwasnecessarytostartbyestablishinganewmethodofinspectionprocedures.Theoperatorsthemselvesweredirectlyinvolvedinthistask,leveragingtheirspecificexperiencetoidentifythecorrectsteps.
Theorganizationalplanningalsorequiredtheadoptionofinstrumentsthatwillenableoperatorstoworkoptimallysothattheycouldconcentrateontheirfieldofexpertise.
Infineumtestedmultiplesolutions,butmostofthemendedupbeingunsuitabletothecomplexitiesoftheplant’sproduction.Anintensesoftwareselectionprocessbegan,intendedtoidentifyasingleplatformcapableofadaptingtothespecificneedsofallproductionplants.
Attheendofthissearch,onlytwoproductswerefoundtofulfiltheserequirements.Evenwhennarroweddown,thechoicewasstillcomplicatedsincethesuccessofthewholeprojectdependedontheselectedplatform.
“Aswewerefacedwithtwopossibilities,”explainedEnricoBertossi,Infineum’sGlobalManufacturingExcellenceProgramAdvisor,“therealandconcretereferencespresentedbytheSystemIntegrator,Rex,playedacrucialroleinthedecision-makingprocess.”
AnotherfactorwastheneedtoachieveintegrationwithSAP,thebusinesssystemInfineumusesforplanningplantmaintenanceoperations.TheonlytoolabletomeettheserequirementswasWonderwareIntelaTrac,themobileworkforceanddecisionsupportsystembyInvensysOperationsManagement.
Thissolutionisdesignedtoenableworkflow,proceduralandgeneraltaskmanagementactivitiesrequiredtoachievereliableoperations.Thesecapabilitiesareenhancedbythetool’skeyfeature:allowingon-siteoperatorstoinputinformationandreceivesupportatanylocationwithintheplant,withouttheneedofaphysicalconnection.
Thedecisionwasmadeeasierbythefactthat-“IntelaTracwaspricedlessthantheothersupplier,”saidBertossi.
Staff Approval of IntelaTrac Usability
“Allourexpectationswereconfirmedimmediatelyaftertheapplicationdeployment.Wewereabletoobtaintheapprovalofallsystemusersafteronly6monthsofdevelopment,”saidMauroTassistro,Infineum’sApplicationsTeamLeaderinItaly.
Tassistrohimselfhasanoverallviewofthewholeproject,sincethesystemarchitectureiscentralizedinItaly,buthascontinuousconnectiontotheplantsinFrance,Germany,NorthAmericaandSingapore.
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Theseplantspresentextremelydifferentsituationsintermsofbothproductionandstaffoperatingmethods.However,theapprovalofusers,whoappreciatedtheease-of-useandmaintainabilityofthesystem,wasoneofthecriticalfactorsinchoosingtheIntelaTracbasedmonitoringsystem.
Fieldoperatorspreviouslyusedpaperformsforreportingduringtheirrounds.Thiswasdifficult,especiallyduringadverseweatherconditions.Bycontrast,WonderwareIntelaTracinstalledonahandhelddeviceissimpleandintuitive,allowingoperatorstoconcentratemoreontheirtraditionaltasks.
Asanaddedbenefit,theintegrationwithRFIDtechnologymeansdatarelatingtoaspecificobservationcanonlybeinputwhentheoperatorisinthecorrectposition.Thisprocedurepreventserrors.Inaddition,thepracticaluseoftheIntelaTracinterfacemadetheseoperatorsreallyappreciatethetechnologybeingdeveloped,sincetheyunderstoodthebenefitfortheirday-to-daywork.
“ThedecisiontoinvolveusersfromtheverystartoftheprojecthasenhancedtheadvantagesprovidedbyaninnovativetoollikeIntelaTrac,”emphasizedTassistro.
“Staffapprovalistheresultofthesolution’susabilityintheplants.Inaddition,installationwascompletedinjustafewmonths,thereforeminimizingtheimpactonstaffoperationsandavoidinganyinterferencewithproduction,”confirmedBertossi.
Nothing Escapes Wonderware IntelaTrac
“UsingIntelaTrachasenabledtheplanttoachieveaplantavailabilityfactorofover90%.Ithasintegratedperfectlywiththeotherinnovationsaddedtoourequipment,”saidTassistro.
TheplatformdevelopedbyInvensysOperationsManagementhasallowedtheidentificationofcertainsituations,usuallyoverlooked,whichcouldhavepotentiallyledtotheprogressivedeteriorationofsomepiecesofequipmentthatwouldsubsequentlyneedemergencymaintenanceintervention.
Finally,theuseofinspectionsupporttoolshasalsoincreasedon-siteoperators’senseofresponsibility,astheyfeelmoreinvolvedinensuringthattheentireplantisrunproperlyandcorrectly.
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