Control system Pcs7 and M.I.S. Together for thecomplete automation of the process in the sugarbeet factory of Co.Pro.B. – Minerbio – Italy

摘要

The need to completely renovate the control systems of the production plants ofCo.Pro.B. Sugar-beet factory in Minerbio lead to the decision to install the newSimatic PCS7 system produced by Siemens.The decision was made after carefully evaluating the technical characteristicsand the know how offered by this system.The renovation project was developed over three years and took place bygradually extending the devices of the new system to all the production plantsof the factory.All the process control and plant supervisor software has been developed andimplemented by engineers of Co.Pro.B Sugar-beet factory.An extremely customised software perfectly suitable for the type of plants inCo.Pro.B. Combined with the remarkable stability of the hardware and softwarecomponents of the new system has increased standards of managementreliability and security, consequently leading to considerable economic savingsconsidering the reduced frequency of anomalies or system breakdowns.