Mining, Minerals, Metals solution: Process Control Solutions for Cement Industry

 Cement users are looking for process control suppliers that are able to deliver integrated solutions to address their main challenges:

• Cement quality

- Cement variations have a big effect on the final concrete quality

• Cost effective production

- Savings in engineering for new plants or plant expansions

- Savings in maintenance

- Energy and fuel efficiency

• Sustainable Development

- Emissions control & reduction
- People and environmental safety

[ The Cement Industry consumes 1% of the worlds energy, with Schneider's expertise in energy efficiency you have the potential to gain up to 

5% energy savings ]

•  Ethernet as the backbone of your plant:
  

Why use a proprietary communication network when Ethernet offers all the performance and security required by critical applications? You no longer face difficulties in integrating specialised third party equipment in automation systems: expert and optimisation software, weighing, gas emission systems, vibration control, kiln scanning systems, network instrumentation fieldbuses (Profibus, Modbus, Hart and Foundation fieldbus).

Ethernet allows a complete and transparent integration from the plant floor to the enterprise level

 [ Ethernet Improves plant life span ]

• Distributed system based on the real process hierarchy:

Our advanced design and generation software tool integrates process controllers and supervision systems in a common database. It structures the cement plant application according to the process functional diagram and delivers a true distributed control system environment that is flexible and open.

 
[ Integrated tools save engineering costs for new plants and expansions ]

• Powerful Process Automation Controllers:
  

Combining innovation and power, our process control platform responds to critical demands of the cement industry:   
- Use of the highest performance equipment in its category offering high availability functions (redundant systems)
- Advanced Process control and  mathematical functions 

- Process simulation (off line) without risk of actual operation, saving time and cost in commissioning, plant expansions or process improvements/modifications

- Flexible programming languages covering both process engineering and the demands of electrical and maintenance teams
- Multiple networks

 
[ Advanced process control delivers a better Cement quality and energy / fuel savings / Gas emissions reduction ]

[ Redundant systems: Plant availability & Nom-stop operation ]

• Robust plant operation and visualization:    
  Your operator therefore has a clear view of the process which enables definition and implementation of actions to optimise productivity. 
  
  ●Scalability
   - Easy to expand or modify as your challenges change
  ●Performance
   - Multiple servers assure hi performance data updating
  ●Reliability
   - Possibility to work with  multiple redundant servers
  ●Process analysis tools
   - Powerful tool that integrate alarm and trend screens to analyze process disturbances

 [ Better plant operation ]