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News Release from: ABB Automation Tech (Instrumentation + Automation) | Subject: Industrial IT System 800xA
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 11 April 2006
Control system addresses nine million
I/O channels
Successful 15 years for automation and control system with over 2500 sold and installed to date.
Demand for ABB's Industrial IT System 800xA has continued to grow with more than 2500 systems sold and installed to date The system was launched in 2001 and addresses some nine million I/O channels and accesses 14,000 controllers
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Customers in various process industries have selected the system because it extends the scope of traditional control systems by including all automation functions in one operational and engineering environment.
This lets plants and mills run smarter and better with cost savings because productivity and profitability improvements can be measured more effectively.
Because it is fully backwards compatible, many users have added 800xA functionality to their existing ABB systems.
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Schering Plough chose the system when it upgraded its facility in Cork, Ireland, that produced Interferon Alfa-2b for treating malignant melanoma, chronic hepatitis B and C, and other illnesses.
Increased global demand for the drug meant that Schering needed to extend the plant and provide continuous production of the drug.
Mike Hennessy, Senior Project Manager, Schering Plough, said: "ABB provided a price competitive product using the latest technology which is easy to support and expand".
Cobalt producer and refiner, OM Group, selected System 800xA for batch management of speciality chemicals including cobalt.
The system uses 880 I/O points and will control the reactors on the facility's main production unit as well as the sequencing of the various production stages.
OMG's Rey Duckworth said: "With the addition of the batch package, the 800xA is a good fit for our requirements".
Ranbaxy Laboratories, which manufactures branded pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients, chose 800xA for its CLA and Cilim facilities at Dewas, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
The 800xA includes the fully integrated audit trail and batch management software that facilitates conformance to FDA regulation of 21 CFR part 11, a mandatory requirement for exports to Europe and USA.
Corus selected 800xA for its upgrade to the Scunthorpe steelwork's Queen Victoria blast furnace control system.
Neil Baldwin, Project Manager for ABB, said: "Management reporting in the new system will be much better".
"All data from the controller will be available to management staff, making it easy for them to have overall control of what the blast furnace is doing".
BP's Valhall redevelopment project in the North Sea will use ABB's safety and automation system (SAS).
Based on the 800xA, SAS is to be fully integrated with the existing ABB Advant/Master systems in the field.
By specifying 800xA, traditional control systems are expanding to include any automation component with one simple interface, enabling smarter and more efficient platform management.
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