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News Release from: FMA Process Engineering
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Team on 29 June 2006
Carib Breweries signs for re-engineering
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FMA Process Engineering has been selected for the re-engineering of Carib Breweries' brewhouse, fermentation, yeast propagation and bright beer filtration cellar control system in Trinidad.
Leading brewery process engineer and project management specialist FMA Process Engineering of Lichfield, UK, has been selected as the supplier for the re-engineering of Carib Breweries' brewhouse, fermentation, yeast propagation and bright beer filtration cellar control system in Trinidad Originally established in 1947, Carib's Trinidad brewery has been progressively expanded and developed to its present day levels and offers some 16 brands, of which Carib and Stag lager are the dominant indigenous labels
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 1 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Brewhouse control system upgraded
FMA has completed a major turnkey project involving a complete upgrade of the brewhouse control system at the Coors Brewers' Alton Brewery.
In 1987, a brand new, self-contained facility, comprising a single-stream 400hl brewhouse, with combined fermentation/conditioning conicals and bright beer filtration cellar was commissioned.
This new facility was originally controlled via two Texas Instruments 560T PLC logic controllers with Mosaic mimic and nonintelligent VDU operator terminals.
To resolve obsolescence issues with the original systems, and provide features necessary for future enhancements at the plant, it was decided, in the interests of sound corporate governance, to completely replace the control solutions in place.
The latest addition to the scope of the project has been the inclusion of three new 3500hl dual purpose vessels, and a new yeast propagation and storage facility.
With considerable experience in brewhouse and process area automation systems across the UK, EU and Africa, FMA was initially contracted by Carib to undertake a comprehensive design study and produce a detailed user requirement document for the project.
This relationship has now progressed to the implementation phase where Siemens S7 PLCs and iFix Scada have been jointly selected by Carib and FMA to deliver a modern flexible solution.
A comprehensive management reporting facility will be provided using SQL with web-based reporting features.
A key deliverable of the project - where FMA's experience will provide considerable advantages - will be to minimise production downtime during the installation phase.
This will be achieved via comprehensive off-site simulation and the installation of distributed I/O and associated field wiring to enable pre commissioning to be completed before shutdowns are commenced.
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