Surveillance system upgraded at paper plant

Kimberly Clark has opted to expand its Rockwell Enwatch Surveillance System to include a further 61 monitoring points.

Following the successful installation of a Rockwell Enwatch Surveillance System on Paper Machine 1 at the Barrow Mill, Kimberly Clark has opted to expand the system to include a further 61 monitoring points that include monitoring vibration levels on machine drives and gearboxes.

TEVA was invited to tender for the project as it has extensive knowledge of the paper making process, and is a service integrator for Rockwell Automation.

Orders have since been placed for a turnkey project, including advice, installation and continuous through life support.

The project will be complete by the end of May 2007 and will allow Kimberly Clark to release over 180 hours of manual data collection.

Vibration readings will also be consistent and safer with the permanent installation of Hansford industrial accelerometers.

"TEVA came in and listened to what my requirements were, then provided me with a complete package that was exactly right" comments Vic Crossman, Senior CM Technician.

Kimberly Clark integrated the Rockwell Enwatch Surveillance System into its Condition Monitoring programme at the Barrow Mill early in 2001.

Paper Machine 1 is the Mills' flagship tissue making machine and as such needed a reliable, and cost-effective solution.

The Enwatch units provide powerful data acquisition capabilities and transfers information over an existing Ethernet local area network (LAN) for sequential monitoring of machines distributed throughout the plant.

Ian Eva, Operations Director for TEVA commented "After analysing the proposal for Paper Machine 1, and the initial installation performance, Kimberly Clark have invited us to quote for systems on the remaining two tissue making machines.A potential of a further 19 16-channel Enwatch monitoring units".

Because of the integration of Rockwell's Enwatch Surveillance system, inconsistent readings are a thing of the past.

Kimberly Clark also benefit froms using PlantLink software, integrated with their Condition Monitoring database.

PlantLink is an information presentation tool that provides operators, engineers, condition analysts and managers with the ability to quickly and intuitively evaluate plant, machinery and system status at a glance.

A graphical image of a plant or machine is combined with the most up to date machinery information.

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