Automation of Paint Manufacturing plant for a leading paint manufacturer in UK
Highlights
3000
I/Os / Nodes
worked on
5,000
Hours. Of
Engineering
4
No. of Dedicated
Engineers
Business Case
- Sarla Technologies was chosen by a leading provider of process control and information management systems to provide Automation Engineering services for multiple projects at various locations of a prominent paint manufacturer in the United Kingdom.
- The project aimed to reduce manual intervention and avoid exposure to harmful materials by automating the entire Paint Manufacturing plant in compliance with S88 standards. Expansion of the existing plant and addition of new lines were part of this project.
- The main challenge was to put all of the manually controlled systems across the facility under a single control system using Batch Controls.
- Modules/ Sub-Systems
| Powder Conveying System | Acrylics Mixers and Letdown Tanks |
| Main Mixing Tanks (Dispersers) | Modular Paste Tanks |
| Main Letdowns Tanks | Resin Bund |
| Main Tinting Tanks | High Build Mixers |
Inputs
- URS and P&IDS
- Reference Documents and backups from previously executed from projects
- Engineering Drawings
Project Scope
- Development of PLC Application Code for 8 sections
- SCADA Application development (Graphics, Alarms, Tags & Message files)
- Recipe development using I-Batch
- Section Wise Batch Master Recipes
- Integrated Testing
- Commissioning
Systems and Tools
- SIMATIC S7- 400
- SIMATIC S7-1500
- STEP 7
- Siemens TIA Portal
- GE iFIX
- GE iBatch