Automation system
September 1st 2004 ABB’s recently enhanced automation system, System 800xA, has been bought by OM Group, producer of cobalt and nickel, for its Manchester facility.
It will be used for batch management of a range of speciality chemicals, including cobalt and will control the reactors on the main production unit as well as controlling sequencing of various stages of the process.
System 800xA has 880 I/O points and replaces a 20 year old Kent P4000 system. Ernie Sidebotham of ABB comments “The ability to take OMG’s existing P4000 and apply our Industrial IT solution directly, saved the company having to re-write specifications, thereby saving costs.
Key to this batch control application is ABB’s redundant batch management solution. This is a recipe management, batch and procedural control software package for production management and is fully integrated with the 800xA system through to the production management displays and batch reporting facilities.
It provides the flexibility, speed and control needed to respond to increasing production demands, while reducing life cycle costs and production downtime. More articles from ABB Limited: | 
