GPA helps NC paper mill automate control systems
August 8, 2017- GPA announced the successful completion of a legacy DCS migration to Rockwell’s PlantPAX control system platform at the International Paper facility located in Riegelwood, North Carolina.
The control system migration of the mill’s Flakt Dryer machine from a mixture of legacy ABB MOD300 and Allen Bradley PLC’s to PlantPAX was the fifth PlantPAX control system installed by GPA in the Pulp & Paper industry specifically. GPA control experts performed a full spectrum of tasks for the project, including project estimation, project management, network, control system and cabinet design, functional specification documentation, programming, testing, as well as startup and commissioning services.
By converting to Rockwell’s PlantPAX platform, IP gained a familiar automation platform that has already improved system reliability, reduced troubleshooting time, and provided quicker operator response through the use of high performance HMI standards, HMI level troubleshooting tools including “point and click” interlock and control function navigation, and alarming improvements using alarm rationalization.
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