Market and the macroeconomic environment changes often dictate changes to business strategy which inevitably affect the manufacturing process. An agile and open process information and reporting infrastructure with well understood and simple configuration tools is often required in order to align the manufacturing process to meet these demands. This presentation focuses on an in-house developed software solution used to enable asset optimization in a Sugar Factory Packing Station using OEE proving that asset optimization is possible at minimal cost and with basic technical skill using the PI System infrastructure.
Speaker
Lloyd Melrose
Current Job Title:
Group C&I Engineer – Illovo Sugar Africa (Pty) Ltd
Previous jobs - Company:
C&I Specialist – Illovo Sugar Ltd
C&I Engineer – Illovo Sugar Ltd
Instrument Technician – Durban Fibres (Hosaf)
Education - College:
BTech Electronic Engineering – Durban University of Technology
Areas of experience:
Instrumentation
Process Control
Distributed Control Systems
Process Automation
Project Management
Management Information Systems (MIS)
PI System Exposure:
PI Server
PI interfaces: OPC, RDBMS, UFL
PI ACE
PI AF, Notifications, Analytics, Event Frames
PI Datalink, PI ProcessBook
PI Coresight