Case Studies
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PROFIBUS is used in more than 500,000 applications to solve all kinds of automation challenges in manufacturing and process control.
Below are a number of application reports which show how PROFIBUS can be used to resolve an automation task. These examples clearly demonstrate the benefits of PROFIBUS in comparison with traditional technology.
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OIL TERMINAL (BRAZIL) OIL TERMINAL (BRAZIL)
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PAINT (AUSTRALIA) PAINT (AUSTRALIA)
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Engine Assembly (UK) Engine Assembly (UK)
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PROFIBUS full Automation solution in Alvorada do Bebedouro Sugar and Alcohol (Brazil) Alvorada do Bebedouro Sugar and Alcohol Unit, located in the municipality of Guaranésia, Minas Gerais state in Brazil, started this year the production of VHP (Very High Polarization) sugar, a raw mat...
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Successful Bit by Bit (Germany) Successful Bit by Bit
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PROFIBUS DP and TWK-encoders control blow-moulding machines (Germany) Round and square shaped PET-bottles as well as more complex and asymmetric containers can be produced by seven different types of ADS blow-moulding machines.
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Sugar plant benefits from integrated process automation using PROFIBUS (Turkey) Sugar plant benefits from integrated process automation using PROFIBUS
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Coffee Plant (Brazil) Cia. Iguaçu is one of the largest Brazilian exporters of soluble coffees and offers a complete line of coffees. The PROFIBUS technology was chosen to improve the production and the quality of the proc...
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PROFIBUS Provides Higher Line Speeds for French Fry Carton Maker (USA) John Young, Chief engineer from Roberts PolyPro, liked what he saw at the PTO PROFIBUS seminar he attended at Control Corporation of America (CCA). He just needed an opportunity to use it on a real ma...
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Boston's Logan (USA) The USA's first airport to have computerized airfield lighting uses PROFIBUS communications. Boston's Logan, established in 1923, has always been an airport of 'firsts'. Recent upgrades make use of la...
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BASF paints with PROFIBUS (Brazil) BASF plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil − A history of success in PROFIBUS BASF−Glassurit has recently completed an extension to its factory for pigments and painting produ...
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Brewing (Paraguay) Cervepar is a Beer Company from Paraguay located in Assunción City, South America. PROFIBUS PA devices from smar (21 FP303-Profibus PA to pressure converter, 4 FI303-Profibus PA to current converter a...
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Water Corporation fulfils automation vision with PROFIBUS (Australia) The new AU$28 million Water Corporation owned Kwinana Water Reclamation Plant (KWRP) is not only Australia's largest municipal wastewater reuse plant, but also the site of the country's most comprehen...
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Baggage Handling System (BHS) at Marco Polo Airport VENICE (Italy) With an overall investment reaching 110 Mio. Euros, the new airport of Venice now boasts the kind of superior efficiency that will make it the unrivalled hub for air travel across North-east Europe.
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"Plug and Play" - PROFINET in action at VW Wolfsburg (Germany) "Plug and Play" − Modular automation technology in the automobile industry Following the successful trial of PROFINET at the technical training facility of the Dürr company, the f...
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Comestible Oil Refinery with PROFIBUS PA (Brazil) With more than 200 field devices, Cocamar has one of the largest PROFIBUS PA installations in Brazil, says Cesar Cassiolato from smar. Cocamar, one of most important comestible oil refineries...
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Heidelberg Web Systems (USA) Heidelberg Web Systems: Precisions Print Precisely A manufacturing company for over 150 years, Heidelberg introduced its first printing press with an automatic sheet feed and delivery system in 191...
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Performance Improvements in Alcohol and Sugar Production Processes (Brazil) Maracaj Sugar & Alcohol Mill, part of the Nova America Group, has recently commissioned a full automation solution to achieve performance improvements in their alcohol and sugar production processes. ...
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Iron Ore Production Plant (Brazil) The Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) is one the world biggest company in production and exportation of iron ore. The Cauê plant provides 20 millions of ton of natural ore per year. During the second...
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Lime Production with PROFIBUS PA (Brazil) ICAL, located in São José da Lapa city in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, and one of most important lime factory of South America, has one of most advanced world technology in grit, natural lime and hydra...
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Frisian drinking-water filtered with PROFIBUS (Netherlands) Frisian drinking-water filtered with PROFIBUS Every year Nuon Water pumps more than 10 million cubic metres of water from the ground in Noordbergum, Friesland, the Netherlands. However this water n...
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Cosmetics Production at Beiersdorf (Germany) Beiersdorf produces brand name articles, and is a globally-active company. It most famous brands are Nivea, Hansaplast and Tesa. These innovative brands are recognized world-wide, and represent the co...
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Largest Phthalic Anhydride Producer of Latin America uses PROFIBUS PA (Brazil) PETROM, located in Mogi das Cruzes City, in Sao Paulo State, employs 190 workers approximately and with the new investments the plant will have an annual production capacity of Phthalic Anhydride of 8...
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Water Treatment Station with PROFIBUS PA (Brazil) During May, SANEPAR, a company for sanitation and water treatment inaugurated the Iraí Water Treatment Station, a new water treatment station located in Curitiba city. This station provides 4000 l/s o...
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CSI opts for modular construction (Netherlands) CSI opts for modular construction of palletizers with PROFIBUS The CSi mechanical engineering company of Raamsdonksveer, the Netherlands, supplies palletizers constructed in accordance with a modul...
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Coal Mining at Blue Creek Mine, Brookwood (USA) The automated control system for transporting coal from deep underground mining operations requires a fast, reliable communications bus.
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The fieldbus is finding its wings (Germany) The first experiences at a pharmaceutical plant of Aventis Aventis Pharma Deutschland of the sanofi-aventis Group is constructing two new production lines, based on fieldbus technology, for tw...
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Standardized automation of a Vitamin E production plant with PROFIBUS (Switzerland) Diagnosing Fieldbus Devices−PROFIBUS PA Paves the Way to Event-Controlled Maintenance Process engineering production plants are heterogeneous in many respects: complex field devices of very dif...
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Deliveries from Bloemenveiling Flora flower auctions (Netherlands) Deliveries from Bloemenveiling Flora flower auctions now even faster The Bloemenveiling Flora flower auctions in Rijnsburg, the Netherlands, is one of the world's major nodes in the international flo...
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PROFIBUS Technology Proves Its Worth (Germany) Reactor redevelopment at WACKER Burghausen benefits from PROFIBUS PA Process engineering plants which already have 25 or more years of operation behind them are due for a revamp of their measuremen...
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Schultheiss Brewery (Germany) Efficiently Cabled − Berlin Schultheiss Brewery Automated with PROFIBUS PA This article provides a general presentation of the commercial and technical benefits that are leading to increasing...
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Paper Production at Australian Newsprint Mills (Australia) In Albury, PROFIBUS is used in a paper production line at the Australian Newsprint mills (AMN). AMN is the largest newspaper quality paper manufacturer in Australia, producing more than 75% of the pap...
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Tire assembly at FORD, Genk (Belgium) PROFIBUS DP supports the efficient and cost-effective manufacture of cars at Ford's factory in Genk, Belgium.
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CD and Video Distribution at Valley Record Distributors of Woodland (USA) Valley Record Distributors of Woodland, California is one of the nation's largest, full-service wholesale distributors of pre-recorded music and video in the United States. Their customers consist of...
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PROFIBUS from the Outset at Merck KGaA (Germany) A success story from the field of process engineering Initial Situation The Gernsheim site of Merck KGaA produces, amongst other things, pearl lustre pigments, that are used as admixtures for a...
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PROFIBUS monitors polluted sludge stored (Netherlands) PROFIBUS monitors polluted sludge stored on the IJsseloog island A special island in the Ketelmeer lake (Netherlands) between the Noordoostpolder and Flevoland polders constructed by the Directorat...
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Pump Assembly Line at GRUNDFOS (Denmark) The Danish company GRUNDFOS is one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality pumps and associated management and control systems. Their German office, which has its own Development, Production and ...
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Cooling Equipment for the Food Industry at BOC Gases (United Kingdom) The Equipment Development Division of BOC Gases, UK makes industrial systems for food processing based on the use of cryogenic gases.
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Advance instrumentation network control system (USA) J.A.M.E.S. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL CENTER The Joint Abbotsford Mission Environmental System (J.A.M.E.S.) water pollution control center is currently implementing a Stage VI expansion program that i...
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DSM Fine Chemicals' new pilot plant (Netherlands) DSM Fine Chemicals' new pilot plant controlled with PROFIBUS New medicines, or life-science-products, are assigned a high priority on the agenda of the European pharmaceutical industry. One company wh...
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Book binding at Wohlenberg Buchbindesysteme (Germany) The Wohlenberg Buchbindesysteme company is considered to be the inventor of adhesive book binding, also called "perfect binding". Modern perfect binding systems can bind up to around 7,000 b...
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Menthol Column at Krems Chemie (Austria) The Austrian Krems Chemie was founded as a small enterprise in 1948 by a group of ambitious entrepreneurs. In 1998, the company celebrated its 50th anniversary as a company of international stature. T...
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Johnny Walker Bottling Plant at United Destillers (Scotland) Johnny Walker, the world's leading Scotch whisky, is bottled at United Distillers packaging site at Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, Scotland. Following a recent upgrade project undertaken by Scomagg Ltd from ...
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Coffee Production at Darboven Kaffee (Germany) The J.J. Darboven Kaffee Company in Hamburg is one of the best known coffee roasters in Germany. The Hamburg factory roasts and packs coffee for such well known makes such as Idee Kaffee and Möve...
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Ice-Cream Production at Tai Chang Wall`s Ice Cream Factory (China) The Tai Chang Wall's Ice Cream factory (in China it is called He Lu Xue) is producing different kinds of ice cream for the Chinese market. The factory is a subsidiary of the united Li Hua Company. The...
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Coca-Cola Bottling Plant at HM Interdrink (Germany) The chemist John S. Pemberton invented a new "medicine" called Coca-Cola in 1886. The consumption of Coca-Cola has increased steadily since then - more than 450 million soft drinks from Coca...
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Production of Rolled Sheet Steel at Sidor in Caracas (Venezuela) Venezuela has large reserves of iron ore and iron, and steel production is one of the most important industries. The Sidor steelworks in the capital city of Caracas produces thousands of tons of sheet...
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Fiberboard Production at Odenwald Faserplattenwerk (Germany) Odenwald Fiberboard Production Facilities have worldwide market leadership as a producer of ceiling paneling systems. The large majority of these ceiling panels is mounted in supermarkets, office buil...
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Overhead Conveyor System at Miele (Germany) It is not generally known that alongside its "white goods", such as refrigerators, dishwashers and washing machines, Gütersloh-based Miele & Co., Germany, has developed its own manufact...
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Oil Blending at Shell (Germany) Shell's oil blending plant in Hamburg produces more than 350,000 tons a year of a wide range of oil-based products and is the largest Shell plant of its type worldwide.
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Copper Mining at Palabora Copper Mine (South Africa) The Palabora copper mine in South Africa is one of the largest copper mines in the world. When open cast copper mining first started there in 1966, the original estimate of the mine's lifetime was onl...
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Cigarette Production at Reynolds Tobacco (USA) A good example of the way in which field devices and actuators/sensors work smoothly together can be seen at the Reynolds Tobacco plant in Trier, Germany, where this is achieved through interaction be...
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Automobile Production at OPEL, Bochum (Gemany) The Bochum production line of the Adam Opel AG in Germany is one of the most modern production plants of the European automobile industry. Twelve-hundred Opel Astra cars roll off the production line e...
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Glue Production at Wacker Chemie (Germany) The world's first real IEC 1158-2 compliant fieldbus installation with certified field devices operating in Ex Zone 1 environments with power on the bus has been installed successfully at Wacker Chemi...
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Beer Brewing at Bitburger Brauerei (Germany) IEC 1158-2 PROFIBUS-PA controls filtering/fermentation plant The famous Bitburger brewery in Bitburg, Germany, has chosen H1 PROFIBUS-PA for the automation of a new plant, where, each day 200,000 bot...
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Australia: Open Cast Mining Australia: Open Cast Mining
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