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Case Study on BASF, at Sanders Arizona
Client:
 Outotec (Jacksonville), Physical Separation technologies is a strategic partner of IRITRON. IRITRON did the engineering, instrumentation design and automation on this fracturing sands project in Sanders, Arizona.
Plant:
 Engelhard, which was taken over by BASF during the project.
Location:
 Sanders, Arizona, USA
Duration:
 The engineering and design phases were performed in South Africa and took four months to complete. Panel manufacturing, testing and shipping to Sanders took two months. Installation management and commissioning took four months.

 

Introduction:

IRITRON did the automation (electrical, instrumentation and control system) for wet separation and drying and screening plants on a frac sands production facility. Frac sand is sand that is pumped into an oil well during a process called fracturing as a compound to enhance the drilling.

What was our brief for this project?

To design and engineer the motor control centre, field instrumentation and control system, the supply of instrumentation and control system as well as the installation, construction supervision and commissioning.

Which solution did we propose?

1.Rockwell-Allen Bradley RSLogix5000 PLC system, hardwired to a Cutler Hammer MCC, FlexLogix Remote I/O for field instrumentation.
2.Wonderware ArchestrA platform 2.1, Application Server, and Historian

What value did we add for the client?

IRITRON’s extensive automation experience in the mining environment and prior exposure to Outotec Physical Separation equipment on sand projects made
communication so much quicker which helped to expedite the project.

What was special about this project?

It was the first time that IRITRON worked with ArchestrA

 

 

  

Which team did this project within IRITRON?

Jurie Conje did the instrumentation design and built the control system panels. PLC software was done by Danie Smit. Johan Joubert and Jaco van Staden did the ArchestrA portion and Danie Smit did the installation management and commissioning on site in Arizona.

Who was the Team Leader?

Alwyn Rautenbach

Where did the challenge lie?

ArchestrA was a challenge to implement and posed a steep learning curve. It was a challenge to make sure the panels were exported in the right way and did not get delayed in customs. Working with a time difference also posed some unique problems.