Illovo Sugar Africa
AVEVA PI System sweetens the production process at Illovo Sugar Africa
Before implementing AVEVA PI System, Illovo had little reliable data about what went wrong in the machines. AVEVA PI System helped the company understand what was going wrong and improve overall equipment effectiveness in just a few short months.
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Goals
- Create a real-time reporting system to track the performance of 49 packing machines across five sites in three countries.
- Variance in form fill and seal packing machines led to inconsistent product weights.
Solutions
- AVEVA PI System
- AVEVA PI DataLink
- AVEVA PI Vision
Results
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50% improvement in performance
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25% improvement in availability
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30% improvement in OEE in three months
He is talking about the project
“Those templates ensure that common changes can be cascaded through a number of elements – 49 of them, in this case – very quickly.”
Lloyd Melrose
Group Control and Instrumentation Engineer, Illovo Sugar Africa
“Asset optimization is possible at minimal cost with basic technical skill using AVEVA PI System infrastructure.”
Lloyd Melrose
Group Control and Instrumentation Engineer, Illovo Sugar Africa
“As a result of the information being accurate and contextualized, and given to the right people at the right time, [AVEVA PI System] enabled improvement to happen really quickly,”
Lloyd Melrose
Group Control and Instrumentation Engineer, Illovo Sugar Africa
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