Plant & Works Engineering April 2022

Focus on: Preventative Maintenance Maintenance Matters providers build functionality focused on the specific area or department using the system and so are functionally richer and require less configuration or development to make them work. Because Best of Breed Solutions have more depth of functionality there is less need for development, less cost, faster implementation, and more flexibility around how to implement. Because they involve fewer stakeholders and are highly specialised, best-of-breed systems will have less training and implementation requirements, making them an excellent fit for maintenance teams that need immediate return on investment, without having to wait for a lengthy implementation. Because they are narrower in scope, best-of-breed solutions generally deliver a user experience that is tailored to primary user needs and preferences, making them intuitive to learn and easy to use. Best-of-breed solutions have much lower implementation and start-up costs, meaning the risk of getting locked into a system that doesn’t work is much lower. A fully integrated ‘smart manufacturing’ solution gives manufacturing organisations the ability to gain more efficiency, utilisation, returns on Capex investments and improved product quality from their manufacturing facilities, enabling key operations to communicate in real-time and exchange relevant information. Using the PEMAC REST API, several of PEMAC’s client have already successfully implemented integrated “smart manufacturing” solutions to deliver real-time, accurate, and actionable information. CMMS and ERP is one of the more typical systems integrations, maximising the Financial and Budget Control in the ERP Solution but provide Engineering with a Tool to manage Engineering Spares and Demand based on Preventative Maintenance programme. Many of PEMAC’s clients, says Davis, have integrated CMMS with their ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution to maximise the Financial and Budget Control in the ERP Solution but also provide Engineering with a Tool to manage Engineering Spares and Demand based on a Preventative Maintenance programme. MES (Manufacturing Executions System) is another typical CMMS integration. Rottapharm (now Viatris), was able to adopt a usage-based maintenance programme by feeding machine run-time data from the PEMAC Assets CMMS through to its Barco MES. At the end of each shift, every Rottapharm machine sent PEMAC it’s run time hours allowing work to be scheduled efficiently. By linking its machine data to PEMAC’s CMMS in this way, Rottapharm ensured that all issues were logged and investigated, creating a true understanding of machine performance. This in turn, reduced data handling and administration, eliminating 54% of Rottapharm’s preventative maintenance routines, 75% of its engineering time, and 50% of its maintenance cost. Another example is an IIoT (industrial Internet of Things) integration. Leveraging the PEMAC API, Smurfit Kappa, retrospectively added PLC monitoring to their Equipment bridging the gap between their physical plant and CMMS. Through PEMAC’s API, the client could quickly and seamlessly integrate its PEMAC CMMS with its Siemens Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). This created critical alarms to trigger maintenance intervention, the result being a complete understanding of all Machine Faults, and Instant Reporting. With outputs from 160 to 480 kg/h, our all-new Classic builds on the successes of Fulton’s 70-year boiler manufacturing history to deliver a steam boiler that is engineered to meet our customers’ requirements. Classic boilers use proven technology to deliver steam economically and with full output from a cold start within 20 minutes, while maintaining the rugged, robust and reliable opera琀on expected from a Fulton heat transfer solu琀on. INTRODUCING CLASSIC To find out more about our all-new Classic steam boiler visit www.fulton.co.uk , email sales@fulton.co.uk or call +44 (0)117 972 3322 . BUILDING ON OUR 70-YEAR BOILER MANUFACTURING HISTORY Improving life through heat transfer solu琀ons