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ABB Foundry Group Customer Success Story

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
Applicable Industries	Metals
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Machine Condition Monitoring Predictive Maintenance Process Control & Optimization
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	ABB Foundry Group needed a solution to monitor and control the melting process in their foundries. They required a system that could handle connectivity to multiple devices from a single Windows-based server. The system needed to connect to temperature measurement devices, analyzers, and spectrometers, and offer a variety of operational reports. The system also needed to be quick-to-learn, easy-to-use, controller (PLC) independent, support multiple languages, and work with different unit systems. The system was to be configured to individual foundry requirements and operations. Read More
About Customer	The ABB Foundry Group in New Berlin, WI is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs around 115,000 people worldwide. The ABB Foundry Group has designed their eMelt product around ICONICS GENESIS32 software. This product is an MMI, SCADA, and MES global solution for ABB’s Foundry segment. It provides the monitoring and controlling of foundry processes for as many as four furnaces. Read More
Solution	ABB Foundry Group implemented the eMelt foundry system, based on GENESIS32, which was designed by the ABB Foundry Group. Thermocouples, a type of spectrometer, are connected to the ABB Digital Inter Control Unit (DICO). This DICO then interfaces to GENESIS32 for operators to monitor and control the melting process. The GENESIS32 application is also communicating via OPC to a Modicon PLC as well as PLC5 and ControlLogix hardware from Allen Bradley. All data is logged to Microsoft Access via ADO and Visual Basic. Microsoft Visual Studio and Office is also used in conjunction with this system running on the Windows 2000 operating system. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries

Applicable Industries

Metals

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Machine Condition Monitoring

Predictive Maintenance

Process Control & Optimization

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

ABB Foundry Group needed a solution to monitor and control the melting process in their foundries. They required a system that could handle connectivity to multiple devices from a single Windows-based server. The system needed to connect to temperature measurement devices, analyzers, and spectrometers, and offer a variety of operational reports. The system also needed to be quick-to-learn, easy-to-use, controller (PLC) independent, support multiple languages, and work with different unit systems. The system was to be configured to individual foundry requirements and operations.

About Customer

The ABB Foundry Group in New Berlin, WI is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs around 115,000 people worldwide. The ABB Foundry Group has designed their eMelt product around ICONICS GENESIS32 software. This product is an MMI, SCADA, and MES global solution for ABB’s Foundry segment. It provides the monitoring and controlling of foundry processes for as many as four furnaces.

Solution

ABB Foundry Group implemented the eMelt foundry system, based on GENESIS32, which was designed by the ABB Foundry Group. Thermocouples, a type of spectrometer, are connected to the ABB Digital Inter Control Unit (DICO). This DICO then interfaces to GENESIS32 for operators to monitor and control the melting process. The GENESIS32 application is also communicating via OPC to a Modicon PLC as well as PLC5 and ControlLogix hardware from Allen Bradley. All data is logged to Microsoft Access via ADO and Visual Basic. Microsoft Visual Studio and Office is also used in conjunction with this system running on the Windows 2000 operating system.

Impact #1	ABB was able to get their foundry monitoring and control product (eMelt) to market quickly and cost effectively by partnering with ICONICS.
Impact #2	The eMelt project is key to ABB’s success in foundry applications.
Impact #3	The project is a global solution and will be joining ABB’s Industrial IT family.

Impact #1

ABB was able to get their foundry monitoring and control product (eMelt) to market quickly and cost effectively by partnering with ICONICS.

Impact #2

The eMelt project is key to ABB’s success in foundry applications.

Impact #3

The project is a global solution and will be joining ABB’s Industrial IT family.

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ABB Foundry Group Customer Success Story

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