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Honeywell Helps Carvajal Pulp and Paper Drive Smart Operations

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Process Analytics Automation & Control - Distributed Control Systems Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Sensors - Pressure Sensors Sensors - Temperature Sensors Sensors - Utility Meters
Applicable Industries	Paper & Pulp
Applicable Functions	Process Manufacturing
Use Cases	Factory Operations Visibility & Intelligence
Challenge	Carvajal Pulp and Paper was challenged to lower its Manufacturing Costs to become more competitive. This reflected in the needs to gain more control over energy costs, chemical costs, and production losses. Read More
About Customer	Carvajal Pulp and Paper (formerly Propal) is part of the Carvajal S.A. Group, a privately owned company established in 1904 and headquartered in Cali, Colombia, with over 20,000 employees and annual revenues of over US$ 1.7 billion from seven sectors and Read More
Customer Name	Carvajal Pulp and Paper Read More
Solution	Carvajal Pulp and Paper engaged with Honeywell's consultants to work on the company's challenges and needs; Honeywell began engineering a flexible, vendor-independent solution to integrate Carvajal Pulp and Paper's plant floors with its entire enterprise. Honeywell presented a comprehensive solution to achieve Carvajal Pulp and Paper's vision of Smart Operations. The solution makes the best use of the company's process and information technology investments. It complemented existing systems such as ABB Distributed Control System (DCS) and Quality Control System (QCS), Honeywell OptiVision (MES) and SAP (ERP). Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Energy Cost Per Unit, Machine Performance, Speed, Temperature, Throughput Per Plant Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Process Analytics

Automation & Control - Distributed Control Systems

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Sensors - Pressure Sensors

Sensors - Temperature Sensors

Sensors - Utility Meters

Applicable Industries

Paper & Pulp

Applicable Functions

Process Manufacturing

Use Cases

Factory Operations Visibility & Intelligence

Challenge

Carvajal Pulp and Paper was challenged to lower its Manufacturing Costs to become more competitive. This reflected in the needs to gain more control over energy costs, chemical costs, and production losses.

About Customer

Carvajal Pulp and Paper (formerly Propal) is part of the Carvajal S.A. Group, a privately owned company established in 1904 and headquartered in Cali, Colombia, with over 20,000 employees and annual revenues of over US$ 1.7 billion from seven sectors and

Customer Name

Carvajal Pulp and Paper

Solution

Carvajal Pulp and Paper engaged with Honeywell's consultants to work on the company's challenges and needs; Honeywell began engineering a flexible, vendor-independent solution to integrate Carvajal Pulp and Paper's plant floors with its entire enterprise. Honeywell presented a comprehensive solution to achieve Carvajal Pulp and Paper's vision of Smart Operations.

The solution makes the best use of the company's process and information technology investments. It complemented existing systems such as ABB Distributed Control System (DCS) and Quality Control System (QCS), Honeywell OptiVision (MES) and SAP (ERP).

Data Collected

Energy Cost Per Unit, Machine Performance, Speed, Temperature, Throughput Per Plant

Impact #1	A detection of large steam temperature fluctuations on a paper machine's drying section, which affected product quality over an extended period.
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Issue Response] Immediate resolution of frequent variations of amperage and speed in the press section.

Impact #1

A detection of large steam temperature fluctuations on a paper machine's drying section, which affected product quality over an extended period.

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Issue Response]
Immediate resolution of frequent variations of amperage and speed in the press section.

Benefit #1	25% - 30% downtime reduction on paper machines.
Benefit #2	3% reduction in rejects per run.

Benefit #1

25% - 30% downtime reduction on paper machines.

Benefit #2

3% reduction in rejects per run.

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Honeywell Helps Carvajal Pulp and Paper Drive Smart Operations

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