AVEVA (Schneider Electric) Case Studies Wonderware and SITAM Increase Plant Treatment Productivity with the FROGSS Project

	Wonderware and SITAM Increase Plant Treatment Productivity with the FROGSS Project AVEVA (Schneider Electric)

Wonderware and SITAM Increase Plant Treatment Productivity with the FROGSS Project

AVEVA (Schneider Electric)

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
Applicable Industries	Chemicals
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization Track & Trace of Assets
Services	System Integration Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, is a leading innovator in the fields of crop protection, nonagricultural pest management, seeds and plant biotechnologies. The company has invested nearly 10 million euro at La Dargoire over the last two years to provide the existing laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment. The Biology department has benefitted from this investment with the creation of a new, fully-robotized system for large-scale testing of the effectiveness of new molecules on plant diseases. The FROGSS (Fungicide Rotating Greenhouse Spraying System) project was born. Its functional scope concerning the steering monitoring solution remains to be defined. The company requested a tool that was able to change easily according to needs identified during the course of the project, without jeopardizing what already existed. Their options were quickly narrowed to a Wonderware solution which offered a modular and open architecture based on market standards. Read More
About Customer	Bayer CropScience AG is a subsidiary of Bayer AG, an international group with core businesses in the health, nutrition and high-performance materials sectors. With annual sales figures of about 6.4 billion euro (2008), Bayer CropScience is leading the way in worldwide innovation in the fields of crop protection, nonagricultural pest management, seeds and plant biotechnologies. The company offers an extensive range of complementary products and services for modern and sustainable agriculture, as well as solutions for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has invested nearly 10 million euro at La Dargoire over the last two years in order to provide the existing laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment. The Biology department has benefitted from this investment with the creation of a new, fully-robotized system for large-scale testing of the effectiveness of new molecules on plant diseases. Read More
Solution	The FROGSS project automates several processes including spraying of plant sets from a loading zone, drying of sprayed solutions in a drying tunnel, classification of plants, by disease, in trolleys, washing and storing of the sets used in a storage zone, transporting of sets to the various zones mentioned above, and identification of treated sets and pots. The sequencing of all of these treatments is called a “Run.” This automation process implements several elements: computers, automatic devices, conveyors, robotic arms, a LiquidHandler, trolleys, carts, doors, valves, cylinders, nozzles, elevators, lifts, shafts, motors, pumps, cells, barcode readers and DataMatrix code and readers. In addition to automating the process, traceability is accomplished throughout the entire installation from taking the set, to arranging the pots, including spraying. The IT architecture is built around a Wonderware solution that interfaces with the Bayer CropScience management system (BCS). The solution, developed with the Wonderware InTouch HMI (Human Machine Interface) and Wonderware Historian allows the following functions to be provided: Representation of the process structured in the form of block diagrams, Real-time acquisition of process parameters, Visualization of safety elements, Acquisition of safety data, Alarm management, Recording and sorting of past events or alarms and for those currently in progress, Management of manufacturing program parameters, Configuration for the “Run”, Traceability management, Exchanges with the BCS system. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries

Applicable Industries

Chemicals

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Track & Trace of Assets

Services

System Integration

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, is a leading innovator in the fields of crop protection, nonagricultural pest management, seeds and plant biotechnologies. The company has invested nearly 10 million euro at La Dargoire over the last two years to provide the existing laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment. The Biology department has benefitted from this investment with the creation of a new, fully-robotized system for large-scale testing of the effectiveness of new molecules on plant diseases. The FROGSS (Fungicide Rotating Greenhouse Spraying System) project was born. Its functional scope concerning the steering monitoring solution remains to be defined. The company requested a tool that was able to change easily according to needs identified during the course of the project, without jeopardizing what already existed. Their options were quickly narrowed to a Wonderware solution which offered a modular and open architecture based on market standards.

About Customer

Bayer CropScience AG is a subsidiary of Bayer AG, an international group with core businesses in the health, nutrition and high-performance materials sectors. With annual sales figures of about 6.4 billion euro (2008), Bayer CropScience is leading the way in worldwide innovation in the fields of crop protection, nonagricultural pest management, seeds and plant biotechnologies. The company offers an extensive range of complementary products and services for modern and sustainable agriculture, as well as solutions for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has invested nearly 10 million euro at La Dargoire over the last two years in order to provide the existing laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment. The Biology department has benefitted from this investment with the creation of a new, fully-robotized system for large-scale testing of the effectiveness of new molecules on plant diseases.

Solution

The FROGSS project automates several processes including spraying of plant sets from a loading zone, drying of sprayed solutions in a drying tunnel, classification of plants, by disease, in trolleys, washing and storing of the sets used in a storage zone, transporting of sets to the various zones mentioned above, and identification of treated sets and pots. The sequencing of all of these treatments is called a “Run.” This automation process implements several elements: computers, automatic devices, conveyors, robotic arms, a LiquidHandler, trolleys, carts, doors, valves, cylinders, nozzles, elevators, lifts, shafts, motors, pumps, cells, barcode readers and DataMatrix code and readers. In addition to automating the process, traceability is accomplished throughout the entire installation from taking the set, to arranging the pots, including spraying. The IT architecture is built around a Wonderware solution that interfaces with the Bayer CropScience management system (BCS). The solution, developed with the Wonderware InTouch HMI (Human Machine Interface) and Wonderware Historian allows the following functions to be provided: Representation of the process structured in the form of block diagrams, Real-time acquisition of process parameters, Visualization of safety elements, Acquisition of safety data, Alarm management, Recording and sorting of past events or alarms and for those currently in progress, Management of manufacturing program parameters, Configuration for the “Run”, Traceability management, Exchanges with the BCS system.

Impact #1	Complied with all priorities and deadlines for implementing and deploying the solution
Impact #2	Cost of the solution was controlled thanks to the stringency of the SITAM management processes
Impact #3	Quick familiarization with the system

Impact #1

Complied with all priorities and deadlines for implementing and deploying the solution

Impact #2

Cost of the solution was controlled thanks to the stringency of the SITAM management processes

Impact #3

Quick familiarization with the system

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Wonderware and SITAM Increase Plant Treatment Productivity with the FROGSS Project

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