Indonesia/Chile: Loesche Automation has been awarded contracts for building cement mills in Indonesia and Chile.
In Indonesia PT Semen Baturaja (Persero), Palembang have placed an order for an LM46.2+2 C/S vertical mill and awarded Loesche Automation the contract for the electronic and automation engineering. The company is to deliver virtually all the equipment, from the automotive engineering to the software engineering and visualisation.
The medium voltage switching system and main drives have been supplied, as have the MCCs and low voltage main distribution. The order also covers the necessary I/O cabinets and the instrumentation and process control circuits based on Loesche Automation Basic and Detail Engineering.
In Chile Hormigones Transex Ltda, Santiago awarded the contract for a LM46.2+2C/S cement mill in Puente Alto to Loesche GmbH. Loesche Automation has been charged with providing the electronic and automation engineering for this mill.
The contract covers the delivery of the mid-voltage switching system and main drives, the low-voltage main distribution with MCCs and the supply of automation components with software engineering and visualisation. The project also included the basic and detailed engineering, the necessary I/O cabinets and the instrumentation of the process control circuits.
For both projects the software engineering is specially tailored to the requirements of the plant using Loesche solutions. In order to ensure that all of the processes run smoothly, Loesche Automation is responsible for project management, commissioning and monitoring. At the same time, Loesche Automation will carry out training services. The components are due to be delivered in May 2012 and commissioning is scheduled for March 2013.
