APPLICATION Bauxite to Alumina Refining. CUSTOMER Alcan Gove, Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia and Alcan Engineering, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, wholly owned subsidiary of Alcan International, a world leader in bauxite and alumina. CHALLENGE The scope of the expansion project (G3) included 6,600 FOUNDATION fieldbus devices, 1,100 Profibus DP devices, 510 control/on-off /motorized valves, 275 variable speed drives, 15 new substations with HV/LV protection & interlocks with 100 Profibus DP devices and 3,000 conventional devices contained within large process facilities to increase the production of alumina from 2.2 to 3.8 million tons per annum. The project had a very aggressive execution schedule with severe restriction on the number of on-site construction workforce. Alc

Join for free to read