The German company Stankiewicz GmbH is a producer of soundproofing materials used in automotive industry and is known world-wide. Its production plants are located in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Belgium and one in the United States of America. The production plant in the U.S. is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The Spartanburg plant produces soundproofing materials for BMW vehicles intended for the U.S. market.
The Reliance SCADA/HMI system was installed to provide reliable monitoring and control of the Stankiewicz production plant in the USA. The new system provides control of the production line manufacturing soundproofing materials for BMW vehicles. The Czech company Lamal s.r.o. was responsible for installing the control system in this production plant.
The Reliance system provides complete control and visualization of all the production systems. Reliance also controls efficiency and consumption of all raw materials from processing.
Turntable machine
Implementation of the new control system was divided into two phases. In the first phase, systems for production of soundproofing materials were installed. The main reason the new control system was implemented is very simple- increase the efficiency and decrease the consumption of the whole production line.
The obtained data is used by the company‘s management for increasing production efficiency.
The new system also provides the Efficiency Information System. This system keeps the workers and company management informed about production efficiency. The company's management is kept aware of production efficiency via warning messages (SMS or e-mail).
The warning messages are automatically sent to management's cell phones or e-mails when production efficiency falls below certain limits.
During the second phase, the control system for monitoring of process oil tanks was implemented. Reliance monitors the levels of process oil in the tanks.
Process oil tanks
Production line efficiency
Country
USA
Name
Control and visualization system of the production line manufacturing soundproofing materials for BMW vehicles
Implemented by
Lamal s.r.o.
Date
2008
Control System
5x PLC Siemens S7-300
Software
1x Reliance 3 Runtime Server with 1,000 data points
8x Reliance 3 Runtime Control with 1,000 data points
1x Reliance J
1x SMS Driver
