Gold Fields orders ABB integrated power and automation system for Chilean project.
ENPNewswire-September 29, 2021--Gold Fields orders ABB integrated power and automation system for Chilean project
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Release date- 28092021 - ABB digital solution helps to overcome remote location and climatic instability challenges at the USD 834m Salares Norte mining project in the Atacama Desert.
Suite of process and power controls, all under ABB Ability System 800xA, will modernize mining and showcase the benefits of digital transformation
Dynamic process simulator to enable realistic operator training
Global technology leader ABB is to provide six electrical rooms plus an integrated digital system solution based on ABB Ability 800xA distributed control system (DCS) to Gold Fields' Salares Norte mining project in a remote region of northern Chile.
The open-pit gold-silver mine project by the South African mining company is located in the Atacama Desert amongst the highest peaks of the Andes mountain range. It is 1,300km from the Chilean capital Santiago and has elevations between 4,200m and 4,900m.
ABB will deliver a common platform for process and power control using ABB Ability System 800xA, Power and Process Control Library, and Camera Connect (the ABB video system embedded in the control platform for optimized process monitoring). ABB Ability Knowledge Manager will be used to manage information production through Plant Information Management System (PIMS), alongside ABB Ability Asset Vista Condition Monitoring (integrated with SAP), an Extended Operator Workplace (EOW) as an integrated control room at the site, a collaboration table and 800xA Smart Client stations to enable read-only access to displays via a web browser.
ABB is to provide six electrical rooms plus an integrated digital system solution based on ABB Ability 800xA distributed control system (DCS) at Salares Norte
Salares Norte open-pit gold-silver mine is owned by South African mining company Gold Fields
The project is underway in the Atacama Desert amongst the highest peaks of the Andes mountain range. It is 1,300km from the Chilean capital Santiago and has elevations between 4,200m and 4,900m
ABB is to provide six electrical rooms plus an integrated digital system solution based on ABB Ability 800xA distributed control system (DCS) at Salares Norte
Salares Norte open-pit gold-silver mine is owned by South African mining company Gold Fields
The project is underway in the Atacama Desert amongst the highest peaks of the...
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