July - AMMJ

Maintenance News 56
Mainpac partners with CIEAM to deliver better asset
management software for mining & manufacturing
Software developer Mainpac Pty Ltd has become the Australian
software participant with the Australian Cooperative Research
Centre for Infrastructure and Engineering Asset Management
(CIEAM).
The alliance will develop solutions aimed at improving the
efficiency and sustainability of infrastructure and engineering
asset management. These solutions will permit mining,
manufacturing and other asset intensive industries to formulate
long term strategies to optimise asset use and sustainability.
Under the partnership the results of research conducted by CIEAM
will find their way into future Mainpac software solutions.
Research now underway will address the application of standards
such as ISO 15926 and MIMOSA to provide interoperability of
asset management information systems, a consistent asset
management information auditing and assessment methodology,
support for infrastructure management through the combination
of sensors and asset information models and multi-criteria
decision support systems.
Mainpac chairman James Kirk, who with CIEAM chief executive
officer Professor Joe Mathew, is driving the partnership
arrangement, said the new Mainpac software will help enable
asset management strategies so that company directors can
achieve stronger financial and operational performance of their
assets and consequently better corporate governance.
Mainpac’s engagement is significant. With James Kirk now
a CIEAM board member, the head of Mainpac’s development
division in Adelaide, Michael Töns, has been appointed an
industry advisor to CIEAM, as well as being on the Centre’s
research committee.
Mr.Töns is also project leader responsible for CIEAM’s input to a
new suite of Mainpac software solutions which will be launched
in July.
www.mainpac.com.au
TransGrid Adopts Mincom’s Next-Generation
Solution for Enterprise Asset Management
Mincom, a global provider of software solutions and services for
asset-intensive industries, has announced a significant new deal
worth $7.2 million with TransGrid, one of the largest high-voltage
electricity transmission network operators in Australia.
Under the agreement, TransGrid will implement Mincom Ellipse
8, a comprehensive and modern Enterprise Asset Management
(EAM) solution for asset-intensive industries, as well as
Mincom applications for human resources and supply chain
management.
The organisation will also deploy the Mincom Mobility suite of
integrated field-enablement applications, including Mincom
Mobile Worker and Mincom Mobile Inspector, to improve the
efficiency and productivity of its dynamic workforce.
With Mincom’s enterprise solutions, TransGrid can achieve
greater visibility, improved availability and increased return
on nearly $6 billion worth of electricity assets, which provide
electricity to more than three million households and businesses
across New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital
Territory (ACT). TransGrid’s assets include 91 substations;
12,600 kilometres of transmission lines; 36,000 transmissionline
structures; and a workforce of more than 1,000 employees.
“TransGrid is committed to supplying an efficient, safe and
reliable supply of electricity – now and in the future,” said Mr.
Tony Meehan, Executive General Manager of Finance and
Information Systems. “Maximising the performance of our
physical infrastructure and workforce is critical to meeting this
objective,” said Mr. Meehan.
“We selected Mincom Ellipse 8 as we believe it is currently
the most robust and fully modern platform for enterprise asset
management, designed specifically to meet the needs of assetintensive
businesses like ours,” he said.
“Mincom’s field-enablement applications are tightly integrated
with Ellipse 8, which will assist TransGrid’s asset and work
management processes in the field, where the work is being
done.”
Mincom Mobility is a suite of end-to-end field-enablement
applications that improves the decision-making and productivity
of field-force operations using mobile devices such as laptops,
tablets, PDAs and more. Fully integrated with Mincom’s Ellipse
solution for EAM, Mincom’s mobile workforce management
solutions allow field personnel to perform the right job, with the
right resources, wherever they are.
“Utility companies around the world face significantly greater
demand for energy due to rapid population growth, and must
maximise the performance of their physical infrastructure and
workforce to ensure continued reliability of service,” said Greg
Clark, Mincom CEO.
“We’re pleased that a recognised energy leader such as
TransGrid has adopted Mincom Ellipse 8, integrated with our
field-enablement applications, for this important function,” said
Mr. Clark.
www.mincom.com.
Korsnäs Gävle chooses Intellinova with SPM HD for
its fiber line
The SPM HD measuring method has gained wide acclaim in
the pulp and paper industry. Korsnäs, one of Sweden’s leading
producers in consumer packaging, now invests in the Intellinova
online system with SPM HD for condition monitoring on the fiber
line of its production facility in Gävle.
Korsnäs is a leading producer of fresh fiber-based packaging
materials, mainly in consumer packaging. Production, with
integrated pulp manufacturing, takes place at the company’s
three facilities in Gävle, Frövi and Rockhammar. The production
facility in Gävle, on the east coast of Sweden some 170 km north
of Stockholm, has a total production capacity of 700,000 tons
of paper and paper board annually on its three paper machines
PM2, PM4 and PM5.
Shortly after the launch of SPM HD in 2010, SPM was contracted
to measure bearing condition on the preimpregnation vessel,
using portable measuring equipment. At this point, before an
upcoming maintenance stop, it was feared there was a bearing
damage in the vessel. SPM HD measurements however showed
there was no damage on the vessel bottom bearing. During
a maintenance stop shortly after the measurements, it was
confirmed that the disturbances detected earlier originated from
other parts of the machine.
Gunnar Rönning, maintenance engineer at Korsnäs, says the
decision to invest in online condition monitoring was taken as
a consequence of the successful measurements, and Korsnäs
have high expectations for the SPM HD measuring method and
its suitability for low speed machinery such as those in the fiber
line.
Installation on two continuous digesters, preimpregnation tower,
high pressure feeder and wash press will take place during
planned stops in May and June, 2011. This machinery normally
runs at about 3-10 RPM.
The fiber line in chemical pulp manufacturing covers the
processes from wood to pulp: boiling, washing, filtering and
bleaching.
www.spminstrument.com/products/intellinova/
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