Download - Nivelco Process Control Co., Inc.

NIVELCO, as a prime contractorExpanding our profilewithin a local investmentCompanies in Hungary which have established commercialrelationships with NIVELCO in the past 30 years arepredominantly subsidiaries of some international (foreignbased)parent companies. According to the managementstrategy of these companies, they are trying to decreasetheir maintenance teams and operational personnel toa minimum.Consequently they are not able any more to implementmedium-size (compared to the size of the company)construction jobs within their own organization. Thereforethe implementation of these investment projects has beenperformed with the assistance of an outside contractor.In the case of new investments, the related organising jobis coordinated by the prime contractor - likewise there arealso many demands from the customer on completecommissioning of all smaller tasks. For the first time itshistory, NIVELCO acted as a prime contactor and madenew kinds of successes in this area. In the frameworkof the project detailed in the following, NIVELCO designedthe whole process controller system, of course usingmainly NIVELCO instruments.In the Industrial Park of Szentgotthárd, the Hungariansubsidiary of the American-based Allison TransmissionInc. (the world’s largest manufacturer of fully-automatictransmissions) established a new production hall.The key element of the production line is the oil containertank-farm with its complex instrumentation and electricalinstallation tasks.NIVELCO had to provide a complete solution, to includematerial specifications for the electrical system, andincluding wiring tasks, instrumentation and all accessoriesfor the process automation system. Finally the customerhas chosen NIVELCO thanks to the high technical levelof the offered solutions, especially the level instrumentation,the stainless steel control panels, and the galvanizedcable mounting structures. Moreover NIVELCO wasbeing proven as a reliable partner in the design of thecomplete technological implementation along with theprovided great price/value ratio. As a standard task, thecontinuous measurement of lubricant oil and emulsiontanks, and the control of filling-emptying pumps was alsodesigned and commissioned by NIVELCO. Since thefacility operates in a JIT (Just In Time) production strategy,any failure of the process control system hinders the productionseriously, so indication of alarm and warningsignals for the monitoring system was necessary.28