Confidential
Confidential Batching System
Cheddleton, Leek
Confidential
Chemical
System Integration & Commissioning
F. Ball and Co. Ltd. is the UK’s leading manufacturer of specialist flooring adhesives and floor preparation products for the contract flooring industry.
CXControls were engaged to design and commission a turnkey, chemical batching control system at F-Ball’s manufacturing site.
“CXControls were diligent in understanding our requirements and successfully delivered a fully functioning control system which meets our expectations and supports our investment in additional manufacturing capacity.
CXControls now support our site wide control systems under a Service Level Agreement.”
– Rob Shirley.
The system encompassed a fully integrated control system with a central six-metre panel suite, housing all VSD drives and a PLC section.
The CXControls team integrated a centralised Siemens S7 1512 PLC with several distributed ET200 I/O stations on the plant.
The SCADA system utilised WINCC flexible on 5 Siemens TF1500 HMI’s and functional safety to SIL2 compliance was achieved using Siemens fail-safe I/O cards and Profisafe communications.
CXControls provided a fully integrated system that improved manufacturing quality, batching times, and efficiency.
CXControls continue to support F-Ball’s site wide control systems under a service level agreement, ensuring that the system is maintained and operates at maximum efficiency.