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ASF, a German-based chemical maker, began construction on a new resins plant in the beginning of 2008. Located in Wyandotte, Michigan, US, the facility was created to produce the Joncryl product range. Joncryl is the trade name for several hundred different polymers that are used in the coatings industry. BASF selected CH2M Hill as their agency to engineer, procure, and manage the project. At the time of construction, it was the largest PROFIBUS PA installation in North America. Today this plant contains over 3,300 PROFIBUS PA devices on over 250 segments. Over 200,000 tons per annum of polymers,...

CH2M Hill, US DESCRIPTION • eamex MC5 multifunction calibrator with PROFIBUS PA B communication option MAIN BENEFITS • Robust functionality • Major time savings • Versatility • Ease of use  I WOULD ESTIMATE THE SAVINGS IN TROUBLESHOOTING TIME AND GAIN IN LOOP CHECK EFFICIENCY TO BE ON THE ORDER OF SEVERAL MAN-WEEKS. CASE STORY IN BRIEF DCS being conducted to ensure all devices were addressed correctly and connected to the correct segment. While this may seem duplicative, since a full DCS to device loop check verified much of the same information, they found that it made the full loop checks much...