PQ Potters EU GmbH recently decided to implement a comprehensive modernisation of its sodium silicate plant in the city of Wurzen, Germany, equipping it with integrated process control technology. The first project step, now completed, was the automation of the tank farm & the setting up of a central control room. BN Automation AG (BNA) was responsible for the automation & process control technology. The Siemens Solution Partner's approach was based on the idea that with a long-term project of this nature, a great deal depends on employing integrated engineering from the outset. Frank Bonitz of BNA said: "We presented the customer with an alternative to assigning the engineering on a single-package basis. We showed how the benefits of seamless automation can be realised with uniform software & hardware in such a project, also regarding future capability."
