20.04.04 08:34 Leeftijd: 8 yrs
Opening of the new brewery of Grolsche Bierbrouwerij N.V.
On April 7. 2004 Grolsch has opened its new brewery in Enschede. A brewmaxx system that conforms to ISA S88.01 from ProLeiT AG with its ultra-modern technology is used for the complete process cell automation in this project.
The building construction began in November 2001. The first brew was produced in fall 2003 with initially the filling process cells for kegs and yoke closure bottles being put into operation. By the end of 2005, the process units and production sections should have been transferred from the existing breweries in Enschede and Groenlo to the new process cell and commissioned.
The first part of the automation job covers the process control and the process cell data acquisition for the complete brewery, from the fermenting room and storage cellar to the filter cellar to the effluent treatment. Equipped with 4 servers, 14 workstations and 12 Simatic S7 PLCs, the software collects and controls more than 350 drives, 3600 single- and double-seat valves and 2400 measured values and counters. The video mode (process pictures can be viewed as far back as 2 weeks) specially developed for Grolsch offers diagnostic capabilities far exceeding those provided by the usual process picture display.
The second part of the automation job, namely the complete process data acquisition for the filling process cells covers the data processing for 7 filling lines with approximately 150 associated controllers used to cyclically read approximately 21,000 digital and 2,000 analog data points.
The third part of the automation job covers not only all MES functions for the complete management system, the process data preparation and transfer to the higher level SAP R/3 ERP system, but also the complete management reporting system. Numerous information from the production and filling process is automatically provided in Web-based form to the process cell management to serve as an important planning basis. This allows the user to search, plan and analyze in a familiar Internet environment.
The higher-level SAP R/3 ERP system coordinates the complete manufacturing process from the raw material acceptance through to the shipping of the finished products. The standardized interfaces (brewmaxx Connect iT) to the PP (Production Planning) and MM (Material Management) modules ensure a non-interrupted communication between SAP R/3 and the ProLeiT MES system.
The central component of the MES system is the Tracking & Tracing function. The data processed here ensures a complete batch pretracking and tracing in accordance with the EU base decree VO178/2002 and provides detailed analysis and evaluation capabilities.
With a total investment volume of € 277 Mio. this new construction is the largest industrial project of the last decade in the Netherlands and will become a model with its state-of-the-art technology for future breweries throughout the world.
