Project Description
WHO IS CAMA PAPER MILL AND MARCHIGIANA PAPER MILL
Two Italian paper mills specializing in the production of recycled single-layer cardboard for the Italian and European markets, with over 50 years of experience in the sector. Cardboard production is a continuous process involving various resources: secondary raw materials, water, chemicals, electricity, thermal energy, and labor.
CLIENT:
CHALLANGE:
To integrate production, consumption, and management data to achieve increasingly precise control of the costs and resources used in the production process. Specifically:
- Determine more accurately the cost per kg or ton of cardboard produced.
- Monitor energy produced, purchased, and consumed, distinguishing between electrical and thermalenergy.
- Ensure resource traceability and integration (raw materials, water, chemicals, labor hours, energy).
- Connect and correlate data from ERP, manufacturing, and energy systems.
- Have access to up-to-date data to identify inefficiencies and optimization opportunities.
SOLUTIONS:
A comprehensive solution integrating ERP, manufacturing, and energy systems using QuickLink Solutions’ Niagara-based technologies. The EasyLink supervisor, native to Tridium’s Niagara framework, provides the integration and supervision layer for data from different systems (using one MAC36 controller and one Profinet driver per plant, with data exchange via SOAP Client/Server to the management system), creating a unified view of the process and feeding information directly into management control.
BENEFITS:
- Accurate control over production costs and resource impact.
- Integrated view of energy monitoring (electrical and thermal).
- Full traceability of the main resources used in production.
- Maximum integration across 2 plants, 59 monitored points, and 6 production machines.
- Real-time decision support to identify inefficiencies.
- Energy efficiency, waste reduction, and environmental sustainability support.
