Is an open-pit copper cobalt mine in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. After completion of phase 2 and 3, our software engineers secured the sub-contract in 2011 to continue with Phase 4 expansion control system and to provide Siemens PCS7 v7.4 engineering services using existing standards from Phase 2/3 implementation. The system comprised of the various stations as per the system architecture below and consisted of 1800 remote I/Os, 700 devices (VSDs and simocodes) and various vendor system interfaces on profibus. This project was successfully completed in 2013 over a period of two (2) years.
System Architecture:
Scope of Engineering Services:
- Installation and configuration of all AS and OS stations.
- Setup and configuration of a granular type multi-project environment.
- PLC and Scada software development as defined by the Process functional specifications.
- Factory acceptance testing of the various OS/AS stations, MCCs and software.
- Provide excel worksheets derived from Process Object View to allow quick and easy software implementation of signals from remote IO stations into their respective PLCs.
- Audit and certify profibus networks.
- Assisted with Siemens MM440 VSD parameterization.
- Assisted with Simocode Pro v setup and configurations.
- Commissioning assistance when required.
- Provide remote system support services.
