ABB to deliver largest automation projects in Indian agrochemical industry

ABB, will deliver the largest automation projects in the Indian agrochemical industry for Deccan Fine Chemicals, a leading chemical manufacturer in India.

This mission of critical automation and safety system controls over 100 reactors at the largest multi-product plant, at their special economic zone (SEZ) facility in Tuni (Andhra Pradesh). Deccan Fine Chemicals currently has three manufacturing sites, each consisting of highly automated production plants, labs, warehousing facilities and advanced effluent treatment facilities.

ABB’s offered solution is designed for high availability and fault tolerance by positioning the primary and back-up critical controllers and servers at two separate locations. This unique design allows the system to flawlessly operate in case of immediately irreparable failure at any one geographical location thereby, reducing the operational risk.

The AC 800M controllers, installed by ABB, are capable of higher input/output (I/O) handling capacity, which enables the plant to deliver a lower carbon footprint, use lesser hardware, and yet ensure higher reliability throughout the manufacturing process.

As part of the largest automation and safety installation for a chemical company, the ABB platform is controlling and monitoring more than 50,000 components connected to the ABB Ability 800xA distributed control system (DCS).

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