DuPont,
with headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, is a premier multi-industrial
company and innovation leader with technology-based materials and solutions
that help transform industries and everyday life around the globe.
DuPont
has been recognized by its customers and consumers alike for delivering
essential innovations in key markets including electronics, water, protection,
next-generation auto, healthcare, and industrial technologies. With a history of industry-leading
innovation and iconic brands such as Kevlar®, Tyvek® and Nomex®, DuPont is
known as a trusted and experienced leader.
DuPont has an ambitious
digitalization program until 2030 to:
- Safely provide
energy and usage data that will enable improved reliability programs and help
measure the targeted reduction of CO2 emissions by 30%.
- Collect data from
the field devices, connect them with the higher supervision system and store
on-premise.
- Access the
substation data remotely.
- Implement a diagnostic/ assets management too.
- Speed up fault identification
and diagnosis.
- Ensure data visualization and state-of-the-art documentation.
The challenge of this project was to execute it during the COVID-19 pandemic having most of the technical clarifications, alignment, FAT and even commissioning remotely or partially remotely.
An additional challenge for Siemens was to install a minimum of communication-capable devices in the switchgear already in production, without affecting data acquisition requirements, in order to collect the necessary data to achieve a satisfactory result.
