Borusan Mannesmann Halkalı was looking for a suitable service partner, who was able to minimize planned and unplanned downtimes in order to increase the availability of their plants. Furthermore, they were looking for a solution to be more flexible in the production and warehousing process. To accomplish these goals Borusan wanted a qualified service solution to ensure their planning security and calculable service costs for their SIMOREG DC Master and SIMOVERT MASTERDRIVES.

Siemens was able to offer a suitable Service and Maintenance Agreement for their SIMOREG DC Master and SIMOVERT MASTERDRIVES, which includes predictive and preventive maintenance activities for the customers hardware and software on-site. The Service and Maintenance Agreement is based on an annual renewable contract with the following specifications:

• Product scope: SIMOREG DC Master and SIMOVERT MASTERDRIVES
• Reaction times: 6 hours
• Included services: SIMAIN cleaning, individual on-site trainings, spare part services

In a first step the Siemens experts got an overview of the existing plant structure incl. all running assets and system software. The second step was to collect and archive all the system software backups, to ensure nothing will be lost after the updates. In a last step the Siemens experts summarized all recommended service activities and discussed it with the customers technical personnel.

The leading steel pipe manufacturer of Turkey and Europe, Borusan Mannesmann holds a reliable production power of 1 mn tons per year. In Turkey, it maintains its production activities in Gemlik and Halkalı plants and also abroad in Vobarno/Italy, Houston/USA. Combining quality and expertise, BMB is providing products and services in every aspect of life. Producing mainly industrial pipes and profiles, Halkalı plant provides various products for several segments such as automotive, furniture, bicycle and white goods.