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Inside the giant: a stacker reclaimer’s world of automation
Siemens Automation and Instrumentation at EMO, Netherlands

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EMO

EMO
Rotterdam,
Netherlands
  • Precision measurement of coal transported to each stockpile.
  • Minimise any downtime of the 7 stacker-reclaimers.
  • Accurate mixing of different grades of coal in the blending silos.
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“Quality is very important to us, machines have to run.”
Peter de Klerk, Project Manager, EMO
  • Accurate and precise measurement of coal stocks throughout the facility improve inventory management.
  • Minimised stacker-reclaimer downtime using a fully integrated instrumentation and control system.
  • Correct blending of the coal using the control system provide a quality product.
  • No freezing of the coal prior to final transportation.
 
 
 
 
  • EMO Rotterdam, Europe’s largest dry bulk terminal, unloads and ships more than  60 million tons of coal and iron ore each year - twenty-four hours a day, seven days  a week.
  • EMO needs to know exactly where materials are and how much each stockpile houses, and the key to all of EMO’s operations are the 7 stacker-reclaimers that unload the ships.
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