Inside the giant: a stacker reclaimer’s world of automation
Siemens Automation and Instrumentation at EMO, Netherlands
Inside the giant: a stacker reclaimer’s world of automation
Machine Building
EMO
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.
Siemens Automation &
Instrumentation.
Milltronics
MMI Dual-Ider Belt Scale
Echomax XPS-30 Ultrasonic Transducer
SITRANS LU01 Controller
SIMATIC S7 Automation
System
“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.
