ABC Tissue in Australia prepares for expansion with upgrades

Australian paper maker ABC

Tissue has had its digital control system modernised by A.Celli during planned downtime on the PM1 line at its Wetherill Park mill near Sydney.

The stopping to change the press and felt and the installation of a new Quality Control System (QCS) provided an opportunity to carry out other changes, including: l The ‘virtualisation’ of the system, with the replacement of six physical PCs with a pair of redundant servers and virtual machines l Replacement of two obsolete CPUs with a single latestgeneration CPU l Integration of the new QCS system l Preparation for communication between the PM1 and the upcoming PM2 which will also be supplied by A.Celli. The new system makes the plant ready for digitisation to Industry 4.0 standards, with the possibility of collecting data from the machines and sending them using Cloud technology for monitoring and optimisation purposes.

Commenting on the modernisation, Brandon Ly, director of ABC Paper Mills, said: “Since the beginning of our partnership in 2006 A.Celli has always provided strong support to us in our quest for continuous improvement. This is why we decided to rely on A.Celli both for the supply of the new PM2,