Brazil’s largest producer and exporter of paper and pulp uses AVEVA PI System to create real-time digital models of pulp production, from tree-harvesting through drying. This holistic overview saved the company nearly $10 million in maintenance costs and increased its production by 3,400 tons.
“In total, we have 85,000 variables of the various integration systems, and the PI System keeps it all in one place.”
Heli Rabelo, Analyst, IHM Engenharia
Goals
- Streamline production at newest facility
- Combine data from across the enterprise in one central location
Challenges
- Large plant collects data from over 25,000 assets
- Evaluating proposed changes to production took hours
Solutions
Results
- Added 3,400 air-dry tons of production each year
- Saved $10 million in maintenance costs
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