Application report Colorado’s highest art of Craft Brewing New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, CO New Belgium Brewing Company is a regional brewery located in Fort Collins, Colorado USA. It opened in 1991 after Jeff Lebesch, the brewery's founder, took his home brewing passion commercially. In 2011, it produced 712,800 barrels of its various labels. As of 2010, it was the third-largest craft brewery and seventh-largest overall brewery in the United States. NBB has an annual growth rate of more than 10%. As a result of this success, the existing filtration capacity became a bottleneck. NBB decided 2009 to install a new filter system with higher capacity, reviewed and tested all current, available filtration technologies and finally decided to purchase and install a stateof-the art candle filter [SYNOX] manufactured by FILTROX AG. Description of projects In order to minimize downtime, the new candle filter was installed parallel to the existing horizontal leaf filter, using the same infrastructure. SCHMID AUTOMATION AG was responsible for the entire automation ranging from software programming with Rockwell Controllogix and Intouch-Wonderware to the design of the electrical infrastructure according to UL standards and the construction and installation of all control cabinets with Allen-Bradley hardware. The Synox candle filter was successfully installed and commissioned in close cooperation between NBB, FILTROX and SCHMID without requiring involvement from a third party engineering company. A new project was started in 2012 to split up the two filter lines for more flexibility. Moreover, new Carbonization and Pasteurizer units have been integrated on this occasion. This time SCHMID not only had to adapt the Rockwell and Intouch control system to the new needs of the brewery but was responsible for the changes in the OPTO system of the old filter and the BBT´s too. In the same year, SCHMID realized a third project for the integration of 4 additional malt silos into the existing control system together with KÜNZEL. All three projects were completed within the given time frame meeting or even exceeding all of NBB s expectations. New Silo extension New Candle filter New Carbonisator New Pasteurizer Our scope of supply Software programming in OPTO 21  Design of the hard- and software concept according to NBB specification  Automation part for a new second filtration plant 2 in 2010  Automation extension for pre- and post filter line in 2013 with OPTO 21  Delivery of MCC cabinets and field panels  Programming of process – software Rockwell Automation – RSLogix V19  Programming and integration of the SCADA Wonderware Intouch V10.5/2012 in the running system Extended Pre-Filterline on Opto-PLC  Software FAT with the customer, on-site and in-house at our company  Integration of second pre-filterline into existing Opto system  Commissioning and training of operator and maintenance personnel  Modifications in three different Opto PLCs  Flow Chart programming and communication with Rockwell / Allen Bradley Wonderware Intouch V10.5 Overview Filterline 2 New Intouch visualization for Pasteurizer New Candle Filter New Carboblender Special features in Rockwell RSLogix V19  Fully automated step sequence control with 18 sequences  Comfortable handling of objects such as valves, motors etc. with hand mode, monitoring, simulation (force) and configuration  Online parameterization of step and monitoring parameters  Simple and intuitive operation with buttons and selections.  Extensive step chain sequencer displaying step numbers, step texts, parameters and step enabling conditions.  Automatic, jump and inching mode Hardware Electrical engineering and planning in-house  Design of the electrical diagrams with EPLAN P8  MCC cabinets/field panels have been built in our panel shop, UL design  MCC cabinets with: NEMA 12 Arc Flash panel section  Overvoltage protection  Power meter (Bytronics)  Remote IO rack  Control voltage distribution  Motor starters, Drives PLC section  PLC extension rack  Ethernet switch  Emergency stop unit  Control voltage breakers  Field wiring terminals Pneumatic section  Air distribution, maintenance unit  Valve bloc - Ethernet bus controlled  Air tube field connections  Field panels with: NEMA 4x Control power panel section  Remote IO rack  Local 24VDC power supplies  Panel light with receptacle  Field wiring terminals Pneumatic section  Air distribution  Maintenance unit outside mounted  Valve bloc – Ethernet bus controlled  Air tube field connections Codes, Standards, Regulations  Industry codes, standards and references had to be considered as  NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code  NFPA 79 – Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery  UL 508A – Industrial Control Panels  NBB electrical standards and specifications had to be considered as well MCC cabinet door labels In accordance with your wishes, we realize tailor made process engineering sub-processes as well as entire turnkey plants from the planning to the after sales service. Moosmühlestr. 8 CH-9001 St. Gallen T +41 (0)71 272 33 33 F +41 (0)71 272 33 30 www.schmidag.ch Hirtenmahdweg 10 D-86154 Augsburg T +49 (0) 821 218 39 60 F +49 (0) 821 218 39 57 www.schmid-automation.de A Company of the FILTROX – Group