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TECHNICAL NEWS AND TRENDS FROM PREVAS #2 2014 Industry’s smart revolution Internet of Things – providing new opportunities. Page 2 editorial Internet of Things and what it means for you. Page 8 3 TECH questions Modern maintenance with iPads and RFID saves money for Syvab. Page 7 case study PREVAS EXPANDING ITS ALL-INCLUSIVE LINE OF PRODUCT & SERVICES / Page 5 Automation for stronger COMPETITIVENESS A significant amount of Valmet’s production in Hagfors goes to export markets. Delivery precision and productivity are key factors. Pages 4-5
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Page 1: Prevas customer magazine Tech Trends no 2 2014

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TECHNICAL NEWS AND TRENDS FROM

PREVAS

#2 2014

Industry’s smart revolution Internet of Things – providing new opportunities. Page 2

editorial

Internet of Things and what it means for you. Page 8

3 TECH questions

Modern maintenance with iPads and RFID saves money for Syvab. Page 7

case study

PREVAS EXPANDING ITS

ALL-INCLUSIVE LINE OF PRODUCT

& SERVICES/ Page 5

Automation for stronger

COMPETITIVENESS A significant amount of Valmet’s production in Hagfors goes to export markets. Delivery precision and productivity are key factors.

Pages 4-5

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MODERN CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TEKNISKA VERKEN IN LINKÖPINGWhen Tekniska verken in Linköping needed to develop a modern system solution to make environmental and energy reporting future safe, they turned to Prevas for help. A modern technical platform will be jointly developed based on standardized products. Delivery will be during the autumn of 2015. ×

Major order from SandvikSandvik Mining is making investments at their plant in Västberga and will be increasing capacity with a new production line. Prevas’ order from Sandvik Mining is a comprehensive undertaking for delivery of equipment to the new produc-tion line and includes design, manufacture, installation and commissioning. This is a larger challenge that Prevas can take on thanks to the company’s extensive experience and exper-tise in industrial automation. ×

THE LATE SUMMER HAS BEEN VERY PLEASANT, with all of five weekends in the month of August, and I trust that all of us are ready for the autumn. Prevas’ Productivity Day is coming up on September 18, with a full agenda of inspirational seminars.

For nearly three decades, there has been a distinct common theme in all of Prevas’ projects for Nordic industry – helping our customers to grow, develop and increase their competitiveness in the marketplace. In more concrete terms it can be a matter of helping them to be innovative and to save money through more efficient production, reduced emissions, working smarter and increased cost efficiency. All technical paths are intended to help our customers to be more successful through sophisticated technology and project management.

But there are still plenty of processes to refine, more industrial plants to opti-mize. The single most noteworthy technology trend – which I’ll definitely be both talking and writing about much more in the future – is industry’s smart revolution, with the Internet of Things (IoT) and the opportunities it will provide in the future. The Internet of Things is opening the way for entirely new solutions. And best of all for someone like me – who is always curious about discovering values for our customers in new technologies – is that the world has only just cracked the door to all the opportunities that will become available in this marriage between “Things” and the “Internet”.

The use of cloud services is already standard operating procedure at most industrial companies and M2M (Machine to Machine) is something we’ve talked about for quite some time. For an example of this, read the article about the maintenance system for sewage treatment plants that is integrated with existing control and monitoring systems. The solution is run on iPads and the customer is using RFID for identification of equipment. We’ll also tell you about what is entailed in us now being a complete supplier of robot-based production facilities. Here as well, there is time and money to be saved.

You can read about this and much more in the form of customer case studies that hopefully can serve as inspiration in your own endeavors. ×

CHRISTER RAMEBÄCK

Senior Vice PresidentIndustrial Systems, Prevas AB www.prevas.com

Innovation for GrowthPrevas has approximately 600 employees and is the primary supplier and development partner for many leading companies in the energy, automotive, defense, life science, telecom and manufacturing industries.

EDITORIAL

GROW, DEVELOP & INCREASE COMPETITIVENESS

Industry is facing major challenges. Some of the more substantial challenges are in dealing with intensive global competition, keeping up with technological developments, finding and retaining skilled labor, meeting demands for decreased costs and adapting to various customer needs.

PREVAS / TECH TRENDS

2 / Innovation for Growth

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INFOR NAMES PREVAS AS REGIONAL PARTNER OF THE YEARPrevas being named as the 2013 Nordic partner of the year for EMEA is a result of the successes Prevas has achieved with the Inform EAM maintenance system.

“We’re very pleased with the first-class service provided by Prevas during our 17 years of collaboration,” says Jeff Abbot from Infor. “We truly value the in-depth industry knowledge at their sales department and the highly professional service and support personnel. This award is in recognition of how much we appreciate our collaboration.” ×

Reduced energy consumption for Ovako

Ovako is a leading European producer of engineering steel for customers in the ball bearing, transportation and manufacturing industries. Production is based on recycled steel and encompasses steel in the form of rods, pipes, rings and pre-components. Prevas’ FOCS G7 (Furnace Optimization Control System) will reduce furnace energy consumption and represents an investment in line with Ovako’s continuous efforts to optimize pro-duction for improved efficiency. ×

Lerøy Aurora AS and Laksefjord AS have chosen Infor EAM from Prevas as their new maintenance system.

“WE PREVIOUSLY LOOKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS,” says Geir-Sigvart Isaksen, lead engineer at Lerøy Aurora and employed at the company since 2007.

“Infor EAM has the user friendliness and functionality we were looking for. Prevas could also provide us with a number of references in the fish breeding industry. But what was most important for us in deciding on a supplier was that Prevas was the first to also focus on the gains that can be achieved by implementing a maintenance system, the grounds for choosing a system and the benefits of good system support for maintenance. This gave us the confi-dence to choose Prevas as our partner and we’re looking forward to putting Infor EAM into service.”

Infor EAM was developed by Infor Global Solutions and is one of the world’s most widely used service and maintenance systems with more than 15,000 customers in the public and private sectors. Version 11 of the system was recently released. It has been called “the most significant EAM solution in ten years” and praised by both customers and analysis firms alike. The solution is provided in the Nordic countries by Prevas, which recently attained Gold Partner status for Infor. ×

PRODUCTIVITY DAY 2014!We will be holding our annual Productivity Day on September 18 at Stockholm’s World Trade Center. This is where leading indus-trial companies gather to share their experiences, and working together, lay the foundation for attaining new heights in productivity.

Åke Svensson and Tina Thörner will be sharing their experiences and providing inspiration for how together, we can create a competi-tively strong Sweden.

With eight different productivity seminars, participants will have the opportunity to listen to and discuss productivity with companies that have made the productivity journey, both locally and globally. The companies holding these seminars are: SwedPaper, Westinghouse, Orkla Foods Sweden, Outokumpu Stainless, GKN, MSB, Orica Sweden and Tekniska verken in Linköping.

We would also like to extend our appreciation to Productivity Day’s sponsors: Schneider Electric, Good Solutions, Infor and ABB. Without their support, this event would not have been possible.

New catch for Prevas– INFOR EAM MAINTENANCE SYSTEM TO LERØY AURORA AS AND LAKSEFJORD AS

NEWS

Innovation for Growth / 3

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Photographer: Lars Berg

4 / Innovation for Growth

VALMET ELIMINATES BOTTLENECK WITH ROBOT-CONTROLLED HEAT TREATMENT

Mechanically produced pulp, fiber and grist are presently among the most important ingredients in most paper and fiberboard products. To produce exactly the right type of fiber,

the material is ground in a refiner. The heart of the refiner is the refiner plate, which releases and refines the fiber to achieve the desired properties for a specific end-product. The heat-treat-ment process is important in obtaining the correct material properties for the refiner plate. When Valmet needed to automate its heat treatment line, they turned to Prevas in Karlstad. Jan-Erik Örtgård, site manager at Valmet in Hagfors, describes the collab-oration: “Prevas has joined with us at Hagfors in providing project manage-ment resources for a workgroup in developing an improved and automated heat-treatment line. Besides project management, Prevas has also been responsible for programming and inte-grating both the newly built machines

CASE STUDY

Valmet in Hagfors specializes in metallurgy and manufactures refiner plates for the pulp and paper industry. Business is good and the company’s order volume is stable. Valmet now has more than 30 percent of the global market for refiner plates and exports to paper mills in 80 countries. At Valmet in Hagfors the refiner plates are made from scratch, with smelting of the steel, casting, heat treatment and final machine processing and balancing. Approximately 120,000 of these plates are produced each year in hundreds of different configurations. There are about 2,000 part numbers in all.

(designed by the engineering firm of Camatec Industriteknik in Karlstad) as well as the machines from our existing heat-treatment line. The heat-treatment line has been in operation since March and has helped us to achieve higher capacity and improved productivity, as well as better ergonomics, with the robot in the system eliminating heavy lifts for our employees, for example. “Everything passes through this line and heat treatment was previously a bottleneck in production at the plant in Hagfors. We can now operate in three shifts all week long and ensure on-time deliveries thanks to our increased capacity. This entails that Valmet is strengthening its position and compet-itiveness in the global market. Approx-imately 70 percent of our production here at Hagfors is exported, so delivery

ANDERS ALBINSSON, MAKING THE FINAL CHECKS, MEASURES PATTERN DEPTH.

Jan-Erik Örtgård

SITE MANAGERVALMET IN HAGFORS

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“Prevas has been a system integrator since 1998. During recent years the focus has been on providing programming and parent control systems” says Lars-Erik Forsberg, sales manager for Systems at Prevas. “We can now also supply the hardware – i.e. a robot and a complete installation with gripping units and peripheral equipment – and further develop the principle and mechanics, often on behalf of engineering firms. This works well for our customers because Prevas handles all deliveries and assembly, in full accordance with the requirement specifications for the finished robot. We then reassemble it all at the end-customer’s site. Once we’re done, they have a completely new automation cell, ready to use.” Nordic industry is facing major challenges requiring that productivity be increased each year, which in turn means that internal and external processes must be improved. Automating production operations and making them more efficient are among the most important measures a company’s management team can take in meeting the challenges of today’s competitive market. “We have substantial application know-how, and with leading-edge expertise in electronics, software and mechanical engineering, as well as robot programming, we can strengthen competitiveness and construct complete robot-based pro-duction units,” says Lars-Erik Forsberg. “These include both our own products and those of others, and the projects are always conducted by our consultants experienced in the field. We even take on smaller undertakings, such as subprojects in mechanical engineering, design, programming and software, and we can be of assistance in modifying smaller existing sta-tions. Most common, and where we’re seeing the most growth, is in projects for customers with volume production.” Many companies have shown considerable interest in Prevas’ expanding line of products and services, and more than 20 customer projects have already been started or are in the planning stages. One is for Sandvik Mining’s facility in Västberga, where Prevas has already delivered a production line that includes both control systems and hardware. ×

Do you want to know more or find out what Prevas can do for you? Contact Lars-Erik Forsberg at +46 21 360 1980

or [email protected].

Prevas has expanded its line of products and service to encompass complete production equipment (systems) built on solid application know-how, own and external products, as well as specific consulting services. We have now become a system supplier of entire production equipment.

PREVAS EXPANDS ITS

ALL-INCLUSIVE LINE OF PRODUCTS & SERVICES

precision and productivity are key factors for us.” The new robot-based heat-treat-ment line, which has been in service since March of this year, is the first of three planned projects. Projects two and three will focues on the foundry. Prevas has managed the entire project, which entails conducting the preliminary study and specifying how everything would be constructed, and has also provided recommendations for types of robots and located the right machine manufacturer. Erik Widing, chief consultant at Prevas in Karlstad, has this to say about the assignment: –“It’s always rewarding to partici-pate in a project such as this one with Valmet, in which the benefits in the form of improved productivity and competitiveness can be so clearly seen.” ×

Do you want to know more or find out what Prevas can do for you?

Contact Erik Widing at +46 54 14 74 27 or [email protected].

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Lars-Erik Forsberg

SALES MANAGER, SYSTEMSPREVAS AB

PREVAS / TECH TRENDS

Innovation for Growth / 5

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THE SAME AS ME, SOME OF OUR READERS ARE sufficiently up in years to have grown up in parallel with the Internet. We’ve been along and shaped the business opportunities the connected life provides. For those of you born into the digital society, service and access to information is taken for granted.

In recent years, digital development has taken us to entirely new heights, where the Internet of Things is opening new opportunities so extensive that they can be compared to those of the Industrial Revolution that began in the 1700s. Just as today, technological development, along with people’s capacity for innovation, was the engine that made it all possible. But where the first revolution’s develop-ment was steered by access to raw materials and labor, the IT revolution is steered by the capacity to process knowledge. Because knowledge is power! Owning and above all, being able to utilize volumes of information for creating new markets and revenue streams, is now one of commerce’s most important means of compe-tition. Just look at Google and Facebook.

The ICA grocery chain uses information about buying behavior to increase efficiency and provide better service to its customers. Among other things, Prevas has contributed to Siemens analyzing measurement values from the steam turbines they deliver so that service and engineering departments can work more efficiently and implement long-term improvements. Siemens’ customers can also use the information to analyze and improve their production. With the deployment of a new system, the power utility E.ON and its customers can gain better awareness of their energy consumption and conse-quently contribute to a more sustainable society.

I had the good fortune to be among the first engineers trained in the technology that has led to so many new innovations as well as the creation of entire industrial sectors. ASEA in Västerås developed the first industrial robots and my colleague and fellow founder – presently our chairman of the board, Göran Lundin – designed the first control program for these robots. The education I received in Uppsala combined electronics and nuclear physics. This later led an amazingly exciting summer job at the research

New IT strategies are needed for the world of tomorrow. institute CERN in Geneva. This was

where the embryo of the Internet, in the form of the World Wide Web, was created during the 1980s. It came about because of a substantial need to gather, process and forward large volumes of information from particle data that was collected from different research labs.

During my time at CERN the first steps were taken in replacing the bike couriers, who peddled between the lab buildings with boxes of magnetic tapes, with a communications network that could be connected to the various labs using manual switches. The number of connected devices is now far higher than the number of people on the planet – and there will be more. We’ve only just skimmed the surface of all the possible application areas. Busi-ness management teams must prepare new strategies in both the long- and short-term to be able to implement and benefit by the Internet of Things. It’s exceedingly exciting to be a develop-ment partner and to help our custom-ers in this process. ×

EDITORIAL

BJÖRN ANDERSSON

Business developmentPrevas AB

“Knowledge is power!˝

PREVAS / TECH TRENDS

6 / Innovation for Growth

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Innovation for Growth / 7

More effective maintenance saves money for Syvab

A sewage treatment plant consists of thousands of technical devices that all have their maintenance schedules, and moreover wear and must occasionally be repaired. Syvab’s motto is “We safeguard our water” and until recently, work was largely carried out manu-ally. Work orders were handed out to technicians on paper, who in turn filled them in and returned them for manual follow-up. This was how it was done until June of 2014 when Prevas installed and configured the web-based maintenance system Infor EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) at the Himmerfjärdsver-ket plant. Prevas is the Scandinavian partner of Infor, which is the world’s third-largest company in ERP systems. Just as everything else, sewage treatment plants sometimes break down. Cranes and pumps require preventive maintenance and technicians must be dispatched. But to understand and know whether maintenance is cost effective, statistics must be gathered and analyzed on a large scale. This was what Prevas helped Syvab with at the Himmerfjärdsverket plant. The maintenance system is used to initiate and maintain ongoing and preventive maintenance through con-nections to the plant’s Citect operating system. Scheduled maintenance tasks

are set up in advance in Infor EAM, and when it’s time for maintenance, the system creates work orders. Emergency maintenance is set up by the person noting the problem filing a report via his or her iPad, after which the system creates a work order that is assigned to a suitable technician. All users run the system on their iPads, receive work orders, view all information and sign off on completed work. The upgrading facility, where vehicle gas is produced, requires special work permits and the entire permit process is also integrated into the Infor EAM solution. We put an RFID label on each piece of equipment and building, which are then scanned for easy equipment identification. This results in fewer mistakes and quicker handling than if ID numbers were manually entered. All issued work orders contribute to the accumulation of statistics and information about costs. The system can thereafter automatically assess activities and costs for each piece of equipment, which enables subsequent analysis. Staff can place questions, analyze and draw conclusions that can improve the plant’s profitability. What are our costs for keeping this machine in service? What kinds of problems occur? What usually happens? Can anything be improved? Is more pre-

More information: www.syvab.se

THE APPROXIMATELY 250,000 PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE SOUTHERN STOCKHOLM REGION DISCHARGE AN AVERAGE OF 1.3 CUBIC METERS OF WASTE WATER PER SECOND INTO THE LINES RUNNING TO SYVAB’S HIMMERFJÄRDSVERKET PLANT.

AFTER ABOUT 20 HOURS, THE NOW PURIFIED WATER IS RELEASED INTO THE BALTIC SEA.

ventive maintenance needed or do we perhaps have too much? Ulrich Brauer, production manager at Syvab, explains what implementation of the system has entailed: “We’ve gained improved aware-ness of maintenance and can now see what things actually cost. We can even present the produced data in an entirely new way. Installation went really well. Prevas’ performance has been exemplary. They’re easy to work with, there were very few misunderstandings and they’ve made a very good overall impression. “We didn’t receive a finished program system but instead were able to choose ourselves how it would work. We see that as a plus. It’s still too early to say if the system will result in us changing our work methods, but it’s looking like that may well be the case. The next step will involve integration of stocked spare parts. Implementation has involved plenty of give and take, and I especially appreciate how easy it’s been to work with Prevas on the project. I’m couldn’t be more satisfied! ×

Do you want to know more or find out what Prevas can do for you?

Contact Lothar Dröschmeister at +46 733 311 955 or

[email protected].

CASE

Photo: Syvab

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2) WHAT DO YOU FIND USEFUL AT PRESENT?

3) WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE FUN TO HAVE IF IT WAS AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE?

1) WHICH FUTURE IoT/M2M APPLICATIONS WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN SEEING?

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is a growth area that is on everyone’s lips. The Internet and rapid technological development make it significantly simpler and cheaper to develop connected solutions than was the case 10 years ago. IoT can also mean different things depending on who you ask. We’ve been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to ask two people with special talents in seeing what lies ahead about their thoughts on IoT and the opportunities it can provide.

INNOVATION FOR GROWTH

Tina ThörnerEntrepreneur, lecturer, coach, motivator, source of constant inspiration, project manager, stress and fitness therapist and rally map reader

Åke SvenssonCEO for the employer organization Association of Swedish Engineering Industries

Åke: In the future we’ll see many functions in society becoming smart-er by the systems being connected together and becoming even better at adapting to varying conditions. Energy conservation for example, is very important, both in the industrial sector and for society on the whole. Another area is infrastructure, where

new solutions will be able to make travel and transports more efficient at the same time as our everyday lives and work becomes safer with less risk for injuries and accidents. There are plenty of other examples, but the sky’s the limit as to what can be accomplished.

Åke: We have a multitude of apps in our smartphones today that can do many different things. As an example, I can see where my car is, whether the windows are closed and the doors locked, how much fuel is in the tank and even start the heater. I can book a taxi or find out which bus or subway train can take me where

I want to go. If I’m expecting visitors from overseas, I can see the loca-tion of their plane and whether it’s expected to land on time. I can check the alarm at my summer house, see if the doors are locked, that the indoor temperature is right, etc. And this is just the beginning.

Åke: Where should I start? There are many everyday things that can be made easier. And new systems will create a new way of living for us all. Our societal systems can be made so much less resource intensive through new smart solutions. New production methods with 3D print-ing in various types of materials for

example, including biological, make new products possible that cannot be produced in any other way. This could mean a lot for health and medical care. Other areas can be in access control, identification systems and more sensors in smartphones that can warn of risks for infection, for example.

Tina: I think it’s fantastic, and above all, it feels like one can contribute with a sense of security to a greater extent than today. That everything has its own ID and that you can find things – search and get answers. And that machines check with other machines so that everything is on track – there we have the human factor that sometimes means that things are missed.

Tina: I’d say that’s what best about smartphones – they have their unique ID and this makes them less vulnerable to theft. They log in themselves and say where they are.

Tina: To be able to sit in the backseat of my car – and program where I want to go and let the car take me safely to my destination. Checks that make sure that I’m on the right road and traveling safely based on the weather and traffic conditions.

Internet of Things


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