Industry specific applications for maintenance and outsourcing
ABB helps to benchmark and learn from our customer's own and other industries
Industry know-how is vital when responding to today’s asset performance management challenges. We must dig deep into the root causes of any reliability or production loss and to do this requires customer process know-how combined with ABB’s industry specific process and automation know-how. This combination is fundamental and vital in finding new solutions to maintenance performance and process optimization challenges.
Moreover, since 70% of world-class maintenance methodology is common, independent from industry or site it is here that the size of our maintenance business and the interconnectivity model for sharing generic know-how of asset performance management come into play. This allows continuous improvement for all customers, providing concrete opportunities to learn from other industries.
It is of course also critical that specific industry knowledge is held, developed and integrated. For 4 of our key industries this is expanded below.
Metals
We work closely with the Metals Industry in their production of Iron, Steel and Non ferrous metals. We strive to achieve productivity improvements and energy efficiency through Full Service, which means that ABB takes a full responsibility of all maintenance in the plant for mechanical, electrical and instrumentation as well as maintenance related purchasing and spare part optimization. We have experience of maintenance outsourcing in metals for over 15 years with satisfied clients in areas of aluminum, copper, nickel as well as in the iron and steel that have gained higher output and better performance with ABB Full Service® as their partner.
The metals business model is addressing an improved ROCE through higher availability and cost avoidance in our client’s asset intensive process. That is achieved through pro-active maintenance activities and a more structured and trained organization with global support and extensive metals process knowledge.
With our CoE for Metals Maintenance linked to industry associations, Reliability best practices and the technology capabilities for ABB related to the Metals industry ABB is able to bring the best possible and most optimized solution to our customers balancing the need for reliability with the ever present cost pressures.
Minerals & Mining
We understand the maintenance and productivity challenges inherent in the Mining and Minerals Processing industry. The harsh environments and the uncompromised focus on safety, process equipment reliability and efficiency mean that world class maintenance practices are paramount. With years of experience in the minerals industry ABB Full Service® can add significant value in both Greenfield startups and existing operations
Deploying our Underground & Open Pit Mining CoE’s, Minerals Processing & Maintenance CoE’s to take the best of what we have learned and continuously developed in maintenance and reliability and applying this in Mining and Minerals processing environments has proven successful by delivering superior results and satisfied customers.
As a technology company ABB is using innovative methods to monitor and maintain Crushing, conveying and processing equipment to maximize production and minimize risks.
Oil, Gas & Chemical
We are a strong global partner in Chemical, Petrochemical, Oil and Gas Industry. Our petrochemical maintenance management and outsourcing experience spans for over 40 plants during the last 20 years both in Greenfield and Brownfield maintenance excellence projects with
- Excellent petrochemical technical and maintenance capabilities developed and deployed from our O&G CoE
- Ability to successfully implement the required maintenance mobilization plan with industry expertise and resources available
- Wide partnership network for maintenance in the Industry
- Experience in dealing with equipment and machinery suppliers in the industry and any related existing contracts
Pulp & Paper
ABB is the biggest and most recognized maintenance partner for Pulp & Paper producers allowing them to focus on their own core business. ABB has today close to 50 production lines under Full Service responsibility within the P&P Industry with almost 2000 maintenance and engineering specialists across the globe. As a strong technology OEM in the P&P industry it is an obvious advantage that we are able to develop and implement Maintenance across the entire mill and our results have shown this to be true. Whether it be in delaying capital expenditure or allowing consolidation of manufacturing assets due to improved performance. ABB has even been key to saving non profitable mills from closure.
With an ABB Maintenance agreement you get support from a world leading network of pulp and paper industry maintenance specialists with a wide knowledge and experience of the industry and latest technology and get continuous benchmarking against the best performers in pulp and paper production in work safety, cost efficient maintenance practices and production efficiency.
Contact us today to find out if ABB can help you to improve your maintenance operations. With ABB as a true partner in your operations the results will be exceptional.
Please visit also ABB’s industry web pages to see our industry specific solutions which can be incorporated to the Full Service agreement.