Replace obsolete DC Drives and wound rotor motors with State-of-the-Art Digital Drives and remanufactured Mill Motors. Upgrade to a PLC Based Control System for improved system reliability and increased diagnostics capability for the operators. A new Control Cab will give the operator better visibility, modern controls and more room for safer operation. A new Operator Chair will help to save cab room by incorporating new, smaller controls into the chair. The ergonomically designed chair along with new joystick controls will help to reduce operator fatigue assuring safer operation. A new HMI / MMI will give the operator the ability to see virtually all machine functions from a single location. This will aid in operations, maintenance and overall safety

• A new Electric House, located on the shore, will contain the new PLC, DC drives, isolation transformers and MMI station. By locating the electric house on-shore, the outage length and the installation costs will be drastically reduced. The old equipment will be abandoned in place eliminating the costly price of removal.
  
  
• New Vector Drives and Motors along with gearboxes on the barge haul system can help to increase machine throughput and help with smoother machine operation. The barge haul controls can be incorporated into the machine PLC.
  
  
• Where it is not practical or financially feasible to replace the M-G set, a new Field Control Regulator can be used to replace the obsolete field controls such as an outdated AmplidyneŽ controller.
  
  
• Reduce wiring maintenance issues by upgrading with a state-of-the art DeviceNet platform. With the installation of remote I/O and using DeviceNet Communication, multiple runs of wire are reduced to a single communication cable.

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