Main Automation Contractor, MAC

The complexity of technological projects needs highly specialized companies with the skillset to develop them. Green-field or brown-field projects require broad solutions for control, automation and instrumentation systems which require a company such as ECN Automation for management and implementation under the figure of Main Automation Contractor (MAC) interacting with EPC, OEMs, control tech platforms, communication and information.

MAC’s role

Manage the complete scope of instrumentation, control, communication and process information of the project
Definition of project control and instrumentation standards along with EPC and standardization with the different original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) as well as with contractors in different areas of the plant, all engineering suppliers and system suppliers within the project
Development of all the instrumentation and control project engineering from the specification of instrumentation and field networks up to the actual control room design
Supervision of the electrical installation for control, communication networks and instrumentation
Designing and programming of control strategies for all the plant and integration of all subsystem packages
Control room and field site commissioning as well as whole system validation
Designing and implementation for all process communication networks andindustrial data center (IDC)
As-Build engineering of the complete project and documentation dossier
System maintenance and operation training

Main Automation Contractor (MAC) services

Expertise and technical abilities which certify ECN Automation as MAC.

What makes a MAC figure so important in wide automation projects

Project Management of the I&C Scope of the Project

Standard definition for control architecture and instrumentation

Develop the I&C project engineering

Designing and programming of control strategies for the whole plant

Control room, IDC, control panels and instrumentation commissioning

Project Done®

Project Done® is the method created by ECN Automation for project management based on successful projects made by the company as well as in the best practices of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the American National Standard Institute (ANSI), in compliance with the Control System Integrators association (CSIa) standards.

Case Studies

Success Case PlantPAx

PlantPAx implementation at San Martin Mine

Client:

Industrial Minera Mexico SA de C.V.

Location:

Sombrerete, ZAC. Mexico

Description:

Complete Rehab of Plant with a complete IACS implementation

DETAILS

DCS PlantPAx implementation

Virtualized System (Stratus ft6800) with PlantPAx Virtual Machine Templates

Network design and administration

ThinManager as administrator of ThinClients and tablets

Specification and supply of instrumentation

Success Case PlantPAx

PlantPAx implementation at Pastas Plant

Client:

Consorcio Minera Benito Juarez Peña Colorada SA de CV

Location:

Minatitlan, COL. Mexico

Description:

New plant with complete PlantPAx System implementation

DETAILS

DCS PlantPAx implementation

Network design and administration

Specification and supply of instrumentation

Smart MCC’s

Success Case PlantPAx

PlantPAx Implementation at Saucito II Plant

Client:

Fresnillo PLC

Location:

Fresnillo, ZAC. Mexico

Description:

New plant with complete PlantPAx System implementation

DETAILS

DCS PlantPAx implementation

Network design and administration

Specification and supply of instrumentation

Smart MCC’s

Fieldbus Field Networks

Success Case PlantPAx

PlantPAx Implementation at Saucito II Plant

Client:

Fresnillo PLC

Location:

Fresnillo, ZAC. Mexico

Description:

New plant with complete PlantPAx System implementation. Changing the specification of a competitor brand who builded the Saucito I Plant.

DETAILS

DCS PlantPAx implementation

Network design and administration

Specification and supply of instrumentation

Smart MCC’s

Fieldbus Field Networks

Main Automation Contractor, MAC

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