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In 2014 they sold 2.92 million tons of pulp, with 31%

destined for Europe, 36% for Asia, 1% for Latin

America (excluding Brazil), 22% in Brazil and 10% to

North America. These figures position the Suzano

Celulose group as the second largest producer of

eucalyptus pulp in the world.

The Maintenance Department of the Mucurí unit of

Suzano hired Westcon to perform predictive

maintenance audit of PROFIBUS DP networks of the

paper drying machine of their plant.

According to Carlos Flores, Suzano's Mucurí

Maintenance Manager, "it was necessary to ensure

greater operational reliability in PROFIBUS networks

in order to increase plant productivity. However,

our networks presented some random failures,

causing a machine stop. It was not a specific

repeated failure. Each stop would cause a

production downtime of about 3 hours resulting in a

loss of up to 10,000 tons. These events affected

significantly the profitability of the plant."

Westcon’s contract includes the installation of

ComBricks, a diagnostic and online monitoring

system. In this first phase, the ComBricks will

monitor 30 PROFIBUS DP segments of the physical

environment and the protocol of PROFIBUS DP and

PA networks.

Suzano Papel & Celulose uses PROCENTEC for

predictive maintenance of PROFIBUS DP networks

The Mucurí Suzano Pulp & Paper unit, located in the south of the state of Bahia, in Brazil,

produces pulp for the international market. The unit began construction in 1989, starting

production in 2001. In 2005, the company began the "Expansion Project", creating a second

pulp processing line, completing construction in 2007.

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Among other advantages and benefits, ComBricks

collects diagnostics of networks and continuously

stores the data in its memory, making it possible to

identify even intermittent faults, which are usually

the most difficult ones to diagnose.

ComBricks shows/displays the status of networks

through screens with bargraphs, disturbance

(waveform), and lists of error messages that may be

accessed remotely by users from any computer,

tablet or smartphone without the need to install

any software special application.

ComBricks can also send alert messages via email to

predefined users, who will be informed about errors

and critical conditions in the very moment they

occur.

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The degradation of cables and connections caused

by existing harsh conditions in the plant can lead to

the occurrence of network failure, resulting in

unwanted production stops. The ComBricks can

identify this degradation and notify the

maintenance engineers so that the necessary

interventions can be arranged before the stop

occurs.

Also according to Carlos Flores, "the maintenance

department really needs to have professionals able

to promote the first attack to solve the

communication problems of fieldbuses. That is the

reason why the contracted services included a

training class for the use of ComBricks and

understanding of their errors messages."

In Westcon Business Manager’s opinion, Erik Maran,

"supplying the ComBricks should always be

accompanied by training on the use of the product.

The agenda of this course includes a theoretical

introduction on design and installation of PROFIBUS

networks, followed by practical sessions on the

usage of the tool features in order to learn how to

diagnose the most common problems found in DP

and PA networks and how to fix them. This way the

customer can, in the simplest cases, identify the

problem and apply corrective measures to prevent

the plant stop or minimize downtime. We at

Westcon will offer support for more complex

cases.”

Suzano: Pulp to the World Suzano Papel e Celulose is a 91 year old company

and a trajectory marked by constant pursuit of

sustainable development. It has 897,000 hectares of

forest land, of which 460 000 from planted forests,

distributed in the states of Bahia, Espirito Santo, Sao

Paulo, Minas Gerais, Maranhão, Piauí and

Tocantins.

In Brazil, over than seven thousand workers are

employed and about eleven thousand are

outsourced. Its administrative headquarters are

located in São Paulo - SP and the company has six

plants - four in São Paulo (Embu, Limeira and two in

Suzano), one in Bahia (Mucuri) and one in

Maranhão (Empress).

In the eucalyptus pulp segment, its production is

sold in 31 countries. In the paper segment for

printing and writing, it has about 30 brands that are

sold in 60 countries.

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In 2010 Suzano Papel e Celulose expanded its

operations with the acquisition of FuturaGene,

British biotechnology company working in the

genetic development of forestry and biofuel crops,

with research laboratories in Israel and China.

Abroad, the company has a business office in China

and subsidiaries in the United States, Switzerland,

England and Argentina.

Backed by the forest competence, Suzano Pulp and

Paper aims to provide cost-effective products and

services that are socio-environmentally friendly and

are originated from renewable forests. The

commitment to sustainable development is also

certified by the Forest Stewardship Council

certification as Forest (FSC®), OHSAS 18001 and

CERFLOR.

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