Amreyah Cimpor uses Cachapuz SLV cement solution

Amreyah Cimpor Cement Company, located in Alexandria, Egypt, automates cement dispatching operations with an SLV cement solution from Cachapuz Bilanciai.

The cement plant has an annual production capacity of more than 3.9 million tonnes.

Amreyah Cimpor, part of the Cimpor Group, contracted Cachapuz for the SLV cement solution in 2008 to manage loading/unloading processes inside its cement plant.

SLV cement was customised to meet the needs of this industrial unit, providing the necessary tools and equipment for the complete automation of its functional areas (parking, entry/exit gates, bag loading and raw material unloading), the tools for process management and business analysis (web portals, statistical data, business indicators and automatic alerts) and integration with SAP ERP in online/offline mode (to ensure that the plant will work even in the case of a communication failure).

With this solution, the truck driver performs the loading/unloading process in self-service mode, interacting with the system components.

He identifies himself in the park kiosk, which validates the permission to load/unload from SAP, and waits for the system to call him.

When called in the information panel, he goes to the entry weighbridge, identifies himself and the system registers the first weigh after checking with positioning sensors that the truck is in the correct position.

When the traffic lights inform him to proceed, he goes to the indicated loading/unloading area where he performs the operation assisted by SLV kiosks.

Finally, he goes to the exit weighbridge, identifies himself and the system registers the second weigh and prints the necessary documentation in the kiosk, which concludes the operation.

SLV cement comprises: online/offline integration with SAP ERP; six weighbridges (two under implementation); three entrance/exit zones (one under implementation); one SLV kiosk park (with colour touch screen and RFID card readers); one information panel (large dimensions with full visibility at 150m); six SLV check-in/check-out kiosks (with colour touch screens, thermal printers, RFID card readers, traffic lights and positioning sensors); four SLV raw-materials kiosks (with RFID card readers and embedded traffic lights); and two SLV kiosk load systems (with colour touch screens).

Advantages include: an automated dispatching solution; front-end software with Arabic and English languages (both back-office and front-end kiosks); self-service operations 24 hours a day, seven days a week; web interface and rich data exploration; SAP integration (online/offline modes); and remote support to the system.

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