ICL Group: Harnessing MetaBIM for Sustainable Industrial Process Engineering
ICL Group is a multinational manufacturing concern that develops, produces, and markets fertilizers, metals, and other special-purpose chemical products. The company creates impactful solutions to humanity's sustainability challenges in the global food, agriculture, and industrial markets. ICL's Dead Sea factories use MetaBIM as a strategic tool for industrial process engineering that helps to minimize process manufacturing downtime.
Background
ICL is part of Israel's largest chemical manufacturing, producing approximately one-third of the world's bromine, and is the sixth-largest potash producer globally. Over the years, they realized that their process data and information needed to meet the demands of their expanding knowledge base due to the outdated engineering archive.
Challenge
Bromine is a necessary product and its manufacturing plant, which has been in operation for over 40 years, has been placed in the hands of a senior process engineer. The engineer begins to familiarize himself with the process, the staff, and the available information.
However, after six months, the situation changes dramatically. The critical process documents have not been updated in over a decade and the flow diagrams from the past 30 years do not accurately reflect the current facility and process.
The process of orienting the equipment unit takes several hours and requires a tour and hands-on direction. Additionally, finding relevant historical documents about investments and upgrades in the archives to restore lost information is a matter of luck.
The engineer finds himself helpless and unable to understand the process. While he could ask the younger engineers to map out the process, he lacks the time and resources to carry out such a project.
- Headquarters: Israel
- Industry: Agriculture, food, and engineered materials
- Global Presence: USA, EU, CH, AUS
ICL Group leverages its unique natural resources, passionate team of employees, and technological innovation to create a positive impact in the agriculture, food, and engineered materials industries. The company focuses on increasing food production, improving food quality, promoting sustainable agriculture and industrial production, and preserving the environment.
Solution
With the use of MetaBIM's platform, ICL can sync laser scan data and old documentation to bridge the gap. The platform empowers laser scan data as a replica of the facility, connecting it to every process system, piece of equipment, and relevant document.
With MetaBIM's Industrial connected process, ICL now has real-time and accurate information, allowing them to accurately determine the point of failure without leaving their computer, providing operational flexibility.
Meta tags hold all data about each instrument in the system and electronically attach it to the document model, making the information readily available.
MetaBIM is a tool that helps navigate processes. It's an information infrastructure that enables quick decision-making and operations optimization.
Impact
The adoption of MetaBIM by ICL has not only optimized their industrial processes but has also set a new standard for sustainability in the chemical manufacturing industry. The ability to swiftly adapt to changes and efficiently manage resources has underscored ICL's commitment to sustainability and technological innovation.