Case Study
Taking Control Of The Calibration Trend
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By Beamex
Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. is a world-scale petrochemical manufacturer with production facilities in Texas and Louisiana. The Carville, LA Site is the largest styrene monomer facility of its type in the world; the plant was built in 1968 and is a 50/50 owned joint venture of Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. (operator) and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation. The Instrumentation and Controls/Analyzer Department at the Carville site employs ten Technicians and two Analyzer Specialists along with a nested contract instrument technician.
Steve Brown is Analyzer Specialist at the Carville site. He has accumulated 24 yrs of experience in the instrumentation and controls fi eld with the last 6 years here at the Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. in Carville, LA. Steve's current responsibilities include Analyzer maintenance and calibration as well as being the ISO 9000 / ISO 14000RC program administrator. As the administrator, Steve maintains all calibration records for both of the programs. In addition to using Beamex® CMX Calibration Software in the Monomer Facility, Total Petrochemicals USA is in the process of implementing the calibration management system at their neighbouring Polystyrene Plant.
The role of the Instrumentation and Controls/ Analyzer Department is to ensure that calibrations are performed on-time and the records maintained. Their main focus is to ensure that the instrument calibrations performed are accurate and traceability is maintained throughout the life of the instrument. Therefore, calibration as such plays an important role for the business. "We are of a mindset that if your instrumentation does not perform well, your product will suffer", Steve explains.
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