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Our Bureau Bangalore, July 30 ABB India has bagged an order worth Rs 455 crore for power, automation systems from Vedanta Aluminium Ltd for the expansion of their aluminium smelter plant at Jharsuguda in Orissa. ABB will design, supply, build and commission 24 sets of high power diode rectifier systems for four aluminium potlines. “ABB automation and electrical systems will become the manufacturing backbone of this smelter plant,” said Mr Biplab Majumder, Managing Director, ABB India.
ABB’s scope of supply also includes a new 400/220-kilovolt (kV) switchyard to supply the new smelter plant with reliable power, as well as a high-performance process control system with fibre optic current sensors and an ABB MicroSCADA control system for the power distribution network, substation switching bays, power and station transformers. ABB has supplied rectifier systems for phase one of the Jharsuguda plant expansion in 2007-08. When phase two is complete in 2010, Vedanta’s total aluminium smelting capacity at Jharsuguda will be 1,700,000 tonnes a year, making it one of the largest aluminium plants in the world. More Stories on : New Business | Aluminium | Electrical Goods | ABB Ltd
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