Finding… issues in an early stage of the plant life cycle provides a solid foundation for maximising equipment lifespan, plant reliability and availability. WORLD PULP&PAPER 37 customers remotely, the impact of failures on production can be reduced. The collaborative operations system delivered to Metsä Group’s bioproduct mill is currently in the data-verification stage before it enters into full operational use. The system is already enabling the remote monitoring and diagnostics of electrical maintenance data. During the data verification process, a potential problem was identified and corrected: the incoming cooling air temperatures on some of the drives was higher than recommended. If left uncorrected, this would have reduced the drives’ lifespan and lowered their availability, but corrective actions were made to adjust the electrical room air conditioning to an optimal level. Finding these types of issues in an early stage of the plant life cycle provides a solid foundation for maximising equipment lifespan, plant reliability and availability. Figure 5. Example of equipment detail page in the monitoring application. Figure 6. Metsä Group’s bioproduct mill (Photo: Metsä Group)