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Greenfield Crystal Production Facility – Portland, Oregon

Ultra-High Purity Gas Delivery System for Greenfield Crystal-Production Facility

IS International was contracted to provide the control system for a greenfield plant using thin-film deposition techniques in order to grow extremely high-value crystals. The project was located in Portland, Oregon.

The UHP Gas Delivery System included six types of pressurized and liquid gases, including hydrogen, methane, and oxygen. The project also included system interfaced laboratory-grade components alongside industrial process controls and instrumentation.

The system is controlled by a Siemens S7-1500-series PLC with a WinCC HMI. Most of the sensors are interfaced using ProfiNet, Modbus, DeviceNET communications. A total of 41 high-precision flow meters and/or flow controllers, 12 purifiers, 4 gas chromatographs, and other vendor-supplied equipment are linked in this manner. Data is sent to the plant control room via BACNet and SQL Server communications links.

IS provided instrumentation selection and specification services, collaborated on the design of the P&IDs, and developed the electrical installations and signage for the Class I Div. 1 and 2 areas, handling both Group B and D gasses.

IS designed and fabricated the required panels, procured the instrumentation and supported the field installation, commissioning and start-up.

Learn more about our control system integration capabilities here.

Siemens Woman-Owned Partner of the Year

IS International Services, LLC is honored to be recognized by Siemens Corporation, Inc. USA as their woman-owned partner of the year for outstanding and distinguished support. IS International was chosen out of 20,000 vendors in the power generation division to receive the award. On October 5th 2019, President Samah Moussa and General Manager Al Dimassi joined the ceremony to accept the award.

This award is valued highly by everyone at IS International. IS believes in partnering with customers to design mutually desirable engineering and services outcomes for win-win business results.

Throughout the United States, Siemens partners with more than 20,000 small business suppliers to drive innovation, achieve greater success, and play an active role in the growth of the U.S. market. IS is proud to be the Siemens woman-owned partner of the year and looks forward to continued success in the future. 

$180 Million Greenfield Medical Device Manufacturing Facility

IS International Services, LLC executed a turnkey project for process automation, instrumentation and systems integration for a medical device manufacturing facility in Athens, Georgia with an approximate total cost of $180 million dollars.   IS was tasked with the engineering, software development and procurement of instrumentation, PLC, HMI, panels and additional equipment.  IS also developed and implemented the SRS, SDS and CSV’s.  At the facility business control layer, IS executed the MES/ERP system interface to the manufacturing floor.

IS was tasked with providing a turnkey solution to for the utilities, ovens and additional process areas listed below. Some of IS’ responsibilities included:

  • Turn key to include instrumentation, PLC, HMI, installation, commissioning and start-up
  • Instrumentation procurement
  • Gas monitoring system design, procurement and installation
  • Scouring system design and implementations
  • Safety panels design and implementation
  • Ovens design and implementation
  • Design and implementation of the system interface to an existing raw material supplier
  • System architecture design and integration
  • Panels design, installation and start-up
  • Integration services
  • Training services
  • MES services
  • Development of SRS, SDS, CSV
  • Execution of CSV’s

Learn more about our process automation and systems integration here

PCS7 Custom Safety Training

In March 2018, IS held a custom PCS7 training class for its engineers joined by few select clients at our facility in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The class focused on PCS7 Network Topology design and implementation in hazardous and with safety rated hardware and software development approaches. The following were covered during this training:

  1. PCS7 guidelines for safety rated applications
  2. Safety code development practices VS process code development practices
  3. Code segregation
  4. IEC61511 Compliance
  5. Safety blocks and code segregation proper practices
  6. When and how to properly communicate between Safety and process code
  7. Safety Matrix best practices
  8. Protecting Safety code from unauthorized users
  9. Tracking changes made to safety code
  10. Safety hardware design and configuration
  11. Best practices for OB setup in a safety AS
  12. Profinet vs Profibus protocols

As your engineering partner, we take ownership of our responsibilities and projects. You can depend on a positive project process, experience and outcomes when you choose IS International Services, LLC as your services provider. Learn more about who we’ve worked with here.