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ABB HELPS THE TRAFFIC FLOW FREELY IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE
28 June 2006 - ABB Automation Technologies
| A comprehensive package of ABB integrated systems, automation, ventilation, lighting, signage and traffic management, has helped make the new Costanera Norte expressway in Chile the most advanced multilane expressway in the world |
Acclaimed by independent authorities as the most advanced expressway of its kind in the world, Costanera Norte cuts across northern Santiago in an east-west direction to relieve heavy congestion in downtown areas and provide a fast link to the city's international airport. Built at a cost of $600 million the 38-kilometer expressway is part of the largest highway construction program in South America. Costanera Norte's extensive automation, ventilation and electrical systems were supplied by ABB and include some of the most advanced solutions in highway technology in Latin America. Two of the biggest challenges in the entire project are the two tunnels, one of which goes under the Mapocho river, and for which ABB engineered ventilation systems and environmental data measuring and monitoring systems to ensure that the tunnels are free from toxic fumes. Operational control relies on a digital connection with System 800xA with Delphi software. Other ABB solutions include the complete lighting and electrification of the expressway and tunnels, including electronic signage and messaging, as well as video, public address and communication systems, and the monitoring of the 220 SOS posts along the length of the expressway. Santiago has a population of 4.8 million and is the seventh largest city in the Americas. A map of Santiago, highlighting the Costanera Norte highway system.
Each ABB system is monitored and controlled by an ABB supervisory control and data acquisition and distributed control system based on ABB's award-winning System 800xA automation platform using AC 800M controllers and Process Portal A software. Costanera Norte is one of several similar projects that ABB has completed worldwide.
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About: ABB Automation Technologies
ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs around 105,000 people.
ABB has streamlined its divisional structure to focus on two core businesses: Power Technologies and Automation Technologies. The Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals division is slated for divestment. ABB Power Technologies serves electric, gas and water utilities as well as industrial and commercial customers, with a broad range of products, systems and services for power transmission, distribution and automation. ABB Automation Technologies blends a robust product and service portfolio with end-user expertise and global presence to deliver solutions for control, motion, protection, and plant integration across the full range of process and utility industries. In addition to ABB's automation activities directed at the oil and gas industries, ABB Lummus Global continues to design and supply production facilities, refineries and petrochemical plants. ABB's former Upstream business, divested in July 2004, is now part of Vetco International (www.vetco.com). |
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