LSI is a system integrator founded in 1985 with 85 employees across 5 offices. They specialize in process control design, DCS configuration, project management, and more. Their expertise includes major DCS platforms and they have experience across industries like food & beverage, oil & gas, power, and more. They summarized 8 completed projects from the last 5 years involving DCS conversions, new facilities, and more.

1. DCS Capabilities

2. Branch Locations
LSI is a system integrator that started in 1985
that now employs 85 people located in 5
offices around the U.S and in the People’s
Republic of China
• Bartlett, TN (Headquarters)
• Jackson, TN
• Rossville, GA
• Golden, CO
• Guangzhou, PRC

3. Company Capabilities
• Process Controls Design • Project Management**
• S88 Batch Implementation** • Electrical Engineering**
• P&ID Creation, Loop Sheets, Logic • Electrical Panel Design**
Diagrams • UL Panel Fabrication**
• Process Safety Analysis • Microstation/ACAD
• User Specification Development** • MES Systems (OEE, etc.)
• DCS Definition, Design, and • Technical Training
Configuration** • Advanced Process Control Boiler
• Instrumentation Specification & Powerhouse Applications**
• Control Loop Design and Tuning • Drive Systems
• PLC/RTU Programming** • Motion Systems
• HMI and SQL Implementation** • Fieldbus implementation (FF, As-
• ARC Flash and Short Circuit I, Profibus, etc.)**
Coordination Studies
• Drives and Drive Systems

4. Industries Served
• Food and Beverage
• Oil and Gas
• Specialty Chemicals
• Pulp and Paper
• Power Generation
• Mobile Power Units
• Plastics
• Nuclear (Non Reactor)
• Metals

5. Platform Expertise
DCS Platforms
• Emerson Delta V
• Foxboro
• ABB
• Bailey
• Honeywell
PLC/PAC Platforms
• Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley
• Siemens
• GE
HMI Platforms
• Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley
• Wonderware
• Intellution
• Iconics

6. Completed Projects Using DCS
Systems in the last 5 years

7. Completed Project 1 – Major
Brewery
Project Details
• Wort Cooling Process
• 8 month project
• $2.3M project
• Bailey Net90 Conversion
Project Scope
• Complete Project Execution
• P&ID’s
• Procurement
• Project Management
• Panel Design and Fabrication
• Delta V Configuration
• Construction Management
• Commissioning
• S88 Methodology Used

8. Completed Project 2 – Nuclear
Waste Treatment
Project Details
• Nuclear Waste Treatment
• 14 month project
• $2.3M project in design and
configuration, plus $1.2M in
panel fabrication
• ABB AC-460 Series Controllers
Project Scope
• DCS Configuration
• Graphics Development
• Process Simulation
• Operator Training
• Commissioning
• FAT Testing and Simulation
(Cape Software)
• Commissioning and Startup
• ASME NQA-1-2000 Quality
Compliant Project for software
and simulation
• Panel fabrication and testing
per NQA-1-2000

9. Completed Project 3 – Kiln and
Caustic areas in a Paper Mill
Project Details
• Kiln #1 and common equipment
for the Kilns in the caustic area
(Foxboro to DeltaV conversion)
• 6 month project
• $350k project
• 260 DST’s and 175 CM’s
• 4 DeltaV controllers
Project Scope
• Power drawings,
communication drawings, and
individual card drawings (275
total drawings created or
modified)
• DCS configuration
• Simulation and testing
• Commissioning

10. Completed Project 4 – Major
Brewery Greenfield Site
Project Details
• Complete Greenfield Plant –
Basic Process
• 2.5 Year project
• $8M project
• 63 Controllers
• 15,000 I/O
Project Scope
• DCS Configuration
• Commissioning
• Simulation and Testing

11. Completed Project 5 – Major
Brewery
Project Details
•Blend/Finish Operations
• 20 month project
• $3M project
• 12 Controllers
Project Scope
• Functional Description
Development
• Process Control Design
• Delta V Configuration
• PLC5 to Delta V Conversion
• Process Simulation and Testing
• Commissioning
• S88 Methodology Used

12. Completed Project 6 – New Product
Line/Process into Major Brewery
Project Details
• New Product Line into existing
plant
• 9 month project to first
production runs, 18 months total
• 16 man years worth of effort in
9 months, 21.5 man years for the
total project
• 1100 drawings completed in 6
weeks
• 64 People contributed to the
project from LSI and
subcontractors, including all 5
LSI offices
• Supported the plant 24X7
Project Scope
• Design (P&ID, Electrical, and
Controls)
• Procurement
• Installation/Construction
management
• DCS Configuration
• Simulation and Testing
• Commissioning

13. Completed Project 7 – DCS and Safety
Interlock System Conversion in a Major
MMA Facility
Project Details
• Project was originally Planned for 2006 major overhaul, but rescheduled for 2009/2010 overhaul of the plant
• DCS Conversion from Honeywell to DeltaV
• Safety PLC conversion from Honeywell/TI to redundant Controllogix SIL 2 system
• 1730 DST’s and 400 PLC I/O for the entire project
• Designed conversion panels and interconnecting cabling system to allow for complete plant conversion in 20 man-days
• Managed construction 24/7 throughout the overhaul and through interlock verification
• Designed plant simulation system for operator training and validation (Mynah MimiC)
• Assisted plant with class based module structure, implementing ASM (Abnormal Situation Management) graphics, and alarm
management
• Integrated Hart (SMART) instrumentation into AMS
• Commissioned all FF instruments and Allen Bradley Intellicenters
• Integrated Ethernet/IP communications between safety PLC system and DCS
Project Scope
• Design (Electrical, controls, all networks and field busses (FF, Devicenet)
• Logic Diagrams and Loop sheets
• Hardware Specification
• Installation and Construction Management
• Control Room Design (Wright Line products)

14. Completed Project 8 – DCS and Safety
Interlock System Conversion in a Major
Acrylic Sheet Facility
Project Details
• DCS conversion from Provox to DeltaV
• Safety PLC system - SIL 2 Controllogix system
• 1200 DST’s and 200 PLC I/O for the entire project
• Designed marshalling system to allow for conversion using the existing cabinets and infrastructure
• Batching system – developed the S88 model and recipe structure to allow operations management to create and adjust
batches
• Designed and integrated first FF segments for the plant site
Project Scope
• Design (Electrical, controls, all networks and field busses (FF, Devicenet)
• Logic and Loop sheets
• Hardware Specification
• Installation and Construction Management
• Control Room Design (Wright Line)

15. Other Miscellaneous Projects
Completed
• PolyMeg for Acrylics
• Hydrogen Reformer
• 2 stage Steam Reforming
• Fluidized Bed Reactors
• Recovery Boilers
• Brewing, Fermenting, and Aging
processes
• Numerous other batch and
continuous processes