Power and productivity for a better world
ABB in Denmark
ABB today
Dear Reader
Power and productivity for a better world – that is
what we are keen to promote at ABB. In just a few
words our slogan says what we can do at ABB: help
our customers become more competitive in a way
that will not harm our environment.
ABB is a global leader in the field of power and
automation technologies, placing utility companies and industries in a position to increase their
performance while maintaining minimal environmental impact.
Every day we ensure that our many customers are able
to meet ongoing demands for increased productivity
– however, we make absolutely certain that the environment is taken into account too. The energy consumption is increasing worldwide, and at the same time the
need for more sustainable energy is becoming ever
We develop, manufacture and market products
and services to the industry, utility companies,
the oil and gas sector and the infrastructure
market. We offer everything, from product
sales to turnkey solutions – including advisory
­ser­vices, project management and engineering.
more urgent on new markets. ABB has the products
and solutions that can be used to create energy, and
the products and solutions to increase efficiency and to
reduce energy consumption.
ABB is a major global company offering a wide range
of products and solutions. This brochure gives you an
overview of our main business areas. However, the
brochure cannot possibly cover all the corners of our
business. Instead, our intention is to give you a quick
overview of what ABB in Denmark has to offer, and of
how our innovative solutions help making our customers more successful – even in a globalised world.
24 hours a day, 365 days a year, our service
organization is at your disposal from any of our
eight local offices in Denmark. We can help our
customers quickly and efficiently so they avoid
production losses.
ABB is a Swiss group with 107,000 employees in around 100 countries and about
800 employees are working in Denmark.
ABB’s Head Office in Denmark is located in
Skovlunde.
Enjoy your reading.
Our customers are:
End-users
System integrators
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)
Installation contractors
Distributors, wholesalers and partners
Consulting engineers
Our customers work in:
The Industry
Utilities
The construction sector
Oil, gas and marine sector
We supply:
Products
Systems
Consultancy
Engineering
Service
Training
Claus Madsen
Managing Director
ABB in Denmark
Industry automation
More than just productivity
Today, automation is an essential factor in
Danish industry. When companies implement
automation, they obtain enhanced production efficiency: their working environment is
improved, lead times are reduced and energy
consumption is minimized. ABB offers a wide
range of automation products and systems for
the entire Danish industry.
Our customers operate in fields such as food
and beverages, pharmacy, chemistry and consumer goods.
Our automation solutions ensure that our customers remain competitive, flexible and reliable,
and guarantee their product quality. They also
offer an effective way of documenting production in detail so that any faults can be traced
later – or provide input for improvements.
Horsens, the most advanced pig slaughterhouse in the world.
Specifically, this means that the progress of products can be
Robots gain ground
ABB is the world’s leading
supplier of industrial robots.
Robots are gaining ground in
modern industrial production especially in the
pharmaceutical and the food industries. In addition to increased productivity, the advantage of
using robots is that they can carry out hard and
monotonous work and enhance the quality of
applications such as sorting, packing and pal-
monitored either upstream or downstream in the production,
and, in principle, right back to the pig breeders. This function is
important if, for example, a source of infection has to be found.
This system is structured as a factory database providing the
central hub between the various items of process equipment in
the factory and the main systems. Besides its extensive number
of records the database has a number of other functions,
including an advanced detailed planning tool. On the basis of
the general plan made centrally in SAP the factory staff can
amend and optimise order handling and, if necessary, react to
changes in the supply of raw materials or production condition.
letizing.
Innovation and research: ABB in Denmark is
an active member of the RoboCluster skills network, bridging research, educational institutions
and the industrial sector.
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We supply the following to the
industrial sector:
Automation systems
PLC systems
Drives and motors
Low voltage products
Instrumentation
Industrial robots
Automation products
Transformers
Medium voltage switch gears
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With modern automation industries can integrate all production units as well as integrate to the business systems. In this
way production is optimized and the bottom line improved.
ABB has developed a production database which enables Danish Crown to carry out extensive tracing and advanced
detailed production planning.
Did you know that
ABB automation systems control the indoor climate, temperature, pressure and
ventilation at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital?
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Industry automation
Supplying North Sea operators requires sound
knowledge of safety
Alarm Management with clear results
Alarms rarely go off on their own, and which alarm should you react to first? Alarm Management can provide you
with the ideal solution to your dilemma. Implementing an Alarm Management philosophy with the right kind of
follow-up ensures that the operators in a control room have the tools, skills and working conditions required to deal
with alarms in the best way possible.
As a supplier to the offshore operators in the
North Sea we are involved in all commercial
operations. Our IT systems and services
ensure efficiency, continuity and production
process optimization. The safety of personnel
and processing plants and protection of the
environment are absolutely crucial when it
comes to supplies to the offshore industry.
We supply the following to the oil and
gas industry:
Automation systems
Safety systems
Electrical and instrumentation projects
Multidiscipline engineering
Automation services
Medium and low voltage systems
Transformers
Service – mechanical and electrical
We supply the following to the marine
industry:
Automation systems
Medium and low voltage systems
and products
Diesel-electric propulsion – Azipod
Turbochargers
Thruster motors
Cylinder monitoring - Cylmate
In Denmark, ABB is a pioneer in the field and contribute heavily to ensuring that many production facilities are made more
aware of the benefits of good Alarm Management. DONG Energy A/S was one of the first companies to invest in Alarm
Management in cooperation with ABB. Their experiences have been very positive in terms of both results and finance, as
demonstrated by a Return on Investment time of just a few months. Better prioritization of important alarms, fewer alarms
in general and less stress in the control room have been the most significant reasons for this success. Consequently,
Dong Energy A/S has achieved a more stable production ensuring the required production figures for the company.
ABB technology enhances the efficiency
of large ships and power plants
ABB is a leader on the world market for turbochargers for diesel and gas engines over 500
kW. More than 170,000 ABB turbochargers are
in operation, working with all kinds of engines
on ships, at power plants, on oil platforms and
in diesel locomotives. These turbochargers
­provide a massive increase in motor performance and they have a very long life time.
Extending the life time of ships
We supply innovative and tested solutions to
the marine and shipping industry to optimize the
operation of ships throughout their life time. At
the same time ABB’s global presence makes it
possible for our customers to acquire service
and support in any harbour.
Did you know that
In Denmark, we service our ABB turbochargers at the premises of our customers or at
our ­modern service centres in Skovlunde and
Fredericia. Our service is supported by a
substantial worldwide service network of over 80
specially equipped turbocharger service stations.
The Freedom of the Seas, currently the largest cruise ship in the world, is driven
by ABB Azipods. An Azipod combines engine, screw and helm to form a single unit which is installed
beneath the ship’s hull. This enables the ship to manoeuvre much more freely. Freedom of the Seas
has had three units of 14 MW each installed.
Demands for environmentally friendly solutions, manoeuvrability and comfort for the 4,370 passengers and 1,360 crew members have made our Azipods the natural choice of propulsion system for this cruise ship. But other vessels such as yachts, ferries, Arctic tankers, offshore supply ships
and ice-breakers also use ABB Azipods to their advantage
ABB has supplied solutions which control and monitor all the pumps, engines, instruments, valves, etc. linked to the operation of the Dong Energy Siri production platform, as well as the three linked satellite installations Cecilie, Nini and Stine 1.
Energy
Stable supply to all of Denmark
The production of electricity and district heating at
Asnæsværket in Kalundborg is controlled and monitored
by an ABB control system.
Denmark depends on a reliable supply of
electricity, gas, water and heating. ABB helps
to secure this stability, making sure that we
have clean water in our taps, heat from our
radiators and electricity from our power socket.
We supply complete control, regulation and
monitoring systems, as well as remote control
systems to the entire energy sector and to the
Danish infrastructure.
We have many years of experience in the
Danish utility industry and we also share our in
solutions for the production and distribution of
water, heating and electricity.
We supply the following to energy production
and transmission:
Motors
Generators
Drives
Low voltage products
Transformers and transformer stations
High and medium voltage products,
including protection equipment
depth knowledge with our colleagues in other
countries for the benefit of our customers. We
export our expert knowledge of district heating
to countries such as China and Mongolia, which
are in need of new, environmentally friendly
Control systems
Instrumentation
Cables for power transmission
Service
ABB ensures overview during power black out
50,000 households without electricity – in the winter. That is precisely what happened on 8 January 2005 when a vicious hurricane swept
the northern part of Denmark. In just a few hours heavy damage had been sustained by the Himmerlands Elforsyning’s grid, which
includes some 2,000 km of overhead lines. Consequently, 1,864 transformer stations out of 2,590 broke down in a very short time. Staff
from Himmerlands Elforsyning took immidiate action. The ABB remote control system gave them the necessary overview of which towns
and districts had been affected by the grid outage. After two days’ hard work all customers had access to electricity again.
Did you know that
ABB systems are used to help secure the supply of electricity, gas and district
heating to half of all consumers in Denmark?
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Energy
We create energy in a windy Denmark
Wind energy first saw the light of day in
Denmark and ABB has been involved from
the outset. For two decades we have worked
in close cooperation with the world’s leading
manufactures of wind turbines. We develop
products and solutions which are ideal for the
requirements of the windmill industry.
Pure energy to 145,000 households
The largest offshore wind farm in the world is called Nysted
Havmøllepark and is located about 13 km west of Gedser in the
Our range of products spans from low voltage,
medium voltage and high voltage, and components and transformer stations to HVDC plants
as well as transmission solutions.
southern part of Denmark. Each year it helps reducing Denmark’s
CO2 emissions by 500,000 tonnes, equivalent to 1 % of Denmark’s
total CO2 emissions. This farm consists of 72 wind turbines, each
of which is able to output 2.3 MW. The wind farm is monitored
from land by means of an ABB control system. The electricity itself
Our aim is to remain the world’s leading supplier
of components and solutions to the windmill
industry and to help ensure that Denmark keeps
its leading position within wind technologies.
is transmitted via the 48 km long ABB submarine cable on the sea
bed, which links the 72 wind turbines at the wind farm to a transformer station. There are 24 km land-based cable connecting the
wind turbines to the rest of the high voltage grid. The cable weighs
70 kg per metre and is the heaviest in the world. ABB also sup-
We supply the following to the wind
power industry:
plied generators, transformers, switchgear and routers – the latter
being used to control communication in the control system.
Did you know that
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Total wind power production in Denmark (GWh)
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Wind power’s share off the total
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Transmission to entire wind farms:
Transformer stations
Network solutions
Control Systems
HVDC plants
Products:
Monitoring systems
Cables
Generators, motors and drives
Low voltage products
Transformers
Service
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Source: Danish Wind Industry Association
the 72 wind turbines at Nysted Havmøllepark annually produce enough
power to supply 145,000 households with sustainable energy – the same number of households as in
Aarhus – Denmark’s second largest city?
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Products
About 40,000 products – something for everyone
The oven that is selling like hot cakes
A company called Hounö manufactures fan ovens, which we know from petrol stations.
Customers expect their bread to be of top quality, and the same requirements apply to the
We have a very extensive range of electrical and
automation products which are used for major
automation systems, electrical controls, electri­
city distribution and other applications.
Many of our products help directly to reduce
energy consumption, either themselves or in
conjunction with others – all for the benefit of the
environment.
Quality and safety are key to the ABB pro­
duct range. This is why development is
always in progress at the ABB Research and
Development centres, often in partnership with
our customers. This allows us to guarantee
quality products which meet the highest tech­
nical demands from our customers.
Product group
Products
What are they used for?
Automation
Products
PLC systems, operator panels, motor controls, bus products, motor protection and
push buttons.
Conveyor belts, machinery, automatic control
devices for production plants in the pharmaceutical industry, for example.
Low voltage
components
Motors, drives, soft starters, circuit breakers,
contactors, motor starters, overload switch,
load break switches and safety switches.
Intelligent building controls.
Distribution boards, power panels, controls
and other kinds of electrical installations in the
industry for machinery, electricity and energy
distribution.
Instrumentation
Flow measurement, temperature measurement, pressure measurement, positioners,
regulators, printers and analysis instruments.
Measurement, regulation and registration of
process values within all areas of the industry,
such as pharma, power plants and food
industry.
Transformers
ABB has a complete range of transformers
compliant with ANSI and IEC, as well as
other local standards, such as distribution
transformers, power transformers, industrial
transformers and reactors.
Voltage adjustment for both the distribution system and the transmission industry.
Medium voltage
products
Breakers, switchgear, motor controls, protection, fuses and compact secondary substations
For industry and utilities. Covering requirements
up to 36 kV for switchgear, instrumentation and
stations.
High voltage
products
Cables, power switches, isolated components, transformers, measuring instruments
and power capacitors.
High voltage systems; ABB has one of the widest ranges from 50-800 kV.
Did you know that
ABB’s total installed base of AC drives alone is estimated to
save 96 million MW hours of energy per year – the equivalent of 12 nuclear power plants while
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increasing productivity and reducing CO2 emissions by 80 million tonnes annually – about the
same as a country the size of Denmark with a population of five million people.
oven. A little ABB drive is built into each fan oven which is used to regulate the speed of
the air flow inside - partly to protect the fan and partly to enhance the quality of baking. It
is important to make sure that the heat can be regulated so that the products are baked evenly. This little
drive allows the temperature to be controlled ungraduated, making it easy to control the baking process.
ABB’s motors and generators are available in a
wide range of variations and guarantee customers
reliability and energy-saving efficiency.
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Environment
Service
Our slogan says it all:
Power and productivity for a better world
Service can be non-recurrent or a partnership
– you decide
Sustainability for ABB means seeking a balance
between economic development, environmental
stewardship and social progress. Sustainability
is built into different aspects of our business,
including the manufacturing of energy saving
products, systems and solutions, the sharing of
technology throughout our group, particularly
with developing countries, and joining multilateral
efforts to raise living standards around the world.
One of our main contributions to sustainability
lies in the strong environmental performance
of our products over their complete life cycles.
Using life cycle assessments, we supply pro­
ducts and systems that require less material,
have greater efficiency and consume less energy which means less harmful emissions – particularly during long operating lifetimes.
ABB follows the guidelines of the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) – an international,
multi-stakeholder undertaking supported by the
United Nations. The GRI guidelines are based
on a measurable “triple bottom line” reporting
approach – covering environmental, economic,
and social performance. We report accordingly
in ABB’s annual Sustainability review.
Service is just as much a part of our business
as motors and software. Just as we design our
products to meet the requirements of each individual company we also customize service
agreements to meet the needs of our customers.
Regular service will ensure that you get the
most out of your ABB equipment throughout its
lifetime. We develop Life Cycle Programmes so
that you know when to carry out maintenance
and when to consider replacing equipment in
order to guarantee stable operation.
nance and system upgrades to our Full Service
whereby ABB takes over the responsibility of all
maintenance for a production company.
250 members of staff offering a wide range of
skills are called out from our service centres to
every corner of Denmark and abroad, offshore
and onshore, 24 hours, 365 days a year.
Choose your own service level :
1. Ad hoc service
Any service of the ABB range of products and systems.
2. Total Equipment Management
You can always rely on our on-site staff when the
unexpected happens. We can carry out repairs,
obtain spares or hire out spare equipment and
hence keep the amount of time your production
equipment is out of action to a minimum.
ABB takes over responsibility for the company’s machinery, including breakdowns and preventive maintenance.
3. Full Service
A Full Service agreement between ABB and a company
is a partnership in which ABB takes over responsibility
for the design, execution and maintenance of the company’s maintenance activities.
We offer service on many levels, ranging from
a general call-out service, preventive mainte-
Sustainable energy production in Greenland
From the autumn of 2007, Qorlortorsuaq, the most modern hydroelectric power station in the world, will be supplying all electricity to
the two towns of Narsaq and Qaqortoq (formerly Julianehåb) in Southern Greenland. With the construction of this hydroelectric power
station, Nukissiorfiit – Greenland’s energy supply company – will be able to close down the two old, diesel-driven power plants and at
the same time massively increase the utilisation of the inexpensive and environmentally friendly source of hydro power.
ABB supplies and commissions the power plant’s remote control system and protection systems, and in this way we help Nukissiorfiit
make an important and long-awaited step in the direction of more sustainable energy production. Nukissiorfiit is expecting to be able to
produce approximately 29 GW, equivalent to more than 15 % of Greenland’s total energy consumption.
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