INDUSTRIES & SOLUTIONS
Figure 3: P&ID of the ÄKTA ready™ 450 Chromatography System in the zenon POL.
INTEGRATION OF LEGACY EQUIPMENT WITH ZENON AND MTP Module Type Package (MTP) is a concept to modularize today’s automation systems. It contains a manufacturer-neutral, functional description of the automation of process modules for integration into orchestration systems, such as conventional process control systems. As not every existing asset is ready for MTP yet, it requires a simple solution for end users and equipment suppliers to upgrade existing equipment to support the MTP standard. MODULE TYPE PACKAGE (MTP) An increase in the flexibility of production plants is one of the answers to rapidly changing market requirements in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. In order to achieve the flexibility required for this, the modularization of today’s production systems on a procedural, mechanical, and automation level is absolutely necessary.
To address this challenge, PNO (PROFIBUS users organization), together with NAMUR (an international association of user companies in the process industry for automation technology) and the German association ZVEI, are supporting just such a plug-and-play approach by defining the Module Type Package (MTP) concept (VDI/VDE/ NAMUR 2658).1. This model allows for more flexibility by enabling the
quick assembly and disassembly of systems from different vendors in an architecture. The basic requirement for consistent modularization in production is a uniform description of the information about the individual modules. Which data objects are present? Which services are to be executed? According to MTP terminology, a module like a bioreactor or a filter skid is known as a Process
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