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ISSUES & INSIGHTS

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Case Study: Robotic Solution For Precision Engineering Firm

A Singapore-based company employs robotic solution to automate its production line, improving efficiency, reliability and cost. By Shermine Gotfredsen, Universal Robots

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Case Study: Safe Burn Off

A Chinese company uses Turck's excom for the redundant, safe and explosion protected connection of remote gas flare stacks to the central DCS of the plant. By Baolai Tian, Turck (China)

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SOFTWARE & NETWORKS

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Achieving Real Time Asset Integrity

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How Businesses Can Profit From Asset Management Services

Plant operators currently face increasingly complex challenges when managing the integrity of plant units and assets. By Sridhar Srinivasan, Honeywell Process Solutions

Investing in a comprehensive asset management strategy can aid companies in lowering operating budgets, whilst maintaining efficiency and optimising productivity. By Robert Buttermore, Rockwell Automation

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Maximising Machine Uptime With Vibration Sensors

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A Demand For More Intelligent Measurement Systems

Manufacturing and process equipment faces a range of challenges, from contamination in the environment to the stresses caused within the machinery itself, but vibration monitoring has proved to be an extremely cost-effective and reliable way to support and protect the system. By Chris Hansford, Hansford Sensors

With the advent of technologies such as NFC and smartcard IC technology solutions, transport ticketing is being revolutionised across the world.

IAA interviewed Martin Gruber, GM, smart mobility & retail, NXP Semiconductor at RFID World Asia 2014 on the company’s MIFARE technology. By Mark Johnston

The era of big analogue data is demanding more intelligent measurement systems to keep up with the exponential growth of data from a complex array of sensors. By Aashish Mehta, National Instruments

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Nine key attributes of Leading Energy Analysis, Dashboards and Reports Solutions (LEADRS) will be explored along with the market trends that make them successful. By Sudhi Sinha, Johnson Controls

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Manufacturing Opportunities & The Asian Middle Class

An overview of the ISO 50001 standard will be given, together with details of the key steps necessary to establish and operate an effective energy management system consistent with the framework outlined in this standard. By Klaus-Dieter Fursch, TÜV SÜD Management Service

IAA interviewed Charlie MacDonald, industry executive, manufacturing transport and logistics, Telstra, on an industry report by Telstra Global titled: ‘Make for Asia, the emerging Asian middle class and opportunities for Australian manufacturing’.

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The chemical industry relies heavily on water both as a raw material and a source of energy generation. Innovative approaches are offered for the efficient use of water as a raw material. Solutions are also provided for resource-saving and sustainable energy generation. By Jean-Marc Vesselle, Lanxess

In today’s rapidly changing market having a fast response time and direct control over stock close at hand is a valuable asset. IAA spoke with Derek Chua, regional sales and marketing manager, Contrinex (SEA) on his company's newly established Asia Logistics operation, of which he is the director. By Mark Johnston

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Robots will not be replacing maids anytime soon, however that is

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making them smarter and more versatile.

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research and innovation was recently announced by the robotics industry and the European Commission. The intent of this

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INDUSTRY NEWS DHL Supply Chain Boosts Singapore Investment Singapore: DHL Supply Chain has broke ground at Singapore’s Tampines LogisPark on the company’s Advanced Regional Centre, an integrated BuildTo-Suit (BTS) logistics warehouse facility boasting an investment of more than S$160 million (US$127.96 million).

This is a combined investment of approximately S$40 million from DHL and over S$120 million from Cache Logistics Trust, the appointed logistics real estate solutions provider.

With a warehouse floor area of over 90,000 sq m, this new regional centre will occupy the largest parcel of land in Tampines LogisPark, spanning nearly 60,000 sq m. It is set to increase the company’s warehouse capacity in Singapore by 40 percent. The facility will also house Asia Pacific Solutions & Innovation Centre (ASIC), a joint development with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).

The company expects its Singapore staff strength to reach over 2,000 upon completion of this facility. These numbers will bolster its regional goal of 25,000 staff by 2015, representing an increase of 65 percent in regional staff strength from 2013.

ASIC, the first innovation centre for DHL outside Troisdorf, Germany, will be the first centre of excellence

DHL Supply Chain Advanced Regional Centre groundbreaking ceremony.

for innovative logistics services and solutions in the region. The facility will serve as a regional platform to engage customers, industry partners and the Singapore research and government community on business and innovation-related matters.

Besides live demonstrations of the latest logistics trends and innovative solutions, the innovation centre will set new industry standards through the set-up of several competence centres dedicated to identifying, monitoring and harnessing specific logistics industry trends and market developments.

One of the first competence centres to be established under the

ASIC umbrella will be the centre of excellence for automation. The facility will be designed for complex multisector and multi-user operations, showcasing the latest automation solutions, such as an automated storage and order picking system. In addition, the company will hire and train a local team of skilled specialists in automation for the new facility.

Construction of the new facility is expected to be completed by the second half of 2015. The company’s Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) regional office and Singapore country office will then be re-located to the premises.

Productivity Increase And Human Error Reduction For Oil Palm Company S i n g a p o re : Datamax-O’Neil, a provider of label and receipt printing solutions, has secured the opportunity to supply mobile printing solutions to an Indonesian oil palm company that specialises in edible oils and fats.

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Johnson Controls Expands Manufacturing And Research In China

The company has expanded of its manufacturing and research and development centre in Wuxi, China.

Singapore: Johnson Controls has officially opened a US$35 million expansion of its manufacturing and research and development centre in Wuxi, China. The expansion will meet the demand for energy efficient buildings by tripling the company’s manufacturing capacity to serve the growing market.

Located in Jiangsu province, the entire

Wuxi campus now covers 138,500 sq m with more than 1,800 employees, including 60 new employees. The Wuxi campus and its engineering centre is now one of the company’s largest research and development centres for building solutions in the world for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, as well as industrial refrigeration solutions. The

campus will also spearhead continuing innovation on heat recovery solutions that make district heating plants up to 40 percent more efficient.

“Urbanisation and the government’s efforts to promote sustainable development are driving demand in China for energy efficient buildings,” said Dave Myers, president, Johnson Controls Building Efficiency. “This is a real opportunity for us to expand our presence and use our expertise and innovation in a growing global market.”

The facility is equipped with the latest automatic and intelligent production lines to ensure excellence in productivity and quality control.

The new construction used integrated building technologies and solutions such as rainwater recycling and solar energy systems to meet LEED Gold certification standards.

The expansion is part of the company’s continued commitment to China across its businesses. Last year, the company announced plans to build a second global corporate headquarters in Shanghai. The 35,000 sq m campus is expected to be completed by late 2016.

Swisslog Recognised With 2013 Supplier Excellence Award Singapore: Swisslog has received the 2013 Supplier Excellence Award from Texas Instruments (TI). The annual award honours companies whose dedication and commitment in supplying products and services meet TI’s standards for excellence.

Swisslog is one of the companies from a group of 12 suppliers chosen for their performance in the areas of cost, environmental & social responsibility, technology, responsiveness, assurance of supply, and quality.

(l-r): Pieter Marseille, global product distribution manager, Texas Instruments; Koh Seng Teck, head of WDS Southeast Asia, Swisslog; Larry Tan, president, Texas Instruments Asia

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Rockwell Automation Wins Supply Chain Management Excellence Award Singapore: Rockwell Automation has announced that its Singapore Operations’ Asia Pacific Business Centre (APBC) won this year’s APICS Corporate Award of Excellence — Asia from the leading professional association for supply chain and operations management.

The award is in recognition of the APBC’s achievement in meeting

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and overcoming the challenges of an ever-changing supply chain and operations landscape. Organised by APICS and APICS Foundation, the official announcement was made at APICS 2014 Conference in Shanghai, China.

Based in Singapore, the APBC, supported by over 600 research and development, engineering and manufacturing experts, is conveniently

located near machine builders in Asia Pacific, a market vital to the company’s global growth.

In addition, the centre also serves as headquarters for the following automation-control product lines: CompactLogix; SLC; Distributed Input/ Output; Micro Controllers; PanelView Component; and Component Drives.

Encompass Launches Asia Pacific Multi-Channel Broadcast Monitoring And Playout Facility

Digital Media has launched a US$7 million broadcast monitoring facility, the Megapod (seen here).

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Singapore: Schneider Electric has announced the appointment of Philippe Arsonneau as senior VP for Schneider Electric’s IT Business Global Sales division. A 23 year veteran at the company, Mr Arsonneau will oversee all IT business unit countries in the EMEA and APJ regions.

Based in Singapore, Mr Arsonneau’s extended job scope will see him focus on key priorities, including establishing and retaining relationships with key partners and stakeholders, in addition to helping the company’s customers across the region meet their business objectives via holistic energy management solutions.

Singapore: Encompass Digital Media has launched a US$7 million broadcast monitoring facility, the Megapod — a multi-channel broadcast monitoring and playout facility with multi-channel and multiformat for linear and Over-The-Top (OTT) delivery capabilities. The Megapod can handle up to 250 channels, from ingest to delivery across multiple screens.

This broadcast monitoring facility offers broadcasters a ready infrastructure for expansion, allowing the launch of a new channel every two-and-a-half weeks, provides significant reduction time to any anomalies, and reduces book-to-build time to less than three weeks. The fully automated, endto-end central monitoring system

is built on the back of iControl — a fully automated integrated monitoring and control system.

Together with Encompass Asia's existing facility, this facility offers a variety of robust services with high redundancy, including playout, distribution, digital media manipulation, ad inserts, OTT services, as well as other creative, technical and global archival services. In addition, the facility also houses a postproduction studio, giving clients the full end-to-end solution to create and deliver content on the go. To date, a number of tier 1 broadcasters operating across Asia have indicated plans to take advantage of the efficiencies that this facility will generate.

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Vimal Kapur Appointed President Of Honeywell Process Solutions

IES To Inaugurate Engineer Chong Kee Sen As President Singapore: The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES) has inaugurated Engineer Chong Kee Sen, director of civil and structural consulting engineering company, Engineers 9000, as its new president during the institution’s 48th Annual General Meeting (AGM). Mr Chong will take over the reins of the IES presidency from professor S K Chou, executive director of NUS Energy Studies Institute. His appointment will be for a term of two years (Sessions 2014/15 and 2015/16).

As the new president, Mr Chong has identified four main thrusts to propel IES forward and ensure IES’s relevance to the society and its members. The first thrust focuses on preserving the core values that have made IES what

it is today and acknowledging the importance of its existing foundation.

Secondly, IES will reach out and expand into the other engineering disciplines and industries so as to continue to meet the changing needs of the engineering profession and empower engineers to stay ahead as Singapore’s economy diversifies.

Thirdly, Mr Chong seeks to engage young engineers, fuel their passion and retain them in the profession in the long term. The last thrust will be dedicated to enthusing bright young minds to go into engineering by providing them with hands-on opportunities that will stir their interest to choose engineering as a course of study and eventually embark on an engineering career.

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Singapore: Vimal Kapur has been named president of Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS), a Honeywell business that supplies automation control, instrumentation and services to process manufacturers in industries such as oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, petrochemicals, and metals, minerals and mining.

A near-30-year veteran of the process automation industry, Mr Kapur has been with the company for more than 25 years. He has held a number of key strategic business positions within the organisation including VP of global marketing and strategy for HPS, and MD for Honeywell Automation India Limited (HAIL). Prior to this appointment, he was VP/GM of the Advanced Solutions line of business for HPS.

Aggreko Opens Thailand Depot To Enhance Presence In Southeast Asia Singapore: Aggreko has announced the opening of a new depot in Songkhla, Thailand, to enhance service standards for both existing and potential customers throughout Southeast Asia. The announcement comes as the company seeks to drive business growth in key sectors across the region, with Thailand selected for its strategic location and proximity to current and future customers.

Having traditionally served regional customers from a central location in Singapore, the new service depot will assist the needs of Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar, Cambodia, Vi e t n a m a n d L a o s . T h e m o v e strengthens the company’s presence and reach across Asia — currently with 27 offices — and allows it to help bridge the power gap in key markets.

In increasing the scope and efficiency of its offering, the company

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will enable customers to realise their business potential, drive business continuity and power mission-critical assignments until improvements to energy infrastructure can be achieved across the region. It will also allow the company to provide faster turnaround times for services, increased flexibility and significant savings on equipment logistics.

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Centre For Liveable Cities And Danish Architecture Centre Reach Agreement Singapore: The Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Danish Architecture Centre (DAC) in Singapore. The agreement, signed on June 3, 2014 at the World Cities Summit (WCS) 2014 in Singapore, recognises the continuation of collaborations between the CLC and the DAC to bring together the best ideas and practices that support efforts in building liveable cities that are dynamic, vibrant, cohesive and sustainable.

CLC has previously partnered with DAC to facilitate exchanges between Singaporean and Danish public service directors in 2013, through the CLC’s Leaders in Urban Governance Programme (LUGP) and DAC’s Strategic Urban

Governance (SUG) Programme.

The exchange programme aims to provide a platform for interaction and knowledge exchange between senior government officials from the two countries. To date, the programme has benefitted 65 government officials from Singapore and Denmark.

In 2013, 31 LUGP participants visited Copenhagen and Malmoe.

The DAC organised activities such as a site visit to Christianshavn, and dialogues with urban leaders such as Pia Allerslev, Culture and Leisure Mayor of Copenhagen and Jan Gehl, a world-renowned architect. Nineteen SUG participants were subsequently hosted in Singapore by CLC, with activities such as site visits to the Marina Barrage and Southern Ridges,

and dialogue sessions with leaders such as Dr Cheong Koon Hean, CEO of the Housing Development Board.

For 2014, another SUG delegation of 15 directors visited Singapore for a study visit and to attend the WCS. The LUGP 2014 delegation will also visit Copenhagen in September, 2014.

“Denmark and Singapore are two small countries, but they are both absolutely world-leading in terms of making cities liveable and more sustainable and a great inspiration for cities around the world. This agreement strengthens the good relationship between the CLC and DAC further and I am very happy that we can continue exchanging knowledge and work together in the coming years.” added Flemming Borreskov, chairman, DAC.

STMicroelectronics And Changan Automobile Form Partnership Beijing, China: STMicroelectronics together with Changan Automobile have announced a strategic partnership with the setup of the Changan — ST Automotive Electronic Joint Laboratory (the ‘Joint Lab’) at the premises of Changan Automotive Engineering, Global Research Institute.

The partnership aims to extend the cooperation of the two companies in automotive electronics, focusing on research and development in body, infotainment, powertrain, and safety applications to meet the demand of the local automotive electronics market. ST will also provide Changan Automobile with automotive semiconductor solutions and products, together with technical support and employee training.

An executive committee and a technical committee will manage the operation and guide the research and development activities of the Joint Lab.

ST and Changan Automobile form partnership to better address the Chinese market.

ST will form an expert panel to provide training and support, as well as engage in the R&D activities of the Joint Lab and equip the lab with software tools and hardware equipment, including semiconductor solution kits, demo boards, and samples to address a broad range of automotive applications including engine management systems, airbags, and braking management systems.

With the setup of the Joint Lab, the

cooperation will extend from current projects mainly on body application to cover other key subsystems in the car, including powertrain, safety, and infotainment. In addition, ST will join Changan Automobile in developing industry standards and providing advice, tailoring its IC designs to Chinese national standards, as well as in seeking more efficient and flexible business models.

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ABB Introduces Design And Colour Change For Robotics Zurich, Switzerland: The colour and design of ABB's robots are undergoing a change, from the familar orange to the more personal white. The nature of robots have changed over the years and so must their look and feel.

In essense, robots are entering a new era of collaboration with humans and recent advances in software and hardware have enabled a new generation of robots that can safely work next to people. In the past, a bright colour was needed to keep humans away, but this new era of robots should be more welcoming.

The best example of this design change can be seen in the recently introduced IRB 6700 robot. From the curves on its arm to the new colours, the design change that all of the company's robots will adopt is evident. Starting in May of 2014 all of the company’s standard robots will ship in the new

graphite white colour and every newly designed robot we release from now on will also be based on this design philosophy. Traditional orange will

remain a free option through the end of 2014, but customers will still be able to order the robots in any colour they want.

Virtual Forge And smartShift Technologies Partner To Provide Unique Offering For SAP Market Heidelberg, Germany: Virtual Forge has partnered with smartShift Technologies to bring enterprise application optimisation, application security expertise and cloud management services under one roof for the first time.

Enterprises moving to the cloud are faced with the challenge to harden their application and cloud infrastructures. Code optimisation, application and infrastructure security as well as monitoring and managing are essential considerations that businesses have traditionally addressed with separate vendors.

This partnership provides a unified Cloud-Security offering that will save time and resources for customers, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

One of the biggest challenges for SAP customers, who need to adhere to the latest industry standards and SAP best practices, is to reduce the risks associated with application security, compliance and quality, while performing periodically recurring tasks such as system upgrades, consolidation projects, and custom development.

The proactive management of risks, eg: fraud or downtimes, is not only critical for businesses to maintain their customers' trust, but also in order to improve system performance and reduce operating costs as a result.

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newly developed in application code through the entire SAP development lifecycle and prevention of data loss while ensuring that ABAP customers maintain to the highest standards of security, compliance and quality.

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Performing automated modernisation and code optimisation for ABAP customers, as well as services to transition and manages enterprise software environments in the cloud, this can be regarded as the next level of enterprise security solutions.

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Schaeffler Strengthens Compliance Organisation Herzogenaurach, Germany: Eric Soong is taking over as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) of the Schaeffler Group from October 1, 2014, overseeing the newly created Compliance & Corporate Security department. He will report directly to Klaus Rosenfeld in his position as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Schaeffler.

As well as responsibility for

global compliance activities, focusing on antitrust law and the prevention of economic/ financial crime and corruption, the Compliance & Corporate Security department will also oversee the security of the company. A particular aim of the new unit will be to strengthen global compliance and governance processes and to continue developing the company’s

compliance management system.

Before joining Schaeffler Group Eric Soong was the Chief Compliance Officer of UBS Deutschland, where he worked closely on all issues contributing to compliant business practices. Previously he held various positions in the fields of compliance and risk management for WestLB and Deutsche Bank, working in Germany and abroad.

HART Communication Protocol Is Approved As China National Standard Texas, US: The HART Communication Foundation has announced that the its protocol is now a China National Standard (GB/T 29910.1-6-2013) approved by the standardisation administration of the China Industrial Department and officially presented to the Foundation during a special event in Beijing on May 8, 2014. A Chinese National Standard ensures consistency and reliability throughout China in terms of copyright and technology implementation. End users can use the standard as a benchmark for selecting HART registered products that meet mandatory technical and interoperable requirements.

The Instrumentation Technology and Economy Institute (ITEI) Test Lab performs the same rigorous compliance testing procedures on HART and WirelessHART devices as the Test Lab at the HART headquarters in Austin, Texas, in accordance with established Foundation policies, guidelines and requirements.

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Official presentation of the HART China National Standard took place in Beijing on May 8, 2014 and was attended by HART Communication Foundation representatives, Chinese government officials, the GB/T drafting team, Foundation member companies, and industry end users and suppliers.

ITEI and the China National Technical Committee of Industrial Process Measurement and Control, Wei Sun, division chief of the Standardisation Administration of the China Industrial Department, presented the official publication of the HART National Standard (GB/T 29910.1-6-2013: Industrial Communication NetworksFieldbus Specifications-Type 20: HART Specification).

In addition to the China National Standard, the HART Protocol is an IEC standard (International Electro-technical Commission), both wired (IEC 61158) and wireless (IEC 62591), and complies with the European NAMUR NE107 guidelines that standardise device display and alert information. The Foundation is also a founding partner of the FDI Cooperation, working to develop a single scalable solution for field device integration.

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PI Arrives In Singapore THE Profibus/Profinet Association South East Asia conducted its first Profibus/ Profinet seminar of 2014 in Singapore at the NTUC building on May 9, 2014. A total of 100 people from various industries, distributors, system integrators and universities attended.

The seminar was supported

by Anixter, Leoni Kerpen, Pepperl + Fuchs, Phoenix Contact, Posital Fraba, Siemens and Turck.

These companies provided live demonstrations of their products and solutions at a Microfair, that gave seminar participants the chance to discuss face to face with the experts.

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PI and Xaver Schmidt, marketing group leader, Profinet were in attendance. Mr Schneider gave a deep look into the news and what is going on in the world market, while Mr Schmidt gave insight into the Profinet marketing working group and what is happening at the moment towards standardisation and quality tests.

The Profibus/Profinet multivendor demo was introduced. This showed the wireless integration of Profibus-DP/PA into Profinet, also the integration of different products and protocols. The live engineering of an IO-System was demonstrated along with

P ro f i n e t ’s w e b d i a g n o s t i c functions and remote services.

Topics Discussed The seminar had three parts; news and market updates on Profibus/ Profinet; a Profibus Block, with presentations on installations and best practices; and a Profinet Block with presentations on innovative Industrial Ethernet solutions as well as the new features available.

The chairman of the Profibus/ Profinet International, Karsten Schneider, presented the latest n e w s o n P ro f i b u s / P ro f i n e t International status, including the world sales figures. Profibus increased its installed base by 3.6 Mio nodes in 2014, which

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Karsten Schneider (left) and Xaver Schmidt (right) sharing their experience.

based on his years of experience with real installations.

The day ended with presentations on Profinet from Mr Schmidt and Rockel Babagay of Phoenix Contact. With Profinet, PI has developed a comprehensive Industrial Ethernet networking standard from the experience gained from Profibus. The result is one open and manufacturerneutral standard. Profinet is designed to meet all of the requirements for using Ethernet at all automation levels, and applications. It is designed to be flexible, reliable and robust in any industrial environment. Profinet also has redundancy on the device level, shared device, intelligent devices, wireless connectivity and much more.

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Members who supported this event.

means the total installed base is now in excess of 47.4 Mio nodes.

Profinet also grew, from 5.8 Mio nodes in 2013 to 7.6 Mio nodes in 2014. He also introduced a reference story out of Mexico in the Automotive industry, which showed the strength and clear advantages of Profinet.

“PI’s biggest strength is really as a global organisation.

We want to provide access for both end users and for device manufacturers locally in the local language. If you want to build a plant and you have questions on how to lay it out, how to design the network, and so on, then there is a need for local expertise,” commented Karsten

Schneider, chairman, PI. “As such, there is always a competence centre in your language and country. We now have 51 competence centres all over the world. This gives a point of contact that can give you real detailed technical answers to issues when you design a plant or run into trouble after building it. There is always somebody in your country that can come into your plant and help you figure out what is going on. I think this is what makes the PI organisation unique,” he added.

Teo Puay Yong of Pepper + Fuchs presented best practice and regulations for setting up a Profibus network. This presentation was

This seminar in Singapore is part of a continuing seminar series in ASEAN countries. Bernd Lieberth, chairman, PI SEA said: “We achieved a high participation rate thanks to the support of our local members. The visit of Mr Schneider and Mr Schmidt also added a high interest to this event.

We will continue our seminar series with Thailand next on the list. More details and dates will be posted on our webpage.”

“These seminars are important for us to understand the different needs of the different markets. If you go to Europe they have certain needs, and if you go to America their needs are different. For me it is important to understand those different needs because we want to create one standard that acts globally and not just for a certain area,” commented Mr Schneider.

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Creating Opportunities With CAN FD

Possible Applications For CAN FD The growing demands in the number of nodes, transfer rates, and cycle times, lead to bottlenecks that the limitations of classic CAN (8 data bytes and 1 Mbit/s data rate) cannot fulfil: The data rate that depends on the network expansion and the short data length for service and analogue data play a particular role here.

In daily use, these limitations are often circumvented by means of compromises: The division of the system into different network segments in various applications — or even into parallel networks — means that the existing technology is constantly being exhausted, which has often led to solutions that are complex and expensive in terms of configuration, setup and maintenance. In principle, a switch to highperformance industrial Ethernet technologies would be possible.

The increased level of investment is usually necessary and the change in the data structures and mode of thinking for the configuration, in particular for time-controlled systems, often represent a considerable challenge in extensive networks.

In addition, a switch in tools for development, commissioning and service is necessary, which often deters many users from a complete conversion. At the same time, there is a desire to continue to use existing know-how in a useful manner.

This is where CAN FD plays a role: CAN FD (CAN

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CAN FD offers an opportunity to use existing CAN systems and CAN knowledge even when demands are high for number of nodes, transfer rates, and cycle times.

CAN-based systems are frequently used in special purpose machinery — both in standardised protocols such as CANopen and in proprietary solutions. The advantages of CAN-based machine networking are the simple data structure in the network, inexpensive and highly flexible implementation, easy extensibility of existing networks and convenient analysis of the system in the event of a failure.

CAN-based systems are frequently used in special purpose machinery — both in standardised protocols such as CANopen and in proprietary solutions.

with flexible data rate) is an extended version of the well-known ‘classic’ CAN introduced by Bosch in 2012 and that significantly extends the usable data rate and usable data length. On the other hand, tried-andtested CAN concepts have been retained: arbitration based on message IDs, event-driven dispatch of messages and acknowledgement of messages received by means of the acknowledgement bit.

Improved Data Rate Message acknowledgement by receivers, which is used in classic CAN, offers a wide range of advantages by means of confirming the success of the transmission within the transmitted message — potential transmission errors are quickly detected and the data can be retransmitted extremely quickly.

Arbitration of the messages based on the CAN identifier also offers advantages for control applications by avoiding collisions during data transmission and providing short latency times for high-priority messages even at higher bus loads.

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Backward Compatibility One disadvantage of switching from CAN to faster communications systems is the frequent requirement for a complete conversion: All CAN participants must be adapted to the new system, eg: EtherCAT. Alternatively the machine controller can be extended to use multiple heterogeneous networks. Both procedures offer advantages and disadvantages.

Using CAN FD, an additional ‘gentler’ option is now also available: As CAN FD controllers can be used as classic CAN nodes as well, all network nodes can be gradually replaced by CAN FD-capable devices.

As soon as the entire network is CAN FD-capable, the advantages of CAN FD can be used to the fullest extent. This is of particular interest for special purpose machinery, as network participants that cannot be replaced by freely available nodes are often also used here — in particular customer-specific devices or internally developed devices.

nodes to avoid faults. Accordingly, a bit interval must make sufficient signal propagation time available between the two most remote nodes in a network, including their bus activation. The bit interval and consequently also the data rate are as such directly dependent on the network extension.

To significantly increase the data rate without changing the existing communications technology, CAN FD works with two different bit rates. The ‘arbitration rate’ for the control commands (including arbitration, message type, end detection and acknowledgement) is dependent on the propagation speed and thereby on the network extension. By contrast, a second ‘data bit rate’ is optionally also used — for the data content and data security.

Extended User Data The control data is still transmitted using the wellknown lower bit rates, thereby limiting the achievable data rates. By increasing the user data area to up to 64 bytes, more data can be sent in fast transfer mode, thereby effectively increasing the data rate.

Classic CAN provides only eight data bytes, which is no longer sufficient for many data applications, eg: for transmitting high-precision analogue values or for controlling a multi-axle robot with its diverse encoding values and drive commands. To this, service data must also be added, which up to now has significantly reduced the effectiveness due to the transport protocols required for transmission of more than eight bytes.

CAN FD now provides the option to use up to 64 data bytes. In so doing, larger data blocks can be transmitted in a single message — particularly in the case of process data, more complex devices can now be completely controlled using only a single process message. For service data, the necessity for transport protocols is reduced, as a single CAN FD message is often only required for configuration data and similar. ilker, izmir, Turkey

Open Topics For CAN FD In The Industrial Sector Besides the tools mentioned above, there are further important aspects for using CAN FD in a production environment. It is advisable to apply standardised higher protocols for use in industrial applications: in CAN in Automation (CiA) work is being done on converting CANopen to CAN FD — the CANopen V5 specification, which also contains extensions for CAN FD, is expected to be available towards the middle of this year.

An additional, important aspect for using CAN FD lies in inexpensive microcontrollers that are available in quantities, with integrated CAN/CAN FD controllers.

CAN FD now provided the option to use up to 64 data bytes. In so doing, larger data blocks can be transmitted in a single message.

Prospects CAN FD extends the application area for CAN-based solutions by means of improved data rates, a simple configuration and the retention of analysis options known from classic fieldbuses. The impending availability of CANopen for CAN FD means that the new network system can be implemented in the industrial sector, and offers an effective solution for networks with a data rate of 100 kbit/s to 5 Mbit/s. With the option to use the higher data rates or the extended data framework individually or in combination, the flexible design of CAN FD makes it suitable as an adaptable fieldbus system for special purpose machinery.

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ETG Conducts Global Strategy Meeting 2014 RECENTLY the worldwide team of the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) held its ETG Global Strategy Meeting (GSM) 2014 in GarmischPartenkirchen, Germany. Besides the team members from the German ETG headquarters the teams from the offices in China, Japan, South Korea and North America travelled to Germany to exchange information and to discuss about the future strategy of the organisation.

The meeting started with a presentation on 10 years of ETG and EtherCAT technology held by Martin Rostan, executive director of the organisation, who thanked the attending team members for their tireless dedication to the ETG. “Becoming the world’s largest fieldbus user organisation in only 10 years is only possible with the help of a strong, international active team,” he explained. “The passion of every single team member for technology in general and for EtherCAT in particular is crucial for our ongoing success,” he added.

The main topics of the meeting were the status as well as the development of EtherCAT t e c h n o l o g y, t h e s t r a t e g i c orientation of the ETG and administrative information for the 23 attending participants. The meeting program was rounded off by joint activities and team building measures to strengthen the community spirit and the 20

The strategic orientation of the organisation was the main topic of the ETG Global Strategy Meeting 2014 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

intercultural understanding among each other. “For our daily work it is extremely important to know how every single individual within our team thinks. With the open discussion we enable short ways within our organisation — not least one of the success factors for the ETG,” commented Mr Rostan.

First Conformance Test Certificate The newly-opened North American EtherCAT Test Centre (ETC) has reached its first milestone.

The first official certificate for a successfully tested EtherCAT

device was issued not long after the new North American centre was accredited by the ETG. The North American ETC’s first certified product is the RMZ Multi Loop Temperature Controller from Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company which just recently passed its conformance test.

During the official test in an ETC the EtherCAT Conformance Test Tool is employed, its use is mandatory for EtherCAT device manufacturers. Additionally, further tests such as interoperability and interface checks are conducted during the test of an EtherCAT device in an official ETC.

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The certificate was issued during the 6th meeting of ETG’s Semiconductor Technical Working Group hosted by Lam Research, which is located in Silicon Valley in Fremont, California. Florian Häfele, who was onsite as the ETG representative and who presented the certificate to Stan Breitlow, staff software engineer at Watlow, explained: “Awarding the first North American ETC conformance test certificate to Watlow represents a significant k i c k - o f f a n d s t re s s e s t h e importance of the new test lab to the semiconductor and industrial equipment industries. This is also validation to the ETG that it was the right decision to accredit a test centre in North America.”

Thanks to regional accessibility, the test lab in Savage, Minnesota will meet the increasing demand for official EtherCAT device tests across North America. The certification of Watlow’s temperature controller demonstrates how beneficial the new ETC location is, especially for the test of semiconductor-specific devices. North America is home to many of the world’s biggest companies in the semiconductor

During a meeting of the ETG Semiconductor Technical Working Group, ETG’s representative Florian Häfele awarded the first official North American conformance test certificate to Stan Breitlow from Watlow.

Nearly 40 technical engineers joined ETG’s three-day EtherCAT training course.

manufacturing industry and the ETG expects growing demand for EtherCAT conformance tests from this industry well into the future.

In addition to the test centre in Savage, manufacturers of EtherCAT devices have the option to submit their products for testing at the other official ETCs in Germany, Japan and China. Upon the completion of successful test results at any ETC, the device manufacturers will, of course, receive the official conformance test certificate.

EtherCAT Technology Workshop In Beijing Not long ago the ETG invited all interested engineers to participate i n i t s t h re e - d a y E t h e r C AT training and workshop program held in Beijing. The technology workshop which was organised by the ETG office China attracted an impressive number of ETG members from the north and central regions of China. Nearly 40 technical engineers joined the

training course to learn more about EtherCAT and its different technological aspects.

With EtherCAT technology becoming continuously more and more popular in China, more and more machine manufacturers, system integrators and end users join the ETG, too. For all those in attendance the ETG offered an informative and educational event in order to support the member’s during their development of EtherCAT products. The training course covered different technical aspects of EtherCAT: the communication protocol, the hardware implementation as well as an EtherCAT master and slave development workshop.

The attending engineers showed great interest in EtherCAT technology and the ETG itself. The EtherCAT experts on-site shared their in-depth technology knowledge with the participants and answered their various questions.

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THE Fieldbus Foundation has announced significant progress in its discussions with the HART Communication Foundation on the potential for merging the two organisations into a single industry foundation dedicated to the needs of intelligent device communications in the world of process automation.

Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding on September 25, 2013, study teams representing both organisations have been investigating the implications of a merger in terms of: the potential benefits to both end users and suppliers, the organisations themselves, and extensive and often common membership; the possible structures that a combined organisation could take and how it would be integrated; and the exploratory work with regard to due diligence in the financial and legal aspects.

Preliminary evaluations support the combining of the two organisations and confirm that many synergies already exist.

Working Partnership The Fieldbus Foundation and HART Communication Foundation have worked extensively together in the past and have a long history of cooperation. For example, the two organisations worked together on the development of common international standards such as Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) and, most recently, the development of the Field Device Integration (FDI) specification. The merger offers significant potential to harmonise many aspects of the two protocols, making it easier for end users and suppliers to implement the technology and obtain the full benefits of each technology in plant operations and maintenance.

In particular, the harmonisation of the test and registration processes and procedures and the simplified and single access to a shared IP portfolio, would streamline product development, increase efficiencies, and reduce the suppliers’ cost to market.

The chairmen of the two organisations — Dr Gunther Kegel of the Fieldbus Foundation and Mark Schumacher of the HART Communication Foundation — issued the following statement on behalf of their boards of directors:

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Progress Towards Potential Merger

Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding on September 25, 2013, study teams representing both organisations have been investigating the implications of a merger.

“As we move forward with the evaluations, we are increasingly confident that a single organisation will offer significant benefits on all levels. End users would receive the combined power of the two complementary technologies providing a full solution that addresses every conceivable aspect of field communications and intelligent device management for the process industries. For suppliers, a single organisation would create efficiencies in resource utilisation, consistency of processes and procedures, and would deliver significant improvements in member services and support.”

Endorsed by the presidents of the two organisations, Richard Timoney of the Fieldbus Foundation and Ted Masters of the HART Communication Foundation, added: “As the study teams conclude their evaluations and due diligence considerations, they will present each board of directors with a report and recommendation. The boards then vote individually whether to proceed or not. Only if both boards vote to proceed will the proposal be put to the member vote in each organisation.”

They continued: “A final decision to merge the two organisations will be the result of a thorough and sound analysis and will represent a major step forward in the evolution of intelligent devices and the world of industrial communications. We look forward to concluding the study phase and eagerly await the outcome of the recommendations”.

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ISSUES & INSIGHTS

A Singapore-based company employs robotic solution to automate its production line, improving efficiency, reliability and cost. By Shermine Gotfredsen, business development manager, Universal Robots

Case Study:

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he shor tage of skilled labour coupled with rising material and real estate costs have become huge issues for companies in Singapore. Eager to stay ahead of the game, local SME, PLC Industries (PLC), began automating their production lines in February 2014. Armed with two UR10s, the company is already reaping rewards of increased efficiency, reliability and cost savings.

The Solution Awareness and commissioning: PLC first heard about Universal Robots through SPRING Singapore

and was able to secure an incentive grant to integrate the two robots into its existing production lines.

SPRING Singapore is an agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry responsible for helping Singapore enterprises grow and building trust in local products and services.

Through Skymech Automation & Engineering, a distributor of Universal Robots in Singapore, PLC was able to receive the necessary training, programming and technical support required to deploy the robots effectively.

Universal Robots reaches out to its end users through a network

of distributors with the expertise to assist with troubleshooting, end effector developments and on-ground implementations.

Safety and operations: “Seeing my colleagues being totally at ease working alongside the robots is very encouraging. Being able to work without fear is a definite plus for all of us. The improved focus that everyone now possesses comes from lower fatigue and higher concentration levels. This significantly reduces the chance of an accident from occurring,” added Mr Yeo. The layout of the production line requires workers to be in June/July 2014 | industrial automation asia 23

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The shortage of skilled labour coupled with rising material and real estate costs have become huge issues for companies in Singapore.

The UR10s at the company serve two main functions — the picking and placing as well as loading and unloading of raw materials.

close proximity to the robots.

Upon completing the necessary risk assessments, it was certified that the robots do not need to be enclosed behind any form of safety shielding. As safety is a top priority, the management wanted to ensure that the robots are able to operate efficiently yet safely within tight spaces.

The flexibility of a robot is a critical factor for success, especially when the needs of manufacturers differ from one project to another. PLC had a special request which involved programming the robots to serve two CNC machines each (not a common sight in Singapore).

Due to space constraints and a lack of manpower, the flexibility of the UR10s had allowed for swift automation with minimal supervision. In its entirety, only one worker is now required to attend to four CNC machines.

This has enabled the company to further enhance output and customer satisfaction whilst having to depend on a lean team.

The Benefits The UR10s at the company serve two main functions — the picking and placing as well as loading and unloading of raw materials. As each robot is required to serve two CNC machines each, the UR10 was chosen over the UR5 to leverage the former’s longer reach. A basic job requires the UR10 to pick up a raw material and feed it to the CNC machine.

Once the desired task has been completed, the CNC machine will send a signal to the UR10 for unloading. Equipped with a customised gripper, the robot will then place the finished products neatly on a compartmentalised tray for workers to proceed with the next steps in the production process.

“Reliability and cost effectiveness have always been key contributors to PLC’s strong presence in the region over the years. In keeping to our promise of using the latest technology to increase productivity and product quality, we are delighted to add

two advanced industrial robots to our lines — Universal Robots’ UR10,” said Yong Hock Thye, business development director, PLC Industries.

Before the company began automating their lines, the production only had the capacity to manufacture a handful of products (between two CNC machines) per weekly cycle.

Today, with the help of the UR10s, they are able to boost the output by 40 percent. This exponential increase in output is attributed to each robot being able to take over two shifts daily over the course of a six-day workweek. Since only one worker is required to supervise both robots, the unfavourable impact of manpower shortage is significantly lessened.

Final thoughts: “I was most impressed by how quiet the robots function — you hardly notice them but they can go about their work 24/7 with no glitches. It is not aggressive in its outlook and gives workers that peace of mind to concentrate on their individual tasks. With a payback period of under a year for each robot paired with the positive experience we have had so far, we are confident in achieving greater success by strengthening our collaboration with Universal Robots in the years to come,” concluded Mr Yong.

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Case Study:

Safe Burn Off

A Chinese company uses Turck’s excom for the redundant, safe and explosion protected connection of remote gas flare stacks to the central DCS of the plant. By Baolai Tian, product manager, Turck (China)

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atural gas flare stacks are used in the petrochemical industry or other chemical plants to occasionally burn off any gas that is produced in the production plant. These natural gas flare stacks process the flare gas and other exhaust gases, and ensure the safety and stability of the entire process.

Customer Requirement The plant of a major Chinese coal and chemical company produces 400,000 tonnes of acetic acid a year. Flare stacks play a particularly important role here in ensuring the safety of the entire plant. During the production of acetic acid, excess gases must be flared off during specific process incidents. Otherwise the entire plant would be facing an incalculable risk. Conventional natural gas required to ignite the gas flare is also present in the gas flare stack, as well as other explosive gases. Intrinsically safe electronic components must be used in the hazardous area at the flare stacks.

A wide range of different field instruments, such as pressure and temperature transmitters, level transmitters, gas detectors, valve controls, solenoid valves and other instruments, are used at the gas flare stacks. In all, 44 measuring signals (sensor signals) and 39 control signals (actuator signals) have to be connected in the field to the DCS. In order to

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The optocouplers bring the Profibus signal from excom to the DCS via fibre optic cables.

ensure the interference immunity of the signals, the customer required the galvanic isolation of the individual signals.

The enormous safety relevance of the gas stacks meant that the plant owner placed a great deal of importance on the standard and quality of the electrical components used. However, these components also had to be cost efficient and easy to maintain in spite of the high level of quality and reliability required. The gas flare stacks required the use of intrinsically safe technology due to the explosion protection specified.

The customer also required a redundant connection for the communication between the flare stacks and the DCS. As the flare stacks were located far away from the DCS, it must also be ensured

that the data reaches the DCS fast enough and vice versa in spite of the long signal distance involved.

Perfect Combination The customer uses two excom remote I/O stations from Turck for the connection of the 83 signals of the gas flare stacks. The system fully meets all the customer’s requirements: The remote I/O station is compact, easy to install and can be implemented with explosion protection in Zone 1.

Excom can also be implemented with a redundant communication and power supply in order to provide the required level of failsafe performance. The customer was also impressed by the optocouplers used, which enabled the required communication speed to the DCS to be achieved. The optocouplers

transfer the Profibus signal to the fibre optic cable for the long transmission section.

An excom station consists of the module rack, power supply unit, gateway and the individual I/O modules. The diverse I/O modules offer the system good performance and high channel density. With its safety barrier function, the I/O system can connect intrinsically safe field devices directly as the associated equipment. Unlike the standard I/O systems available that are isolated in groups, all I/O of excom come with integrated galvanic isolation for each individual input and as such provide the level of interference immunity required by the customer without the need for external signal isolators.

The excom system uses Profibus DP, a mature and reliable bus protocol which can transfer detailed diagnostic data as well as controlling and monitoring the field instruments. A redundant communication connection and power supply is provided throughout: starting with the power supply units and the gateways, to the optocouplers, right through to the redundant implementation of the DP communication modules of the DeltaV DCS from Emerson.

If a field device fails, this is indicated by the DCS or the LED on the excom station. The technicians on site can swap the appropriate device during operation. The modules in the excom system can be fitted and removed during operation (hotswap-in-run). This ensures that the communication with the field devices is absolutely reliable and fail-safe.

Another reason for the use of excom was the scalability of the remote I/O system, an important requirement for the Chinese company. The connection of additional field devices only

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requires additional modules to be plugged onto free slots in the module rack. In order to make larger expansions, additional excom stations can simply be connected to the existing Profibus network. This considerably simplifies requirements for the designers and technicians of the customer when further expanding field communication during operation.

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faster signal transmission via fibre optic cable. The optical signals are moreover completely immune to electromagnetic interference. Thanks to the highspeed fibre optic connection, all the field devices can be evaluated, monitored and if necessar y controlled in the control centre of the plant.

Conclusion Compared to other remote I/O solutions, the Turck solution was more user-friendly, efficient and reliable for use at the gas flare stacks. The modular structure of excom reduces error sources and simplifies maintenance as well as system expansion. These were the key benefits for the customer.

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The Chinese customer was also impressed by how simply the signals are converted from the copper cable to the fibre optic cable. The Profibus signal is sent to the DCS via two pairs of redundant optocouplers. “With Turck’s excom system supporting

the Profibus DP protocol and the system portfolio including redundant optical transmission, our requirements for longdistance communications are met perfectly,” says engineer Lei Zhang, responsible for the electrical engineering and instrumentation of the plant.

The benefit of the fibre optic connection is the fact that the OC11Ex/3G optocoupler on the DCS converts the electrical signal to an intrinsically safe optical signal that the customer can route in zone 1 to the second optocoupler (OC11Ex/2G). This converts the optical signal once more into an intrinsically safe electrical signal.

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Achieving Real Time Asset Integrity

Plant operators currently face increasingly complex challenges when managing the integrity of plant units and assets. By Sridhar Srinivasan, global business leader, corrosion and asset integrity solutions, Honeywell Process Solutions

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ost analysis of unscheduled shutdowns and slowdowns in the process industries has revealed that more than 35 percent of lost production is related to lack of availability and reliability in fixed equipment.

However, many plants still place greater emphasis towards condition-based maintenance of equipment assets, which often leads to a reactive response framework. This needs to change, especially in the context of availability of real-time Asset Integrity Management (AIM) tools, which integrate predicative data analytics with key process parameters and advanced degradation quantification models, and represents a new framework to achieve safer operations, enhanced productivity and optimised cost control in the process industry.

For plant operators who aim to achieve real-time asset integrity, Risk Based Inspection (RBI) principles offer an established methodology for efficient plant maintenance. This is the process of developing an inspection plan based on knowledge of the risk of failure of the equipment. RBI is the combination of an assessment of the likelihood (probability) of failure due to damage, deterioration or degradation with an assessment of the consequences of such failure.

The real-time information gained from process

parameters may be used to identify the type and rate of damage that may potentially be present and the equipment or locations where failure would engender risks to plant safety to varying degrees. As RBI involves a large amount of data, using the right tools and software to process and correlate plant operational information is crucial.

Such real-time data will in turn be the foundation for an operational framework for asset management supported by appropriate Integrity Operating Windows (IOW) for key process parameters and establishment of an effective boundary-management philosophy driven by accurate, real-time risk analyses.

In an operating plant, a relatively large percentage of risk is associated with a small percentage of operating equipment. Risk-based inspection focuses resources on high-risk items first. However, although RBI has gained ground in improving the availability of plant equipment and reducing unscheduled shutdowns, when utilised as an offline and periodic asset management practice, is encumbered with substantive challenges.

Common RBI Challenges • Accurate quantification of material damage or loss for calculation of remaining useful life.

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Risk-Based Inspection Practitioners and process industry personnel utilise RBI to provide a framework for ranking the priority of inspection needs. This is achieved by comparing the likelihood that a failure will occur, with the quantification of risk such a failure would impose on Health, Safety, Environment (HSE), plant operations and productivity.

Numerous inspection techniques are available for in-plant measurement, and most are used intermittently during scheduled plant turnaround periods.

Advances in inspection techniques include the availability of newer sensing devices and approaches, as well as the use of simulation and modelling applications. Automated scanning, for example in the case of eddy current testing, can enable improved resolution, repeatability and integrity of testing. Speed and quality of measurement also have been improved, through the use of techniques that are applied at either multiple or a continuum of frequencies, such as the pulsed eddy current technique.

Historically, these plant equipment inspection techniques were performed on a routine or scheduled basis. Often, they did not take into account the criticality of the equipment availability to the plant’s productivity goals and, in some cases, ignored any change of service that may have impacted reliability adversely.

With the advent not only of improved inspection techniques, but also of data handling and statistical analysis methods, these techniques can be more readily implemented permanently and online, as such enabling the RBI analysis to be updated more frequently.

Real-time Modelling And Monitoring In recent years, Honeywell, through a consortium of industry partners, has been involved in developing corrosion-prediction and quantification models for key process applications in the oil-and-gas industry, including models for oil/gas production, pipelines and refining. Refining is the application context used in this discussion.

These models incorporate extensive phase behaviour analyses and engineering data alongside numerical modelling to support rigorous refinery corrosion quantification. These predication models automate/quantify/integrate stemming from multiphase flow modelling, ionic/thermodynamic/ phase behaviour modelling and comprehensive laboratory data.

Traditional corrosion measurement and monitoring methods, including inspection and weight-loss coupons, lack the ability to capture the ‘present’ criticality state of a corroding system.

Real-time corrosion models, when combined with real-time monitoring technology, such as Honeywell’s SmartCET, are a compelling way to access corrosion rates as a ‘process variable.’

A complementary aspect of real-time monitoring allows corrosion prediction models working in tandem with the Distributed Control System (DCS) and process historian to provide quantified corrosion rates at multiple process locations. These online, real-time predictions represent ‘virtual’ monitoring points. They enhance the operator’s ability to closely Colin Brough, Dundee, Angus, UK

• Real-time measurements for immediate mitigation actions to minimise the damage when it is occurring vs after it has occurred.

• Equipping operations with an understanding of the impact its actions has on overall equipment reliability, since conventionally, alarm or alert indications are not set with integrity limits in mind.

• Visibility to the reliability team for deviations from acceptable corrosion and mechanical integrity limits impedes its ability to understand the potential impact on remaining useful equipment life. Making problems visible is a fundamental element in any defect elimination process.

• Integration of accurate prediction models with real-time process data to predict or infer corrosion rates. Such an implementation could allow operations to understand when the current operating conditions are leading to unacceptable corrosion rates and may consequently impact plant safety and operational integrity.

Honeywell, through a consortium of industry partners, has been involved in developing corrosion-prediction and quantification models for key process applications in the oil-and-gas industry.

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Maintaining high safety and environmental standards are important in industries such as oil and gas.

usually in response to process or operational changes.

Correlation of corrosion events to changes allows users to analyse and investigate the cause of corrosion, develop a remediation response to potential process deviations/upsets causing corrosion and/or provide a method to update the RBI program or planned maintenance schedule dynamically. Such quantification of RBI data ultimately provides users a more accurate risk assessment and a better view of plant risk/safety.

Predictive Modelling correlate process-upset conditions to detrimental changes in system corrosion behaviour.

This new real time corrosion quantification framework enables virtual monitoring of multiple unit locations, where corrosion rates sent to the historian are correlated and displayed alongside real-time process variations (in a cause-effect framework).

Corrosion Monitoring — Online, Real-Time Inspection and weight loss coupons are traditional, off-line methods used to determine material performance. The latest technological offerings have greater speed of response and resolution, as such providing the most accurate data in an online, realtime framework, that more easily correlates with process and operational data. These offerings typically use a combination of multiple electrochemical techniques in one instrument.

The SmartCET technology combines techniques for output of general corrosion rate, pitting detection and surface film formation. The combination of techniques can assist greatly where protective or conductive films may render other measurement techniques unusable.

This approach has been employed in a variety of process systems and plant utilities, enabling the system operator to ‘see’ potential for damage in realtime and establish the root cause before failure can occur. This technology has been used successfully to retrofit and replace other technologies.

The cost of installing probes in new equipment or across a greenfield site is often viewed at the design stage as an excess over and above the immediate expenditure needs. As such, probes are most often implemented as a retrofit (usually lagging considerably) after the asset has been commissioned, and perhaps even after the plant has experienced a loss. Although the omission of probes from the design may appear initially to make fiscal sense, the opportunity to track the performance of the asset throughout its operating lifetime has been lost and plant safety compromised when real time predictive, monitoring tools are not deployed.

The key aspect of real-time data is that it provides the ability to ‘see’ corrosion events as they happen,

Moving away from physical methods to determine materials performance, predictive modelling applications are available. They are able to simulate the effects of typical process conditions on the behaviour of metallic materials. Such applications may be used during facility design or maintenance and repair planning to facilitate effective decision making by solving critical problems in materials selection.

The basis of the latest specific modelling applications now often includes the combination of real field data with accurate flow modelling and online pH computation. Such advances have exposed the weaknesses of off-line, reactive-response-based traditional methods.

Ensuring Operational Integrity One of the key outputs of an RBI program or corrosion study is an understanding of the critical process variables that impact materials performance. The limits placed on the critical process variables are sometimes called IOWs or Operating Envelopes. In many cases, these limits are defined as part of the RBI work process and are then stored in an RBI software package, document or spreadsheet as an offline resource. All too often, these limits are not effectively enforced or even communicated to operations.

‘Operationalising’ Best Practices An evolving best practice adopted by several companies across industries globally is to take the limits from these work processes and operationalise them. This means the complete set of limits is made available to the operator so he or she is always able to determine the plant status with respect to process capacity, damage to assets or other potential HSE impacts.

This approach provides an added level of safety and assurance where unintentional violations of corrosion limits cannot be ignored or missed.

Operators also have access to information relating to the possible cause and consequence of deviation, as well as the all-important recommended corrective action to bring the process back into the normal operating range. This approach provides 24/7

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monitoring of the critical process variables to reduce the likelihood of equipment failure and increase confidence in the integrity of the system.

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Every plant and refinery, potentially, has the ability to improve the quality and coordination of its asset integrity management, which represents a major untapped resource for plants to better manage cost control while maintaining their desired productivity and plant safety.

Corrosion and degradation of material performance can adversely impact reliability and availability of plant equipment. Its associated costs — in terms of lost production and HSE incidents — far outweigh any expenditure in monitoring/ mitigating corrosion. Risk analyses and management is an essential aspect of safe unit operations for process plants.

A key challenge for accurate RBI is incorporation of real-time process and corrosion data. A framework has been proposed for defining meaningful integrity operating windows and deviation-management methodologies, as well as performing RBI and probabilityof-failure computation through real-time corrosion modelling and monitoring technology.

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How Businesses Can Profit

From Asset Management Services Investing in a comprehensive asset management strategy can aid companies in lowering operating budgets, whilst maintaining efficiency and optimising productivity.

By Robert Buttermore, regional director, Southeast Asia, Rockwell Automation

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oday, manufacturers in Singapore are expected to do more with less.

Businesses are buckling under the pressure of rising labour and property costs amidst a manpower and space crunch.

According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore, the manufacturing sector’s unit costs grew 19 percent between the third quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of last year.

On top of that, industrial rents rose by double digits each year from 2010 to 2012, although expansion eased to five percent last year. Since 2010, the government has also been tightening the tap on foreign labour — resulting in unit labour costs rising by 5.3 percent in 2012 and 3.1 percent last year.

As such, Singapore manufacturers are focused on lowering operating budgets, whilst maintaining efficiency and optimising productivity.

One way to achieve these goals is to invest in a comprehensive asset management strategy — a disciplined, step-by-step approach that delivers tangible financial benefits. If executed

well, it can drive engagement and success through continuous advancement in multiple areas ranging from inventory reduction to obsolescence risk management. In addition, clever implementation can result in improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), greater return on net assets, and empowered and involved employees.

There are four steps to create a customised asset management strategy: 1

Examining The Current Situation

To establish a baseline for refinement, you should first understand your company’s process hierarchy to determine priorities and risks. Secondly, scrutinise your machiner y’s serviceable components and their

lifecycle status. Finally, review your storerooms’ contents and identify all other locations holding spare parts.

This intelligence will facilitate future decision making and allow immediate supplies optimisation.

It will also enable risk mitigation on the most critical fittings and provide the basis for future management of plant assets — including a top-notch Preventive Maintenance (PM) programme, storeroom management enhancements, strengthened machine-builder relations and an escalated warranty-capture method. Once data collection has been completed, evaluated crucial areas of concern, outlined needs for augmentation and defined objectives, it is time to formulate an attainable asset management plan.

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Designing An Asset Management Strategy

Target setting will yield the building blocks which will likely include the following elements: • Redesigning storeroom management procedures • Restructuring Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) control system • Creating a reporting and dashboard platform • Managing excess spare parts • Upgrading all aspects related to PM F o r e x a m p l e , s t o re ro o m management redesign involves auditing existing storeroom layout and parts management tools — including existing software as well as labelling and tracking solutions. Consider administering a Stock-Keeping Unit (SKU) rationalisation calculation that helps to determine the merits of adding, retaining or deleting items from your reserves.

Once inventory is optimised, launch best practices for parts o v e rh a u l o r re p l a c e m e n t .

Minimising stock, fine tuning

repairs and shaping a detailed reporting framework are the most prudent ways to maximise an automation investment. A risk appraisal can be deployed so it is possible to track the consequences of methodology and machine failures — aiding the recommendation of the next steps.

Subsequently, it is possible to prepare a reporting and dashboard setup. It may be decided during the evaluation and aim-fixing stages that an OEE knowledge arrangement is a necessary investment to devise dashboards showing uptime, production rate and quality. The MRO management redesign can also yield significant material to be integrated into a usable and actionable reporting tool.

Another element to think about is how to manage excess spare parts because doing so frees budget for other assets.

You should remove or burn off excess or inactive items, whilst filling dire gaps discovered during the assessment.

In addition, remember that you may have resources to support your storeroom requirements.

For example, the local distributor might be able to help supply half of your par ts from its available stock, leaving you to concentrate your efforts on the remaining half. Furthermore, you can initiate an on-site parts management agreement to avoid purchasing spare parts until they are required.

The final element in designing an asset management strategy is to recall PM activity change.

Hire vendor specialists with the resources to grow and sustain a PM initiative through prearranged service visits, fully warranted replacement parts and 24/7 remote troubleshooting — as such, freeing personnel for manufacturing operations.

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Finalising A Unique Solution

You may be able to utilise your existing staff to realise simple, immediate point solutions, such as supplies disposition or burn off. However, when it comes to more complicated deployments or redesigns — such as storeroom or MRO redesign — seeking an external specialist can save time and effort. This third par ty can help focus your organisational changemanagement techniques.

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Measuring And Continuously Optimising For Ultimate Results

The most successful asset management strategies evolve as manufacturing lines, processes and people change. Therefore, be sure to keep a working document listing pivotal factory assets and machine enhancements.

Before any items are purchased or retrofitted, be sure to use components already in stock.

According to Rockwell Automation, the importance of plant asset management is increasing worldwide. This can be attributed to the pressures the manufacturing industry is subjected to — internally and externally.

Like their counterpar ts, Singapore businesses are facing the necessity of enhancing efficiency, curtailing manufacturing costs and graduating towards sustainable manufacturing with a reduced asset maintenance budget. They must also consider a vital social factor — the aging workforce in Singapore’s manufacturing maintenance departments is not being replaced, as the new generation of engineers do not find the maintenance profession to be appealing.

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Maximising Machine Uptime With Vibration Sensors Manufacturing and process equipment faces a range of challenges, from contamination in the environment to the stresses caused within the machinery itself, but vibration monitoring has proved to be an extremely cost-effective and reliable way to support and protect the system.

By Chris Hansford, MD, Hansford Sensors

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n applications where machinery can be running around the clock, equipment comes under heavy pressure.

Nevertheless, machinery has to be constantly available — downtime costs money — and this places great emphasis on the importance of effective maintenance. Moreover, the current economic climate is putting increasing pressure on manufacturers in terms of managing operating costs, so an effective maintenance strategy is critical.

Vibration monitoring is one of the key tools for plant and equipment maintenance. For example, in some circumstances where vibration is carefully monitored it is possible to extend operating life beyond recommended maintenance intervals, while in others the detection of a rapid increase in vibration can help avoid catastrophic failure.

Remote Vibration Monitoring Rotating machinery (such as motors, gearboxes, pumps) must be continuously monitored to warn of bearing and component wear but is frequently installed in areas that are difficult to access.

The use of remote vibration monitoring systems enables both performance and safety levels to be maximised, as engineers are no longer required to come into

close contact with potentially hazardous equipment.

This is one of many reasons why the technique of vibration monitoring has been accepted and proven as a highly cost-effective method of maximising efficiency and profitability.

The Accelerometer Here is how an accelerometer works: Accelerometers contain a piezoelectric crystal element, which is bonded to a mass. When subjected to an accelerative force, the mass compresses the crystal, and this causes the crystal to produce an electrical signal that is proportional to the force applied.

This output is then amplified and conditioned by inbuilt electronics to produce a signal that can be used by higher level data acquisition or control systems either ‘online’ or ‘offline’.

An online system is one that measures and analyses the output from sensors that interface directly with a PLC. An offline system is created by mounting sensors onto machinery and connecting them to a switch box; engineers can then use a hand-held data collector to collect readings.

There are two main categories of accelerometer: A C a c c e l e ro m e t e r s , w h i c h

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are typically used with data collectors for monitoring the condition of higher value assets such as turbines, and 4-20mA a c c e l e ro m e t e r s , w h i c h a re commonly used with PLCs to measure lower value assets, such as motors, fans and pumps. Both AC and 4-20mA accelerometers can identify misalignment, bearing condition and imbalance, while AC versions offer the additional capability to detect gear defects, belt problems, looseness and cavitation.

Human Error Sensors are also available that provide a dual output, enabling hand-held equipment to corroborate the readings of the online system. Hansford Sensors recently provided a vibration monitoring solution to a customer that was concerned about high levels of wear in a conveyor pulley bearing. The maintenance team purchased the HS-423 sensor to gain dual output — 4-20mA acceleration into the PLC and AC output via a data collector.

The HS-423 sensor triggered a pre-set alarm level in the PLC, alerting engineers that acceleration levels had increased significantly and the results were confirmed by acceleration readings from a hand-held data

collector. This potential to gain a ‘second opinion’ can be highly valuable to engineers though, in this case, the management chose to ignore the warnings in order to maintain production.

The result was a catastrophic bearing failure, causing a fire that damaged equipment and, worse still, put lives at risk.

While this story underlines the potential of vibration monitoring to not only optimise plant performance but avoid a major incident, it also introduces another key point that must be made about vibration monitoring tools: they are only as good as the engineers or managers that install and use them. Just as plant management can choose to ignore a warning, engineers can choose to ignore the installation guidelines and as such reduce the potential of the vibration monitoring solution.

Care must be taken during the installation of vibration sensors to ensure the maximum level of performance. Condition monitoring depends on stability; a poorly mounted accelerometer may give readings that relate not only to a change in conditions but also to the instability of the sensor itself. Accelerometers should be mounted as close as possible to the source of vibration

Vibration monitoring is one of the key tools for plant and equipment maintenance.

onto a surface than has been made free from grease and oil.

The surface should be smooth, unpainted and larger than the base of the accelerometer itself.

It should also be flat and this may require the creation of a flat surface using spot facing tools to eliminate instability. Following this advice will enable you to achieve repeatable and consistent measurements.

Achieving The Right Installation Considering the massive potential of vibration sensors, it is well worth taking the time to achieve the right installation. Vibration sensors can measure both high and low frequencies, with low hysteresis characteristics and high levels of accuracy over a wide temperature range. Packaged within compact stainless steel sensor housings, these devices can withstand high levels of moisture and contamination, enabling their use in a whole range of aggressive conditions.

Investment in a vibration monitoring solution is highly costeffective when balanced against the potential cost of a shutdown.

Indeed, machine downtime can be virtually eliminated when condition monitoring measures are in place.

The development of vibration monitoring equipment has been driven primarily by the changing needs of its customers around the world. Among the industrialised economies in recent years there has been a steady move from reactive to predictive maintenance. This is now evolving into a far more strategic approach that is effectively process-wide; encompassing every stage in the production process in a bid to maximise uptime and productivity, while reducing operating costs, and sensors are an essential part of this process.

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Smart Cards In Ticketing With the advent of technologies such as NFC and smartcard IC technology solutions, transport ticketing is being revolutionised across the world. IAA interviewed Martin Gruber, GM, smart mobility & retail, NXP Semiconductor at RFID World Asia 2014 on the company’s MIFARE technology. By Mark Johnston

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XP Semiconductor came out of Royal Philips electronics and in 2006 became an independent semiconductor company. The company is involved in different smar tcard IC technology solutions. One such technology is MIFARE, which is a transport ticketing solution.

IAA: Explain the technology behind MIFARE? Martin Gruber (MG): MIFARE is a technology platform that NXP (at that time the company’s name was different) developed 20 years ago. In the early 90s we had a team of experts that were dealing with contactless technology.

The technology is basically a smartcard IC technology that is used today for more than 40 different contactless applications.

It was developed to serve transport ticketing applications, which is also where the name came from. MI indicating the name of the company that developed it, Micron. Then FARE for fare

collection solution for transport ticketing. That was the first target application and also the first mass volume deployment and project that was rolled out.

Two to three years after the launch of the chip technology and solution, Seoul, South Korea was the first major city that adopted the technology for its local public transport system. At that time they were modernising and revolutionising the local transport system because they were facing a lot of traffic congestion and air pollution.

IAA: Where do you compete with other companies?

MG: NXP competes in the area of identification solutions against Infineon Technologies. They are also offering chip solutions in the area of payments and passports, transport ticketing, and so on.

There is quite a big overlap of product offering between NXP and Infineon. From my point of view NXP’s product offering is more complete because we also offer

reader IC solutions for reader infrastructure.

In the case of MIFARE, there are 150 million contactless readers deployed in the world that can accept smartcards based on this technology. That is something that makes us more complete. In the area of Near Field Communication (NFC), NXP together with Nokia and Sony have created the NFC forum in 2004. We are also celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

IAA: In the case of NFC, how do you see this technology evolving?

MG: NFC functionality has been implemented over the past three generations of Samsung smart phones. By the end of 2014 there will be more than 800 million NFC enabled handsets, equipped with an NFC front and an NFC chip solution. This gives enormous opportunities. The deployment of NFC functionality in the market will lead to a lot of different ways of interacting between NFC enabled

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handsets with contactless cards.

I believe that NFC has reached the point of mass deployment and has reached the point of mass market adoption. When you look at the amount of NFC handsets or NFC enabled handsets I think it is just tremendous, the amount of different models, and the amount of difference handsets equipped with NFC. By treating or considering NFC as a standard feature in stateof-the-art smartphones I think it will lead to many use cases in the coming years. I personally am also heading the public transport ticketing special interest group in the NFC forum. We have six special interest groups and I am heading the one dedicated to transport ticketing applications.

In this special interest group we see a high need from the transport operators and the transport associations to keep and maintain the same level of performance, security, and privacy in the phone.

IAA: Where has MIFARE been implemented in Asia?

MG: The technology overall has reached an estimated market share of approximately 77 percent worldwide over the last 20 years.

The technology is used in 650 cities in more than 50 countries today. I would call it the only global product offering in the smartcard IC area and the contactless area that has reached such a global footprint and seen this level of adoption.

In mass transit, for example, if I go from the West to the East, cities in the US like San Francisco, Seattle, Miami, Houston, Atlanta have all adopted this technology for their local transport ticketing.

In South America you have the major cities like Sao Paulo, Rio de janeiro, Buenos Aires. If you go to Europe all the cities like London (14 million tractions are performed everyday based on the thus technology in the local Oyster card system), Spain, Madrid, Dublin, and also

MIFARE overall has reached an estimated worldwide marketshare of 77 percent over the the past 20 years.

Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia are all using it as well for the transport ticketing.

IAA: What does the future hold for MIFARE? MG: With the last chip generation of MIFARE desfire, we are making some significant improvements in the area of security, improved p r i v a c y p ro t e c t i o n a n d R F contactless performance. With contactless performance, it is all about becoming faster and improved operating distance, so that either cards can be read by all the different legacy infrastructure.

If mobile handsets become part of the infrastructure in the future you could think about NFC enabled mobile devices as your ticket vending machine or your mobile point of sales where you top up your card or you purchase your ticket. This means I will keep my credentials but I could use the NFC enabled mobile phone to check the balance on my card or check my travel log for the last 10 trips. I could top up by going onto a web portal through a mobile phone and then I chose a ticket or I chose to top up the card.

Andreas Krappweis, Neubiberg, Bavaria, Germany

IAA: Why would a transport operator choose this technology?

MG: This technology is used by the biggest number of companies.

The ecosystem of this technology consists of more than 1,000 independent companies, service providers, solution developers.

These developers can take the technology and develop system solutions for the end customer.

I think you do not have any other comparable community of companies working together to provide contactless solutions to the market.

MIFARE is used in 650 cities in more than 50 countries.

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A Demand For More Intelligent

Measurement Systems A

s modern machines, vehicles, and structures become smarter, engineers require advanced sensors, complex measurement set-ups and data management infrastructures to keep up. The running of test, measurement and control tasks with such complex systems tend to generate and collect vast amounts of data within short bursts of time.

To put things in perspective: A typical experiment using the Large Hadron Collider at CERN generates 40 terabytes of data every second. A system testing a Boeing jet engine creates 10 terabytes of information every 30 minutes. A four-engine jumbo jet creates 640 terabytes of data from a single journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Multiply this data by more than 25,000 flights flown each day and you can get an understanding of the enormous amount of data that exists. According to IDC, an estimated four zettabytes (1E21 bytes) of data were created in 2013, almost 50 percent more than 2012 volumes and nearly a quadrupling of 2010 volumes. These are examples of a big data trend.

Whrelf Siemens, Dordrecht, ZH, Netherlands

The era of big analogue data is demanding more intelligent measurement systems to keep up with the exponential growth of data from a complex array of sensors. By Aashish Mehta, marketing engineer, National Instruments

The big data phenomenon adds new challenges to data analysis, search, integration, reporting, and system maintenance that must be met to keep pace with the exponential growth of data. And the sources of data are many. However, the data source of interest to engineers and scientists are data derived from the physical world. This is analogue data that is captured and digitised, also termed as Big Analogue Data.

To keep up with scientific innovations, engineers need smarter sensors and more intelligent, customisable measurement systems to support the massive amounts of data they collect and integrate within a larger IT ecosystem. These new trends and challenges in embedded measurements require engineers to think beyond the sensors to efficiently produce and distribute meaningful results.

Smarter Sensors For decades, engineers have been integrating traditional analogue sensors into their measurement

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systems and therefore spending countless hours calibration data can be stored on the sensor. Gain setting up sensor configurations. With today’s and offset errors due to factors such as temperature advancements in technology, a larger number and drift and system age can be compensated for using higher mix of sensors are required to properly the custom calibration figures stored on the sensor. test the functionality or structural integrity of TEDS sensors reduce the setup time associated with new designs. manual data entry, eliminate transcription errors For example, in-vehicle testing today needs that commonly occur during sensor configuration, to validate not only the standard safety and and provide a more reliable, higher accuracy drive performance but also automatic parallel measurement system. parking, driver wakeup, blind spot detection, and even infotainment systems. This adds a new Contextual Data Mining From Sensors level of complexity with an increased number of The physical characteristics of some real-world sensors and new measurement types that must be phenomena prevent information from being gleaned integrated into one reliable, accurate system. As unless acquisition rates are high enough, which engineers face the challenges of testing advancing makes small data sets an impossibility. Even when the technologies, they are expected to do so with the characteristics of the measured phenomena allow same or less time and money. To minimise costs, more information gathering, small data sets often they must reuse measurement hardware from one limit the accuracy of conclusions and predictions in test article to the next. With such a large number of the first place. mixed measurements, configuring and maintaining Consider a gold mine where only 20 percent of the these sensors is a major pain point that is costly gold is visible. The remaining 80 percent is in the dirt and prone to human error. where you cannot see it. Mining is required to realise To overcome these challenges, engineering the full value of the contents of the mine. This leads companies are adopting smarter sensors that to the term ‘digital dirt,’ meaning digitised data can reduce configuration time while increasing have concealed value. Hence, data analytics and data reliability and accuracy. Smart sensors are based mining are required to achieve new insights that have on the IEEE 1451.4 Transducer Electronic Data never before been seen.

Sheet (TEDS) standard that defines how analogue Data mining is the practice of using the contextual sensors can inherit self-describing capabilities for information saved along with data to search through simplified plug-and-play operation. This standard and pare down large data sets into more manageable, outlines a mixed-mode interface that adds a lowapplicable volumes. By storing raw data alongside cost serial digital link to access a TEDS embedded its original context, or ‘metadata,’ it becomes in the sensor. easier to accumulate, locate, and later manipulate At a minimum, the manufacturer, model number, and understand. For example, examine a series of and serial number are included, though other seemingly random integers: 6538901234. At first important attributes, such as the measurement glance, it is impossible to make sense of this raw range, sensitivity, temperature coefficients, and information. However, when given context like (65) calibration data, are often stored. This is basically 3890-1234, the data is much easier to recognise and ever ything engineers need to know to take interpret as a phone number. measurements with sensors.

By storing data sheets electronically, engineers ensure higher reliability systems through better sensor tracking and location identification.

This means that human error in wiring and data entry no longer affects the overall integrity of the system because the sensor configuration is p u l l e d d i re c t l y f ro m t h e sensor itself.

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speeds low and minimises logged data while allowing sampling rates that are adequate enough for high-speed waveforms when necessary in these applications. To incorporate tactics such as processing raw data into results or adjusting measurement details when certain criteria are met, you must integrate intelligence into the dataacquisition system.

Although it is common to stream test data to a host PC (the ‘intelligence’) over standard buses like USB and Ethernet, high-channelcount measurements with fast sampling rates can easily overload the communication Storage is a central component to leveraging big data to a company’s advantage. bus. An alternative approach is to store data locally and transfer files for post-processing after a test is run, which increases the time it takes to realise valuable results. To overcome these Descriptive information about measurement challenges, the latest measurement systems integrate data context provides the same benefits and can technology from ARM, Intel, and Xilinx to offer detail anything from sensor type, manufacturer, or increased performance and processing capabilities calibration date for a given measurement channel to as well as off-the-shelf storage components to provide a revision, designer, or model number for an overall high-throughput streaming to disk. component under test. In fact, the more context With onboard processors, the intelligence of that is stored with raw data, the more effectively measurement systems has become more decentralised that data can be traced throughout the design life by having processing elements closer to the sensor cycle, searched for or located, and correlated with and the measurement itself. Modern data acquisition other measurements in the future by dedicated data hardware includes high-performance multicore post-processing software. processors that can run acquisition software and processing-intensive analysis algorithms in line with Intelligent DAQ Nodes the measurements. These intelligent measurement Data acquisition applications are incredibly systems can analyse and deliver results more quickly diverse. But across a wide variety of industries and without waiting for large amounts of data to transfer, applications, data is rarely acquired simply for the or without having to log it in the first place, which sake of acquiring it. Engineers and scientists invest optimises the system to use disk space more efficiently. critical resources into building advanced acquisition systems, but the raw data produced by those systems is not the end game. Instead, raw data is collected so Intelligent Measurement Systems And The Cloud it can be used as an input to analysis or processing The unification of measurement hardware and algorithms that lead to the actual results system onboard intelligence has enabled increasingly designers seek. embedded and remote systems and, in some For example, automotive crash tests can collect industries, has paved the way for entirely new gigabytes of data in a few tenths of a second that applications. In data acquisition systems that make represent speeds, temperatures, forces of impact, many measurements — particularly when the and acceleration. But one of the key pieces of measurement systems are geographically distributed pertinent knowledge that can be computed from this — several unique data storage, aggregation, raw data is the Head Injury Criterion (HIC), a single transmission, and system management challenges scalar, calculated value representing the likelihood must be met. Because distributed acquisition and of a crash dummy to experience a head injury in analysis nodes are effectively computer systems the crash. that have software drivers and images and are often Additionally, some applications — particularly in connected to several computer networks in parallel, the environmental, structural, or machine condition the need arises for remote network-based systems monitoring spaces — avail themselves to periodic, management tools to automate their configurations, slow acquisition rates that can be drastically maintenance, and upgrades. increased in bursts when a noteworthy condition Additionally, the volume of acquired measurement is detected. This technique keeps acquisition data (compounded by the proliferation of mobile

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by tools and platforms that collaborate closely with one another and with a wide range of other partners.

This three tier big analogue data solution is growing in demand as it solves problems in key application areas such as scientific research, product test, and machine condition and asset monitoring.

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devices and ubiquitous networks) is fueling a growing need in global companies to offer access to many more data consumers than in the past. This requires network gear and data management systems that can accommodate multiuser access, which in turn drives the need to geographically distribute the data and its access.

Considering that Big Analogue Data solutions typically involve many data acquisition channels connected to many system nodes; Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, and Manageability (RASM) capabilities are becoming more important. In general, RASM expresses the robustness of a system related to how well it performs its intended function. Therefore the RASM characteristics of a system are crucial to the quality of the mission for which the system is deployed. This has a great impact on both technical and business outcomes.

For example, RASM functions can aid in establishing when preventive maintenance or replacement should take place.

This, in turn, can effectively convert a surprise or unplanned outage into a manageable, planned outage, and as such maintain smoother ser vice delivery and increase business continuity.

This ser viceability and management is similar to that needed for PCs and servers, a n d i n c l u d e s d i s c o v e r y, deployment, health status, updates, security, diagnostics, calibration, event logging, and so on. RASM capabilities are critical for reducing integrations risks and lowering total cost of owners, as these systems nodes integrate with the IT infrastructures.

The oldest, fastest, and biggest big data — Big Analogue Data — harbours great scientific, engineering, and business insight. To tap this vast resource, developers are turning to solutions powered

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Nine Key Attributes Of

Energy Dashboards And Analytics Tools

Nine key attributes of Leading Energy Analysis, Dashboards and Reports Solutions (LEADRS) will be explored along with the market trends that make them successful. By Sudhi Sinha, director and GM, Centre of Excellence in Engineering (CoEE), India, Johnson Controls

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nergy data applications have become an integral part of all energy management initiatives. Automation systems form the backbone of such initiatives, with various software applications for energy data analysis and visualisation serving as a natural, almost quintessential extension. We need such applications for many reasons, including: • Data normalisation for easy analysis • Intuitive data visualisation for information interpretation • Inclusive features to actively engage multiple stakeholders • Value-added functionalities

The energy management market today is flooded with dashboard and reporting tools. Automation as well as technology companies are vying for leadership positions in this space.

Advancement of technology is enabling new features and functionality, allowing newer toolsets to differentiate and claim new capabilities. In a recent global survey we conducted, 40 percent of facility and operations managers expressed the need for more features, functionalities and capabilities. However, no reference framework exists to evaluate energy data or energy management applications.

We believe that this market will consolidate and global standards will emerge. Some solutions will become more popular because of their features

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and capabilities. We call such solutions ‘LEADRS’ — Leading Energy Analysis, Dashboards and Reports Solutions. In this discussion, we will delve into nine key attributes of LEADRS and explore the market trends that make them successful.

1 Look Beyond The Visible Effectiveness of energy data applications intimately depends on the data quality coming from the installed control systems. Low data fidelity compromises the value of the energy management applications.

Data quality is affected by many factors including sensor accuracy, network stability and accuracy of point mapping, amongst others. Leading energy management solutions police the incoming data quality and alert in case of discrepancies. Such solutions do not use erroneous data for analysis and reporting. They usually provide the capabilities to classify data discrepancies and predefine alert conditions. Leading energy management applications help improve the health of control systems by highlighting network and device failures.

2 Think Global, Act Local Around the world, priorities and policies related to energy are different and evolve to cater to countryor sector-specific aspirations around growth and sustainability. As a case in point, growing concerns

While all energy applications allow trending of any (or most) energy data points, these solutions also go further in defining standard templates for data visualisation based on type of energy data and standard industry norms for their analysis.

around sustainability and energy security have precipitated a host of public commitments by most nations limiting their environmental impact; energy efficiency, especially in buildings, is one of the leading options practiced for the same. However, balancing the tensions of economic viability and environmental sustainability, different nations have defined different efficiency requirements of buildings or systems contained in them. Because of such reasons, today there are no global standards on the functions and capabilities of an energy management application. The energy applications market is therefore composed of many niche local participants.

LEADRS are cognizant of this fact, and are able to tackle this challenge by first building a robust modular platform with the basic energy data management functionalities, then localising the applications by adding specific reporting and analytical capabilities in the geography or sector specific versions of the application. In our experience, this creates a win-win situation, wherein the specific functionalities make the LEADRS more relevant in the target country/ sector, and at the same time give them the option of offering the same functionalities as value-added features in other countries, thereby increasing the solution’s overall appeal.

3 Look At Energy First And Software Second Data visualisation and analytics capabilities in software platforms are becoming more sophisticated by the day. This is made possible by improvements in software tools and influence of other disciplines such as family tree concepts used to dynamically depict meter and equipment architecture in a facility.

Each new energy management application brings new features to differentiate themselves and develop new markets. With higher financial and human resources, software companies are making a major impact in this space.

Often the end customer or consumer gets lost in the application’s bells and whistles because the energy management application developers focus so much on the software features. LEADRS in the market put special focus on the customer’s energy needs, and develop solutions that meet those needs. For example, while all energy applications allow trending of any (or most) energy data points, the LEADRS also go the extra mile of defining standard templates for data visualisation based on type of energy data and standard industry norms for their analysis. In another example, standard load profile analysis involves trending minimum, maximum and average load over a period of time, LEADRS would have such a feature in-built within so the user need not define any additional calculation for such analysis.

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LEADRS provide an ability to generate reports straight out from the dashboard graph screens; this means that a user can download and analyse data whenever he or she spots something interesting on the dashboard graphs, therefore providing a powerful platform for the end user to work upon.

4 Combine Capabilities Seamlessly Most energy data applications usually have different sections for plotting energy graphs (often called dashboards), for generating energy reports and for other types of graphical representations. Customers want flexibility to see data across these various representation formats and for the data and analytics to have synergy — customers want interoperability.

The solutions understand this customer need. As an example, the end user of an energy data application spends most of his or her time looking at the energy dashboards, and yet needs to change back to the reports section in order to perform any specific analysis based on an insight seen on the dashboard graph. They provide an ability to generate reports straight out from the dashboard graph screens; this means that a user can download and analyse data whenever he or she spots something interesting on the dashboard graphs, therefore providing a powerful platform for the end user to work upon.

5 Provide Actionable Insights Many times applications using energy data stop at only providing a historical perspective of what has happened; they may not delve into why and what if scenario simulations. They provide actionable insights which were previously the domain of select few experts. Similarly presenting alarms, having the ability to acknowledge alarms and even taking some simple actions for some preselected alarm types makes energy data applications versatile. It is important to continuously refine the art of the possible with available data, looking at new forms of analysis and changing market needs. This will continue to be the hallmark of LEADRS in the future as well.

6 Enable Stakeholder Actions Leading energy data applications which work

directly on top of control or automation systems are well positioned to deliver more than conventional analytical and reporting activities. For example, a billing or energy analysis system working off the meters in a building can give tenant-based analytics; with some backward integration, it can be modified to control tenants’ usage of some utilities such as afterhours provisioning. They innovate to provide such capabilities using existing data from control systems, capabilities previously considered out of scope for energy data applications.

7 They Are Intuitive Steve Jobs’ vision delivered through Apple products and apps changed the way user experiences were designed, eliminating the need for help manuals, training or special skills to use new devices or applications. Historically, energy data and energy applications were built by engineers and for engineers. Today, such applications are more in the consumer domain. They need to reach their appeal beyond a select group of facility managers and energy analysts. They need to appeal to occupants as well as seem useful to busy executives who influence critical decisions around energy and sustainability.

They are intuitive by design, requiring no training. The help menu is built into the application and mostly on tool tips. They also have easy adaptability to different types of devices and browsers without any developmental interventions.

Leading energy data management and analytical tools will continue to evolve in increasing their mass appeal.

8 They Start Quick Most energy data analytics, repor ting and management systems require complex setup processes. Configuring the information from various

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data collection points in the control automation systems such as device or controller points takes time and is prone to errors. Mapping these points to visualisation outputs such as graphs, dashboards and reports is also an intensely manual process most of the time. Making changes in the configuration when the application is in operation is equally difficult.

Most of these applications were developed with linear engineering considerations as opposed to advanced software design and implementation principles for consumer markets. They are designed for easy setup and configuration so that users can start benefitting from the features and capabilities in no time. They also accept the changes from its source systems seamlessly and quickly.

In Conclusion Leadership is contextual to the time in history and related influences. The market place of energy data applications has been evolving and will continue to do so with progressive technologies, changing user preferences, influences from other walks of life and increasing sophistication of our understanding of the possibilities. Keeping pace, their attributes also will evolve.

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9 They Are Fun When we get bored in our work or other routine activities, we often switch our attention to games, networking sites or other fun sites on our computers or mobile devices. Gaming is being

increasingly considered an important delivery mechanism for new concepts and messages.

Energy is a very important topic for the world, for our collective future sustainability of our way of life and privileges.

We need people’s attention to important analytics from energy data so that there can be right education and right actions. We need energy to be fun and not boring. They make using them fun. They have cool features which may have limited practical utility but high emotional appeal.

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Establishing An ISO 50001

Energy Management System

Andreas Krappweis, Neubiberg, Bavaria, Germany

An overview of the ISO 50001 standard will be given, together with details of the key steps necessary to establish and operate an effective energy management system consistent with the framework outlined in this standard. By Klaus-Dieter Fürsch, product compliance manager, TÜV SÜD Management Service

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s the demand for energy increases worldwide, energy intensive organisations must find ways to move beyond simple conservation efforts toward programs and practices that actually increase the efficiency of their energy usage. More than just a tool for conserving energy, organisation wide energy management systems have the potential of reducing energy consumption, increasing energy efficiency, improving productivity and driving profitability.

Despite these benefits, however, organisations frequently lack the necessary knowledge to develop and implement an effective energy management system.

ISO 50001: 2011, Energy management systems (EnMS) — Requirements for guidance and use, provides organisations with an energy management structure that can increase their energy performance, including energy efficiency, use of energy, consumption of energy and reduction of energy costs. The standard also presents a clear, four phase process for establishing and maintaining an energy management system, that also provides sufficient flexibility to address situations and challenges unique to specific operations.

What Is ISO 50001?

Developed by the International Standards Organisation (ISO), ISO 50001 covers every phase of the implementation and operation of an energy management system, and provides a framework that can help organisations accomplish the following tasks: • Develop an organisation policy for more efficient use of energy.

• Develop and perform energy reviews to identify opportunities for improving energy performance.

• Establish targets and objectives to achieve the goals of the policy.

• Control operations and maintenance activities related to its significant energy use.

• Monitor, measure and analyse key characteristics that affect energy performance.

• Review the suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of the energy management system.

• Continually improve an organisation’s energy performance.

ISO 50001 is based on the management system model found in ISO 9001 (quality management), ISO

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A final preliminary step in establishing an energy management system is to identify any and all relevant energy related data. This would likely include collecting utility bills for all types of energy used in the facility, such as electricity, steam and natural gas. In addition, the energy team should identify the equipment and systems that constitute the major uses of energy in the facility.

Once these preliminar y steps have been completed, the implementation and maintenance of an ISO 50001 compliant energy management system typically involves the following four phases:

14001 (environmental management), OHSAS 18001 (occupational health and safety), ISO 22000 (food safety), and other management systems used by more than one million organisations worldwide.

The model follows the familiar ‘plan-do-check-act’ process for managing and improving an organisation’s operations and performance. As such, the availability of ISO 50001 enables organisations to integrate energy management efforts into their existing management systems activities.

The Benefits Of ISO 50001

• Make better use of existing energy consuming assets.

• Facilitate organisation wide communication around the management of energy resources.

• Promote energy management best practices and reinforce good energy management behaviours.

• Objectively evaluate and prioritise the implementation of energy efficient technologies.

• Promote energy efficiency throughout the organisation’s entire supply chain.

• Foster energy management improvements for greenhouse gas emission reduction projects.

• Provide integration with other organisational management systems.

The ISO 50001 energy management model can help organisations better manage their energy resources today while also supporting longer term efforts to improve energy technologies.

Establishing An ISO 50001 Compliant Energy Management System Developing and implementing an energy management system is a significant undertaking. For this reason, the commitment and support of an organisation’s senior management is critical. While the actual work will likely be delegated to an energy team, management’s commitment to the effort must be unequivocal so that the team has the authority to implement the planned activities and efforts.

Once a commitment from senior management has been given, an energy team is formed, consisting of personnel from throughout the organisation. Ideally, participants on the energy team include personnel from operations, purchasing and maintenance, as well as participants from the environmental health and safety and controlling departments. Establishing team goals as well as a regular meeting schedule can help to ensure that the team’s efforts stay on track.

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Energy Planning

Claudio Jule, US

By adopting an ISO 50001 compliant energy management system, organisations can accomplish the following goals:

Energy Management standardisation improves energy usage and efficiency.

Planning is the first phase in establishing an energy management system. A clearly defined and documented plan helps to ensure the success of the overall effort by providing a critical framework for the work to follow. At a minimum, effective planning involves the following activities:

• Conduct an energy review — The first planning step is to conduct a thorough review of current energy consumption with the goal of identifying areas of significant energy use and prioritising opportunities for improvement. The energy review process includes: • Identifying current energy sources and evaluating past and present energy use and consumption.

• Identifying and estimating current energy performance of those areas of significant energy use, including facilities, equipment, systems, processes, personnel, and any other relevant variables affecting energy usage.

• Identifying, prioritising and documenting specific opportunities for improving energy performance.

This activity helps the organisation to determine exactly where significant energy is being used, and allows it to focus its efforts on those specific areas that will provide the greatest possible return in energy efficiency. As part of the energy review, an organisation will also create a master list of potential projects.

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Standards are required when working with different energy sources deploying their resources into the same grid.

of project implementation, the potential energy savings, the potential cost savings, the potential return on invest, the project’s compatibility with other planned initiatives, and any other relevant factors.

2 Implementation And Operation With a plan in place, implementation can now begin.

The implementation phase includes the following activities:

• Competence, training and awareness — An effective energy management system is based on the competence of all personnel involved.

An organisation must ensure that all employees, as well as others working on its behalf, are knowledgeable about: • The benefits of improved energy performance.

• How their activities contribute to the achievement of the organisation’s energy goals.

• The importance of conformity with the procedures and requirements of the organisation’s energy management system.

• Their specific responsibilities in achieving the goals of the energy management system.

In addition, an organisation should identify any training needs associated with its efforts to control significant energy uses and the operation of its energy management system, and document all training efforts.

• Communication — An organisation should routinely provide employees with information about its energy performance and its energy

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management system, and create a process that allows employees and others working on its behalf to make suggestions for improving the system. If an organisation decides to provide information about its energy policy to external audiences, it should establish and implement an appropriate method to manage this communication.

Documentation — An organisation must document, either in paper or electronic form, the core elements of its energy management system.

The documentation shall include: • The scope and boundaries of the organisation’s energy management system.

• The organisation’s energy policy.

• The energy objectives, targets and action plans.

• The documents and records as required by ISO 50001.

• Any other documents determined to be necessary for the effective management of the system.

Document control — In addition to the above documentation requirements, an organisation must also establish and maintain suitable procedures to approve documents for use, to periodically review and update documents as necessary, and to ensure that relevant versions of applicable documents are available to those who need them.

Operational control — A key aspect of the implementation and operation phase is the control of operations in a manner consistent w i t h a n o rg a n i s a t i o n ’s e n e rg y p o l i c y, objectives, targets and action plans. This includes establishing criteria for the effective operation and maintenance of significant energy uses to reduce the risk of deviations from effective energy performance, and operating and maintaining facilities, processes, systems and equipment according to the established operational criteria.

Design — When considering the implementation of new, modified or renovated facilities, equipment, systems and processes, an organisation shall consider energy performance improvement opportunities as part of the specification and design processes.

Procurement of energy services, products, equipment and energy — An organisation shall establish criteria regarding energy use, consumption and efficiency when procuring energy using products or equipment that would significantly impact the organisation’s energy performance. Suppliers shall be informed that procurement decisions are based in part on energy performance.

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3 Checking Continuous checking of the key characteristics of an organisation’s energy performance and its achievement of objectives, targets and action plans is an essential element of the process. This ensures that implementation activities are producing the desired results and achieving the anticipated energy efficiencies. The checking phase includes the following activities:

• Evaluation of compliance with legal and other requirements — An organisation shall periodically evaluate its compliance with legal requirements and any other applicable standards and guidelines related to its energy use and consumption.

• Internal audit of the energy management system — At planned intervals, an organisation shall conduct internal audits of the energy management system to ensure that the system conforms with the energy objectives and targets that have been established, and that the implementation and maintenance of the system

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• Monitoring, measurement and analysis — This aspect of the checking phase includes the monitoring, measurement and analysis of the following specific energy performance characteristics: • Significant energy uses as identified during the energy review.

• Relevant variables related to significant energy uses.

• EnPIs. • Effectiveness of action plans created to achieve the defined energy objectives and targets.

• Comparison and evaluation of actual versus projected energy consumption.

The results from the monitoring and measuring of these key characteristics must be documented, and the organisation must investigate and respond to significant deviations in energy performance.

In addition, an organisation must ensure that the equipment used in monitoring and measuring key characteristics provides accurate, repeatable data.

Records of equipment calibration that establish the accuracy and repeatability of measured data must be maintained. Finally, an organisation must periodically review its measurement needs.

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is producing anticipated energy performance improvements. The results of these audits shall be documented and reported to the organisation’s management.

• Corrective and preventative actions — An organisation should be prepared to take corrective and preventative actions as necessary to address any non-conformities with the planned operation of the organisation’s energy management system.

Specific actions should include: • Reviewing actual or potential nonconformities.

• Identifying the causes of nonconformities.

• Evaluating the need for action to prevent further recurrence.

• Determining and implementing appropriate corrective or preventive actions.

• Reviewing the effectiveness of corrective or preventative actions.

• Maintaining records of all corrective and preventative actions.

An organisation shall also make any changes necessary to its energy management system to prevent the future occurrence of nonconformities.

• Record control — The final aspect of the checking phase involves the maintenance of records and other documentation necessary to demonstrate the organisation’s ongoing compliance with the requirements of its energy management system as well as those of ISO 50001. Controls shall also include provisions for record retention and retrieval.

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Management Review In the management review phase, an organisation takes an objective look at the overall effort from a strategic point of view. The review phase also typically includes a briefing for senior management on the progress and the results of the targets and action plans, and the overall effectiveness of the organisation’s energy management system.

In preparing for the management review, an organisation shall consider and evaluate all of the following inputs in connection with its energy management system: • Follow-up actions from any prior management reviews.

• A review of the organisation’s energy policy.

• A review of the energy performance and related EnPIs. • An evaluation of compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and any other applicable guidelines or standards.

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Proper documentation and monitoring of energy sources is needed for the efficient usage of grid assets.

• An assessment of the extent to which the objectives and targets of the energy policy are being met.

• The results from the audit of the energy management system.

• The status of any corrective or preventative actions.

• Projections regarding future energy performance.

• Additional recommendations for improvement.

The management review itself will typically result in decisions or actions related to changes in the following areas: • • • •

The energy performance of the organisation.

The organisation’s energy policy.

The organisation’s EnPIs. The objectives, targets or other elements of the organisation’s energy management system.

• The allocation of resources to energy management activities.

Conclusion Effective energy management is an increasingly important aspect of organisational performance.

ISO 50001 provides a clearly defined roadmap for organisations seeking to implement and maintain an energy management system that can reduce energy consumption, increase energy efficiency and improve profitability.

The structure of ISO 50001 is also consistent with that of other management systems, such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, allowing organisations to leverage their existing investments in management system compliance.

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Manufacturing Opportunities & The Asian Middle Class IAA interviewed Charlie MacDonald, Industry Executive, Manufacturing Transport and Logistics, Telstra, on an industry report by Telstra Global titled: ‘Make for Asia, the emerging Asian middle class and opportunities for Australian manufacturing’. By Mark Johnston

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y 2030, Asia Pacific will be home to two thirds of the world’s middle class (up from 28 percent only a few years ago), equating to 3.2 billion people — and they will demand what middle classes across the world demands: high-quality, safe, sustainable, and reliable products.

This presents scores of opportunities for firms, particularly in the manufacturing industry, to capitalise on and grow. Some of these opportunities include resource-efficient manufacturing, business model innovation, industry collaboration, and connected manufacturing. These, and other opportunities and insights, form the crux of a new industry report by Telstra Global titled ‘Make for Asia, the emerging Asian middle class and opportunities for Australian manufacturing’.

IAA: Could you elaborate on the four opportunities identified within the report in the context of Asia, ie: resource-efficient manufacturing, business model innovation, industry collaboration, and connected manufacturing?

Charlie MacDonald (CMD): The four opportunities identified in the research were based on aligning the Asian demand trends and the manufacturing mega trends and defining how these drivers can be connected. For example, the Asia middle class are demanding products and services with a high level of environmental integrity, coupling this with the issue of resource scarcity for manufacturers, the

opportunity is created under the heading resourceefficient manufacturing.

Further to the above, resource-efficient manufacturing is when products are created with minimal waste — an example of which is additive manufacturing versus subtractive manufacturing.

Additive manufacturing, known commonly as 3D printing, creates components from powder and resins with little waste. Subtractive manufacturing is when a larger object is milled or cut to component design with a higher level of discarded material (waste).

Business model innovation is a change in the way a manufacturer creates and delivers products and services — the Asian middle class market will have higher levels of discretionary spend and is demanding greater convenience. An example of business model innovation can be seen in the food manufacturing sector where we are seeing a change with organisations moving from food processing to providing a food experience. This example could see the consumer given pre-package meals or advice on how to prepare gourmet meals with the product.

Industry collaboration is closely linked to innovation, productivity and competitiveness with collaborative partnerships greatly reducing the cost and risk of innovation. The latest GE innovation barometer study found that 87 percent of respondents believe that innovation would be better if they partnered with others rather than do it alone.

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IAA: How do you see the manufacturing sector changing over the next 5 to 10 years in terms of the four opportunities mentioned above?

CMD: The manufacturing sector must continue to drive innovation through collaboration in order to grow. The four manufacturing opportunities have common elements that underline the need for manufacturers to be increasingly agile, we expect change in the following areas: • Customisation, either to individuals or to ‘meganiche’ markets • High tech, advanced manufacturing • Innovation and R&D to build competitive advantage • Increasing speed to market • Closer relationship and engagement between the manufacturer and end user • A transition from mass production to mass customisation • Deriving additional value from service delivery or digital technologies Innovative manufacturers will need to consider the entire value chain, from design, product development and manufacturing to distribution and services.

These are no longer discrete linear phases conducted in isolation behind closed doors. We are truly in an era where networked and fully open innovation allows manufacturers to move quickly from idea to market, to respond rapidly to the changes in demand that discretionary spending patterns bring, and to move in and out of the niches as they evolve.

IAA: What emerging technology do you see as having the biggest impact to the manufacturing sector?

1 What is the scale of this impact?

2 How do you measure this impact?

CMD: This will vary across sectors — clearly additive manufacturing (3D printing) will have a dramatic impact on pre-production processes — design and prototyping will change dramatically. The example we use is Timberland, that has decreased shoe design time from one week (US$1,200) to 90

Vladimir Fofanov, Moscow, Russia

Certainly technology is now allowing manufacturers to collaborate much earlier in the product life cycle and using mobile and social media to gather crowd sourced data on product features and performance.

Connected manufacturing arises from the convergence of technologies; sensors, automation, intelligent robotics, embedded electronics and their internet connectivity for example. This gives manufacturers greater agility and ability to mass customise and by using automation, unique products can still be created with relatively low unit costs.

By 2030, Asia Pacific will be home to two thirds of the world’s middle class, equating to 3.2 billion people, and they will demand what middle classes across the world demands: high-quality, safe, sustainable, and reliable products.

minutes (US$35) by using 3D printers. We will also see the convergence of manufacturing technologies (robotics, sensors, automation, 3D printing), that were traditionally the domain of the operations group, converging with traditional ICT technologies (application, data and networks).

Cloud and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technologies are enabling manufacturers to remotely monitor their products. In a number of sectors, this technology is mature and allows manufacturers to add further value by offering proactive service monitoring. Data gleamed from the machine monitoring also drives improved product design.

For me, a really interesting opportunity will be how manufacturers move beyond their traditional distribution channels and build close digital relationships with their consumers through a combination of mobile, social and cloud based technologies. We see a world where manufacturers allow consumers to access digital design portals to design the products they need and being able to use automated processes to create the product.

IAA: Do you see any potential problems or bottlenecks that could prevent the technology mentioned above from realising its potential?

CMD: In many ways we live in a risk averse time and with the current cost and productivity pressures on manufacturing the focus is understandably on operational excellence rather than product innovation. Collaboration is not easy and requires a significant amount of changes in culture and trust between organisations.

None of the technologies we have mentioned are new inventions, but rather different applications of current existing platforms and capabilities.

For this generation of Australian manufacturers, we believe that it will not be the technology that restricts them accessing the huge opportunity of the Asian middle class but rather not taking the time to understand the business challenges in front of them and aligning these with the most suitable solutions available.

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Skywave Mobile Communications is a manufacturer of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) terminals for the Inmarsat network. The evolution of satellite technology and the advent of new solutions is offering a more comprehensive way of managing remote sites that will ultimately increase visibility, while reducing costs. By Sue Rutherford, VP marketing, Skywave Mobile Communications

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uto dialers have a long history of providing notifications in remote Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) installations.

Most auto dialers detect possible alarm conditions by using discrete digital and analogue ports connected to sensors. Once a problem is detected, appropriate users are notified when the device calls one or more pre-defined phone numbers to report the alarm conditions.

While, in some cases, auto dialers are an effective way to remotely monitor pumps, valves, motors and switches, the evolution of SCADA installations 54

has resulted in more complex equipment on site that needs to be monitored and controlled. There is also a greater demand by SCADA users to optimise operations by automating functions that can be done remotely in order to eliminate the time and cost of sending a technician to the site to verify the problem, diagnose the root cause and plan for remediation.

To support these changes in the SCADA market, satellite technology has evolved and new solutions that offer more comprehensive ways of managing remote sites have emerged that will ultimately increase visibility, while reducing costs.

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SCADA Today SCADA technology is used in a number of industries, including the oil and gas, electricity, and water and waste water to monitor and control equipment of all sizes and complexities. Systems gather information such as pump ‘on/off’ events, liquid flow, water levels, pressure values, and temperature readings and send these to a central management system.

Traditionally, SCADA system operators were looking for confirmation of basic functionality and notification when abnormal events occurred such as the levels above/below predetermined thresholds, pump/generator on/off events or excessive starts, intrusion detection, power loss, temperature readings or pressure values above/below thresholds.

These types of events are easily reported by simple auto dialers using conventional phone lines when values have crossed high or low set points. However, with the development of SCADA systems and increased demand from operators for more information, the use of auto dialers over analogue phone lines is no longer the optimal way of communicating certain types of data.

The wireless evolution and a focus on being able to connect anywhere was the catalyst that allowed customers to move away from closed, analogue connections to digital and IP (Internet Protocol) based systems. in the functionality of PLCs and RTUs means there is a greater depth of information available locally to operations managers. However, the challenge is to exchange information with the equipment in a timely manner and make it available to the SCADA master station and Human Machine Interface (HMI) for viewing, interpretation and driving business Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

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The wireless evolution and a focus on being able to connect anywhere was the catalyst that allowed customers to move away from closed, analogue connections to digital and IP (Internet Protocol) based systems.

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Building (or upgrading) a successful SCADA network relies on a sound understanding of today’s remote monitoring and control requirements, that goes beyond the initial master station, as well as implementation of a system that can scale up to meet tomorrow’s needs.

Beyond the master station, the architecture of the SCADA network comprises of three main components: 1

Controllers or Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) at the remote sites.

2 Data Communication Equipment (DCE).

3 Communication (telemetry) network.

Understanding how these three components function and how they can be applied to a specific system is vital when it comes to personalising a system to obtain more meaningful information and provide deeper analysis.

Controllers Or Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) Today’s controllers or DTEs, whether they are PLCs, RTUs or intelligent communication terminals, come in various sizes and capabilities to meet master station and remote station control needs. To ensure that a user is able to extract the best DTE for a particular use, the following questions should be asked.

• Local Intelligence and Processing — Is the unit programmable? What is the processing throughput? What is the data logging capacity of the unit?

• Input/Output (I/O) ports — What is the number of I/O ports and what is their accuracy? Do they meet the needs of the application?

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• C o m m u n i c a t i o n s — W h a t t e l e m e t r y communication services are supported? Are there provisions for redundant communications for critical applications? Can data be sent and received at the frequency required by the application and the operation manager?

• Protocols — Does the unit support open standard industry protocols like Modbus and DNP3 on serial and TCP/IP ports?

• Interfaces — What interfaces are required to connect to DCEs? • Power — What are the power requirements of the unit? Can the unit be operated on battery alone?

What are the options for backup power?

• Enhanced Security — Does the equipment support password-protected programming, authentication and IP firewall capabilities?

• Durability and Ruggedness — Is the unit rated to handle the temperature, humidity, vibration and electrical conditions found at the remote sites?

• Modularity — Is the unit expandable as demand and needs change?

• Space and Installation — How much space is required by the controller and how will it be installed at the remote site?

Data Communication Equipment DCEs are responsible for the exchange of appropriate data between controllers/DTEs and the master station by using the communication network. DCEs include auto dialers as well as radio, cellular and satellite modems and terminals. To select the most appropriate equipment to transfer data, the following factors should be considered.

• Availability — The communication networks

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which are available at the remote sites will drive the selection of the DCE. Options include radio, private leased lines, cellular and satellite.

Redundancy — Check if the DCE has redundant communication options.

Data Requirements — Check to make sure the unit supports the transmission of analogue, digital and/or serial data.

Data Communication Rate — Consider how much data needs to be sent to and from the remote site. Will there be a demand to change the data as the site grows or evolves? Can data be sent and received as frequently as required?

Transmission Modes — Ask if the site needs halfduplex or full-duplex capability.

Response time and Latency — Understand how much time it takes to relay information between the controllers and the master station. Does it meet the needs of the application?

Interfaces — Check what interfaces are required to connect to the controllers?

Standards and Certification — Check which communication standards need to be complied with order to operate in the region?

Power — Consider how much power is required to operate the DCE. Can the unit revert to backup power in the advent of a failure on the main power line?

Durability and Ruggedness — Like the controllers, ensure the unit is rated to handle the temperature, humidity, vibration and electrical conditions found at the remote sites.

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• Monthly Costs — Consider how much you will have to pay per month.

• Total Cost of Ownership — How do initial infrastructure and monthly costs fit into company’s financial policies?

• Reliability — What is the reliability of the communication network at each remote site?

Does it meet the mandated or desired service level agreement?

• Data Communication Requirements — How much data needs to be sent to and from the remote site? Will the data demand change as the site grows or evolves?

• Transmission Modes — Does the site need halfduplex or full-duplex capability?

• Responsiveness and Latency — How much time does it take to connect to the network and relay information between the controllers and the master station? Does it meet the needs of the application? How frequently can data be polled or accessed from remote sites?

• E m e r g e n c y M a n a g e m e n t — D o e s t h e communication network stand up to extreme weather like hurricanes, tornadoes and tsunamis?

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• Coverage — Is the network available at the remote sites?

• Uniformity — Looking at the entire SCADA system, is it important to use the same communication networks across all the sites? Choosing different networks depending on local availability will increase the number of DCEs that need to be selected.

• Infrastructure — Is there a need to install infrastructure like towers and repeaters to support the communication network? What is the required infrastructure investment? Can infrastructure installation and maintenance costs be outsourced

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Benefits Of Increased Visibility At Remote SCADA Sites Increased status visibility of equipment at remote SCADA sites and the ability to collect more data than was provided solely by alarms (as offered by auto dialers) has translated into significant cost and operational savings for managers. The benefits include reduced field visits, thereby decreasing labour and fuel costs; the ability to schedule maintenance on equipment based on need rather than time passed; decreased Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) by receiving real-time alerts of issues.

Plus, being able to poll more data from the sites means being able to diagnose the problem before dispatching a technician; and minimised downtime by being alerted of degradation in equipment performance.

Real-Time, Real-Life Example A leading provider of rental equipment used in the oil and gas industry was looking to reduce the costs associated with remotely managing their equipment in the field. Since the equipment was typically deployed in remote areas with limited or no cellular coverage, the manufacturer had to travel to the remote sites to investigate issues. For the manufacturer, every service call would cost time, money and ultimately decreased customer satisfaction. For the end-users of the equipment, a delay in getting the equipment working meant lost time and revenue, increased costs arising from diagnosing problems and lost productivity due to delays.

The manufacturer required a cost-effective, automated method to remotely monitor equipment and provide real-time feedback to the end-user.

A SkyWave Solution Provider developed a remote monitoring solution that allowed the manufacturer to effectively log the operation of their equipment, send fault codes in real-time and provide logged data on demand when requested, via satellite. A webbased interface then allowed the manufacturer able to easily access vital information at any time from virtually anywhere.

The solution has allowed the manufacturer to reduce the number of site visits by up to 50 percent, increasing end user satisfaction as well as reducing labour, vehicle and fuel costs.

Since the time to diagnose and resolve problems has decreased from hours to minutes, the manufacturer has been able to recover the initial capital investment cost and several months of airtime within a few reduced site visits. The solution has also helped to increase customer satisfaction and allows the manufacturer to allocate technical resources to other functions with the company.

To achieve results like these it is important to spend time considering the architecture of your SCADA site including the Controllers or Data Terminal Equipment (DTE), the Data Communication Equipment (DCE), the Communication (telemetry) network and how the solution can meet today’s remote monitoring and control requirements but scale to tomorrow’s needs.

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The chemical industry relies heavily on water both as a raw material and a source of energy generation. Innovative approaches are offered for the efficient use of water as a raw material. Solutions are also provided for resourcesaving and sustainable energy generation. By Jean-Marc Vesselle, global head of Liquid Purification Technologies (LPT), Lanxess

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bout 97 percent of water on the earth’s surface is seawater. The remaining three percent which is fresh water is fragmented in the form of frozen ice-caps, rivers, lakes, and water found underground in Earth’s crust (also known as groundwater). Of this less than one percent is easily accessible for consumption, making only a fraction of the water supply in the world available for human use.

The shortage of clean water for both industrial and personal consumption is as such a complex issue for governments, corporations and individuals. Many governmental and non-profit organisations in the world today, run multiple awareness programmes to address the prevailing and increasingly crucial issues surrounding this topic. In fact, since 1993, the United Nations (UN) has officially designated an annual ‘World Water Day’ on March 22 to raise international awareness of key water-related issues faced by the world’s population today. This year, ‘Water and Energy’ is the main focus.

According to the UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study 2010, corporations and the public alike in emerging economies see sustainability in very personal, local and immediate terms — eg: access to clean water, more direct dependence on the

natural environment — and therefore perceive their future success to be more directly threatened by environmental degradation.

It is hence no surprise that today, there are many organisations that abide by sustainable water management systems, made possible through various technological innovations and improvements.

Responsible water usage is not the lone responsibility of industries that have obvious water source needs. It is the responsibility of all organisations, as water is often used as a direct or indirect source in almost all aspects of manufacturing and industrial processes.

‘Virtual Water’ — a term coined by British scientist John Anthony Allan — refers to the ‘embedded’ water used in the production of agricultural and industrial goods. For example, about 1,000 litres of water is utilised to produce one kilogram of wheat. For the same amount of meat, approximately 5 to 10 times more water is needed. The water sources which are required to support these industrial processes are often not visible upfront and are as such often not taken into consideration, and forgotten in the process of managing water resources, hence the term ‘embedded’.

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downstream step is sometimes required. This second step is called reverse osmosis.

Ion exchange and reverse osmosis are complementary technologies, which are often combined to obtain optimal efficacy in industrial water treatment. A further way of enhancing this dual treatment functionality is software that enables planning and designing of complex water treatment plants. Such software can combine the two technologies into one single planning tool to offer water treatment plant designers added value in water analysis and aids their selection of the most effective treatment solution for their manufacturing plants.

At the Chemnitz combined heat and power station in Germany, these membrane filter elements can lower the degree of fluctuation in water quality and, in particular, filter out organic substances. In addition to this, reverse osmosis can be used, for example, to desalinate brackish water or seawater to produce drinking water.

In Singapore, desalination is becoming an impor tant component for augmenting and diversifying available national water resources. In late 2005, the Tuas Desalination Plant — Singapore’s first municipal-scale seawater desalination plant was opened. Reverse osmosis treatment was the process used for water treatment in this plant which had an output capacity of 30 mgl (million gallons per day).

It has been estimated that by 2060, desalinated water will contribute to about 30 percent of Singapore’s water demand.

that approximately 500 litres of water is used to produce one kilogram of paper, while some 10,000 to 20,000 litres of water is consumed to build a car, and as much as six metric tonnes of water is needed to manufacture one metric tonne of steel. Globally, over 20 percent of all the water extracted from the earth’s surface sources such as rivers, lakes, and groundwater, is used for industrial purposes. In highly developed regions such as Europe, this figure is as high as 60 per cent, whereas in developing countries it is just under eight percent.

The importance of water has never been more amplified than now with increased attention in the international arena placed on ‘virtual water’.

Water Treatment For Safe Energy Generation Despite its importance, the link between clean water and the global rise in energy demands has rarely been made a subject in public discussion. However, for a long time, the chemical industry has been working to contribute positively to this global issue.

Complex chemical and mechanical treatment is needed for a multitude of water treatment processes, which includes water cooling, processing water and water desalination at power stations. In most cases, ion exchange resins are used to soften and desalinate the feed-water. This is essential, because the high temperatures at the power stations would otherwise cause the salts and alkaline earths present in water to build up on the heating surfaces as boiler scale and form an insulating layer that would prevent heat transfer.

For example, in power-generation turbines, this can lead to thermal stress cracks or even cause the boiler to burst and give rise to corrosion, abrasion and imbalance among components on the steam side. If the water contains a high proportion of organic substances after this initial stage, a second sherry wil, Columbus, Ohio, US

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Complex chemical and mechanical treatment is needed for a multitude of water treatment processes, which includes water cooling, processing water and water desalination at power stations.

Thanks to numerous changes in production processes and ongoing optimisation of water treatment, it has been possible to steadily reduce the consumption of water by using it several times — that is recycling it.

Here too, products from the chemical industry have played a key role.

The number of times water is recycled in the paper industry has risen from 2.4 times in the 1950s to about 12 times in the present day. In the chemical industry, water is now recycled an average of 28 times before it is channelled downstream through the sewage clarification system and then allowed to re-enter the water cycle as purified water.

More developments in water recycling is expected in the future, especially in the chemical industry, which heavily relies on water both as a raw material and a source of energy generation. The chemical industry not only offers innovative approaches for the efficient use of water as a raw material but also provides solutions for resource-saving and sustainable energy generation.

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Accessibility To Sensing Technology In today’s rapidly changing market having a fast response time and direct control over stock close at hand is a valuable asset. IAA spoke with Derek Chua, regional sales and marketing manager, Contrinex (SEA) on his company’s newly established Asia Logistics operation, of which he is the director. By Mark Johnston

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he establishment of Continex Asia Logistics in Singapore is designed primarily to increase response time for customers in the region whilst allowing direct delivery of products direct to the customer without having to order the products from outside the region.

Singapore because it coincided with our own strategy in terms of geography and Singapore is already known as a logistics hub for the region.

We moved into this new office in early 2014 together with Asia Logistics which was established at the end of 2013.

IAA: Can you summarise your motivation for setting up this logistics hub?

IAA: When do you see yourself expanding?

Derek Chua (DC): Our main objective in setting up this logistics hub is to bring our stock nearer to the customer, especially to the region where we are developing the market. In the past two years we have been investing a lot in this region and so this logistics hub is a result of some of that investment.

The main objective of this logistics hub is to have a quick response time, in terms of sample testing and mass delivery. We already have our sales office in Singapore and in deciding where to have this logistics hub we chose

DC: I would say the size at this moment is pretty nice. However, expansion is always a good thing and we are looking forward to that. I also feel it is about how we manage the stock movement as we also have individual sales offices in the region.

I would expect to still be occupying the same premises in the next five years. Even if the current set up is 100 percent occupied we can still add new shelves because there is still space. Overall we cater to an additional 30 to 40 percent expansion occupying the same location.

IAA: Did you move to this office especially to establish the logistics hub?

DC: Yes. I think it made more sense to put the sales office together with Asia Logistics. In this case the management is still the same, as such, I am responsible for the management of Asia logistics.

Previously, we were in the same building but upstairs. There are a lot of new office buildings and warehouses in Singapore but we decided to stay within the same building to make the transition and set up easier to handle.

IAA: How does Contrinex hope to benefit from this initiative?

DC: The most beneficial thing for us is that we can deliver a better customer ser vice experience in terms of lead time.

This is something we want to upkeep and also provide a better reaction time to our customers.

When a customer has a machine down they require an immediate response. As such, it is very critical to bring the stock nearer

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to them, so it becomes almost as good as their own warehouse.

For us, it will make our company more transparent. It gives us better control, especially when we are developing the market. With our own warehouse here, it makes it easier to propose something to a customer knowing that we have this stock behind us. That will definitely give the customer confidence.

IAA: How many people do you employ as part of Asia Logistics?

DC: We employ three people for Asia Logistics. We have plans for more but we are doing it progressively.

Having three people is a good start to get the operation ready and get the system going. We are already seeing a very sharp increase in activity now, so I believe that in the next few months we will be seeing an increase in the staff.

We plan on expanding in Southeast Asia. We have sales representatives in Indonesia and Thailand, which is under the headcount of our Singapore office. If I include Asia Logistics we have six people, but we will be increasing this to seven soon. My current plan to to invest more in countries outside Singapore.

Our main objective in setting up this logistics hub is to bring our stock nearer to the customer, especially to the region where we are developing the market.

IAA: For Asia Logistics, what is your capacity in terms of storage, and what investment has gone into setting up this operation?

DC: In terms of how many pieces.

At this moment with this setup, I would say we can have a stock, depending on sensor size but on average, about 150,000 pieces of sensors with the current setup. However, we have room to expand and so we can expect a potential room of around 30 to 40 percent more. Therefore, in total, there is potential for maybe 210,000 pieces.

In terms of invesment, we are talking about close to S$200,000 for everything. In terms of time, we took only one to two months to get everything set up.

IAA: What are your future plans for this operation and where do you see it in 5 to 10 years time?

DC: What I see in terms of the growth of Asia Logistics is very interrelated with also the growth of our sales offices in in this region.

With the increasing demand on automation solution, the sensor market will be growing and I believe this Asia Logistics will be able to provide more value services to this growing market. With this Asia Logistics located in Singapore, we shall see our Singapore sales office taking on more responsibility with, for example, South Korea and we are looking at other countries such as Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand.

In 5 to 10 years I would expect to see positive growth in Asia Logistics and perhaps after 5 to 6 years we would need to move our operation to a bigger office. I am trying to build our Singapore sales office into a SEA regional hub for Contrinex. A regional hub in terms of sales support, marketing support, technical support, and stock support. We have came a long way in the past two years and I am happy with the progress and direction we are taking.

IAA: Why would a customer choose Contrinex?

DC: I would say it is the technology that we have. We believe in continuous effort to innovate our products for our customer’s application. As such, we invest a lot of our resources into R&D. The majority of our staff at our factory in Switzerland comprise R&D personnel. We invested the majority of what we take every year on R&D. Storage space at the company’s Asia Logistics operation in Singapore.

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Cards & Payments Asia 2014

THIS year marked the 19th edition of Card & Payments Asia. The show was held at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre between April 23-24, 2014. Colocated with eight other events, which included: Digital ID World Asia, Future Bank Asia, Near Field Communications World Asia, Retail World Asia, e-Commerce Show Asia, Digital Signage World Asia, RFID World Asia, The Cash Handling Show Asia.

The events were well attended, attracting 6,200 speakers, delegates, exhibitors, sponsors and visitors over the two days of the event. The diversity of those participating and attending the events were also noticeable, attracting organisations such as the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, Card Analytics Consulting, Walmart, NTUC Link, SingTel, Starhub, Foreign Trade Bank, NFC Forum, Korea Telecom, Bitcoin Byte and many more.

Increasing Appeal The 2014 edition seen new initiatives and formats to add to the appeal and attractiveness

of the events. Those attending Cards & Payments Asia and Retail World Asia would have experienced different format as compared to previous years, with new interactive roundtable discussions. In addition, there were roundtable discussions on payments, banking innovations, customer engagement, loyalty, new commerce, retail innovation, role of NFC and payments, digital identifications, and many more.

The interactive approach of the roundtables also enabled greater opportunities for networking and the open exchange of ideas between attendees. Another concept at this years show was the Innovation Village that displayed future trends in technology. In addition, the 3rd Smart Awards Asia ceremony recognised organisations and individuals for their contributions to the Asian smart card and technological space.

“There were countless vendors and service providers showcasing their products and services which allowed a great holistic platform,” commented Dan Felsing, project director,

Cash Card Distribution & Mobile Payment, Foreign Trade Bank.

Standard On-Floor Conference The standard on-floor conference was located at the exhibition and open for free to over 5,000 trade visitors. This conference hosted a series of speaking sessions a c ro s s a re a s o f p a y m e n t s , banking, digital identification, cards, NFC, RFID, retail and eCommerce. The latest updates were also presented by industry experts on technologies and who also provided insights on the strategies to stay ahead of the competition.

Onsite activities included lucky draws, Innovation Village, Happiness Lounge, live demonstrations, new product launches, MIFARE awards and activities by exhibitors that were designed to keep the show floor abuzz throughout the two days of the event.

April 23-24, 2014 Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre Singapore

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Finding New Ways To Keep Things Easy Siemens PLM Software pushed out the Solid Edge ST7 at the Solid Edge University 2014 to make designing faster and easier. By Joson Ng THE aptly named Curiosity Mars rover is on a mission fueled in no small part by the spirit of exploration. This passion for finding something new is perhaps the main driving force for the people behind the project as they watch the rover negotiate numerous obstacles on the Gale Crater on Mars.

While this essence of curiosity is on show on Mars, back home on earth, the same motivations are in full display in the CAD arena. In fact, the Solid Edge CAD software played a part in the design of the rover.

Possibly inspired by the exploits of the Mars rover, the company called for product designers to switch to an exploratory mode and re-imagine what is possible and improve upon past accomplishments in their annual user meeting, the Solid Edge University.

At this year’s edition of the event held in Atlanta, Karsten Newbury, senior VP (mainstream engineering) of Siemens PLM Software said the strategies of

Solid Edge is based on ‘Product’, ‘Community’ and ‘Access’.

Together, these three pillars have allowed the product to help users save time and make the design processes easier.

Introducing the latest version of the company’s 3D CAD modeling software, the ST7, Dan Staples, VP of Solid Edge development summed up the new version with a word. He said “You” was the ethos in the whole design of the product. As a product made for the customers, he revealed some 1,300 customer requests were satisfied in this version.

According to Mr Staples, he said the product is based on four key points. They are ‘accelerate your 3D modeling’, ‘streamline your design management’, ‘power up with new app’ and ‘enjoy an amazing user experience’.

In order to create a good user experience, the company has added a start-up screen with easy access to common tasks.

It has also improved help for common commands.

As far as accelerating the 3D modeling process goes, users can now look forward to an intuitive visual interface for material selection and standards-based material definitions. The software is also able generate quick shapes in a streamlined manner during the creation of basic geometry.

In terms of the program’s sheet metal function, it has a quick method for complex sheet metal design and there are eight corner treatments available.

Finally, the developers said the product is also compatible with partner apps. For example, it is possible to print a 3D model using a Microsoft 3D builder or on other devices like the MakerBot desktop 3D printer.

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Four Mega Trends Driving Innovation In Product Design Mobility Some 1.3 billion workers will be mobile by 2015. That is about 37 percent of the total workforce.

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65 percent of companies are deploying at least one social software tool.

Big Data There will be an estimated 80 percent growth in unstructured data over the next five years.

Cloud

Over 80 percent of new apps will be distributed or deployed on devices in 2014. Seventy percent of businesses are either using or investigating cloud computing solutions.

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ST7: Executives’ View Industrial Automation Asia sat down with Karsten Newbury & James D’Arcy (VP, global business development of Siemens Industry Software) to see what they think about the product and what they plan to do with it.

IAA: Which is your favourite feature on the ST7?

Karsten Newbury (KN): It is not just one feature, it is what we have done in the area of usability. For users, it is sometimes hard to take advantage of all the features. So we make it easier for people even for functionality that has been there for a while.

James D’Arcy (JD): The rendering function. With it, you can be more effective in your product creation. We are so much more effective than we were.

IAA: What is your vision for future ST releases?

KN: At the end of the day, what matters is that the engineers and designers can get their jobs done. Their end result is making a product. The thing we need to help them in is how to get from the idea (stage) to the product (stage) with ease, in addition to time saving.

IAA: How do you organise your R&D efforts between user’s feedback, in-house development and vision from top management?

KN: It is not exact science but we look at our development capacity and split in few different ways. Sixty percent is ongoing development and customers’ feedback take up some 10 percent.

We also try new things and test it with users. If we see users like it, we will try to grow it.

JD: We have two main R&D locations, one in Alabama (USA) and the other in Pune, India. With people from different

(From left) James D’Arcy & Karsten Newbury

cultures working in R&D, we can avoid being narrow-minded.

IAA: What are your marketing plans for Southeast Asia? What are the challenges?

KN: We work with partners to see if they fit into our plans. There are actually less resistance (in the Southeast Asian market) but the challenges are different, especially in language. In Asia, you need to be more disciplined in building channel partners. To train a partner does not mean they will stay at that level due to staff attrition, so you have to consistently work with them.

IAA: We see an increasing number of companies offering cloud-based collaborative project execution solutions. What do you make of this development as a CAD developer?

KN: Depends on your mindset. We see it as opportunities. Our experience or philosophy in Siemens is to be open. If you close off and try to do everything by yourself and keep people away, in the end the customers lose and we lose.

These companies seem to be converging on online PDM type of functionality.

Could that displace traditional PDM technology? Sure, but down the road, you may see more acquisition and collaboration.

In addition, the cloud-based technology space is still shaking out.

The partners are still trying to make money. Right now, we are taking the open partnership approach. We try to focus on what is good for the customer.

Sometimes it means you give up on potential revenue.

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PRODUCTS & SERVICES Applied Materials: CVD System

Emerson: Gas Chromatograph

The Applied Endura Volta CVD Cobalt system by Applied Materials is capable of encapsulating copper interconnects in logic chips beyond the 28nm node b y depositing precise, thin cobalt films. The two enabling applications, a conformal cobalt liner and a selective cobalt capping layer, provide complete enclosure of the copper lines, improving reliability by an order of magnitude.

This system, with its two process steps, represents a technology extension for copper interconnects beyond 28nm. Complete envelopment of copper lines with cobalt creates an engineered interface that demonstrates over 80x improvement in device reliability.

The Danalyser 370XA Gas Chromatograph (GC) from Emerson Process Management has been released. Providing reliable measurement accuracy, minimal maintenance and greater ease of use, this product is designed for continuous online analysis of natural gas for applications such as custody transfer, power generation, and burner fuel/air ratio control.

This product provides a C6+ analysis similar to legacy Danalyser GCs in a much smaller and simpler form. New and experienced users alike will appreciate the latest advances in technology, improved diagnostics, and intuitive Local Operator Interface (LOI), all of which come standard.

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Bonfiglioli: Gearboxes

Eplan: Documentation Software

The Bonfiglioli heavy duty parallel and bevel helical gearboxes HDP and HDO are now more competitive thanks to the addition of a 125 size. HDP 125 and HDO 125 are available in two, three and four stages, with a range of reduction ratios from 1:9 to 1:500.

They feature an output torque above 49kNm. It improves both series in the torque area between 40KNm (HDP 120) and 70kNm (HDP 130), which is fundamental for the applications of the company’s customers like feed screws, lifting systems, pumps, conveyors, mixers and mixer-stirrers, and so on.

An update of Eplan Engineering Centre One (EEC One) has arrived. Detail engineering and hence engineering times can be reduced with comprehensive frameworks. Now available in 17 languages, the software supports important international standards and norms for the global market. The newly integrated dictionary function also ensures direct access to the company’s dictionary and hence to translations of the entire documentation of the schematics in all possible languages.

At the same time it ensures consistency in the descriptions due to the use of uniform terms, phrases or special characters.

Language barriers are removed and the efficiency level of the software usage increased. In particular, international companies with sites in multiple countries will appreciate this benefit.

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FCI: Connectors

HMS: Gateway

The Minitek Pwr 3.0 & Minitek Pwr 4.2 connectors from FCI have been launched. The company’s Minitek Pwr 3.0 is designed for power applications with current ratings of up to 5A per contact. Engineered for wire-to-wire and wire-to-board applications, its crimp and snap-in receptacles are used to terminate AWG 20 to 30 wires.

Minitek Pwr 4.2 is manufactured for high-current and high-density applications, and supports up to 9A per contact.

Similar to Minitek Pwr 3.0, the Minitek Pwr 4.2 is designed for dual-row and 2 to 24 circuits, but features a greater versatility due to its diverse wire-to-wire, wire-to-board, and wire-to-panel mount capabilities.

The Anybus X-gateway family, from HMS, has been upgraded to make industrial networking even easier. These network translators are now modernised as the company introduces a new version of these gateways, designed to meet the future of the automation industry. The updated version contains several added features, but is fully backwards compatible meaning that existing users can upgrade to this version without hassle.

The system now comes with a USB interface and an updated configuration software, together with a different design for easier installation. Connectivity to CC-Link IE Field in the X-gateway family has also been introduced. Furthermore, several of the industrial Ethernet versions now include integrated dual-port Ethernet interfaces with an integrated switch, removing the need for external switches.

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Hioki: Clamp-On Power Logger

Hioki has launched the clamp-on power logger PW3365-20.

This power logger is designed to be easy to setup using a quick set navigator that provides on-screen instructions on how to connect the instrument. Another possibility is voltage measurement using non-contact voltage sensors that the company claims is an industry first. Current measurement with clamp-on sensors is also possible. Choose from a selection of clamp-on sensors for the full range of measurement applications.

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Honeywell: Distributed Control

System

Honeywell Process Solutions has launched its latest version of Experion PKS Orion, featuring advanced capabilities that allow industrial plants to implement automation projects faster and more efficiently, while making it easier to manage daily operations. This system now employs a portfolio of scalable capabilities for project execution and system management.

Experion Virtualisation Solutions and remotely configurable Universal I/O cabinets allow for late-stage design changes and better hardware management. Capabilities like Experion Collaboration Station and Experion SCADA’s Human-Machine Interface (HMI) provide teams with the ability to share information across geographically dispersed locations and simplify operations over thousands of assets.

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Mornsun: Power Converter

Nord Drivesystems: Drives

The LI120, a Din-Rail AC-DC power supply, from Mornsun, acts as the power supply of an industrial bus in a control cabinet, and can provide all units with 24V voltage. This device embeds power factor correction that gives a 92 percent efficiency rating, and standby power consumption of 0.75W. With a space saving 35mm installation width, input voltage of 85~264VAC (120~370VDC), a 150 percent peak load capability, and operating temperature of -25~70 deg C, this Din-Rail mounting product also gives your circuit over-voltage, over-load, and continuous short-circuit protection.

Nord Drivesystems supplies efficient drive units for dynamic speed control and automatic process control in applications that need to be regularly cleaned with high-pressure steam jets. Developed for strict hygiene requirements and featuring IP66/IP69K ingress protection, smooth-surface motors with an integrated frequency inverter are available for the 0.37..1.1 kW performance range. Common applications include conveyors, pumps, mixers, and agitators.

Sensor data such as pressure or flow rate values can be directly communicated to the drives, enabling them to automatically adapt to current demand. If partial load operation is frequent, an automatic energy-saving function decreases the running costs by a significant share.

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Moxa: RTU Controllers

Prosoft: Industrial Media

Moxa’s ioPAC 5542 Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) are hardy, compact, metal-encased all-in-one controllers that combine a GPRS/HSPA cellular modem, fully featured I/O terminals, and a data logger in a single device.

This product is a RTU that supports standalone data logging in a storage space expandable up to 32GB. It comes with the company’s Active OPC Server software, which confers the power of push communications, from edge to core, giving valuable benefits that include reductions in data transmissions, lower hardware costs, and lower deployment and maintenance costs.

The Ethernet to Belden 9463 Blue Hose Industrial Media Converter, from Prosoft, allows EtherNet/IPTM to run communications over the existing Allen-Bradley Remote I/OTM. Features include run Allen-Bradley Remote I/OTM & EtherNet/IPTM data simultaneously; plug & play, no set up required; simple enough to run during scheduled downtime; allows upgrading of individual nodes in phases; supports both 57.6K and 115.2K baud rates; maximum distance of 400m with simultaneous Ethernet and Remote I/O data, 530m for Ethernet data alone; and repeaters available for up to 3,000m.

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Converter

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Calendar Of Events 2014

sep 2 – 4 Oil & Gas Thailand BITEC Bangkok, Thailand Fireworks Email: sg@asiafireworks.com Web: http://oilgasthai.com/

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jun 23 – 25 SCM Logistics & Manufacturing World 2014 Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre Singapore Terrapinn Pte Ltd Email: renee.tan@terrapinn.com Web: http://www.terrapinn.com/2014/ scm-logistics-and-manufacturing-world/

jul 8 – 11 MTA Vietnam 2014 Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Singapore Exhibition Services Pte Ltd Email: mta@sesallworld.com Web: http://www.mtavietnam.com/

aug 27 – 29 Taipei International Automation Exhibition 2014 TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall Taipei, Taiwan Chan Chao International Email: automation@chanchao.com.tw Web: http://www.autotaiwan.com.tw/

27 – 30 MTT Malaysia Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ECMI Email: overseas@ecmi.asia Web: http://mtt-kl.com

TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall Taipei, Taiwan SEMI Email: staiwan2@semi.org Web: http://www.semicontaiwan.org/

9 – 11 Medical Manufacturing Asia Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre Singapore Messe Duesseldorf Asia Email: shirley@mda.com.sg Web: http://www.medmanufacturing-asia.com

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10 – 12 Power-Gen Asia 2014 KLCC Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Pennwell Email: mathildes@pennwell.com Web: http://www.powergenasia.com/

17 – 19 Electric & Power Vietnam 2014 Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre (SECC) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hong Kong Exhibition Services Email: exhibit@hkesallworld.com Web: http://electricvietnam.com

17 – 19 Industrial Automation Vietnam 2014 Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre (SECC) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hong Kong Exhibition Services Email: exhibit@hkesallworld.com Web: http://electricvietnam.com

17 – 19 Thailand Lab 2014 BITEC Thailand, Bangkok VNU Exhibitions Email: thailandlab@vnuexhibitionsap.com Web: http://www.thailandlab.com/

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nov 4 – 6 China International Industry Fair 2014 Shanghai New International Expo Centre Shanghai, China Shanghai Eastbest International (Group) Email: office@shanghaiexpogroup.com Web: http://www.ciif-expo.com/

17 – 19 Green Build Asia 2014 Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia UBM Email: norman.zainal@ubm.com Web: http://www.ecobuildsea.com/

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