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22 <strong>19.6</strong> Continuous electronic traceability thanks to valves with RFID The increasing requirements for documentation and optimization of maintenance processes are also placing increased focus on the individual components within a plant. Valves equipped with integrated RFID chips are not only used for continuous electronic traceability but also for direct maintenance support. The system, referred to as GEMÜ CONEXO, comprises valves with an integrated RFID chip (in the body, diaphragm and actuator), an electronic reading device, the CONEXO pen and IT infrastructure comprising a CONEXO app for mobile end devices and the CONEXO portal server as a central database ideally installed at the operator's premises. This interaction allows the maintenance technician to call up current information at the valve in the field at any time, for instance the valve description, instructions, test reports or maintenance information. No online connection is required for this; the data is saved on a mobile end device. Since the information can be read out at the valve itself, the IQ process (installation qualification) is sped up as the required documents and test reports can be called up and compared quickly and easily. The CONEXO system also offers major advantages for maintenance processes during operation. The maintenance documentation is processed electronically by the CONEXO app. The maintenance technician is guided through the maintenance processes, can record the evaluation of wearing parts electronically and verify this via photo documentation. This allows the data to be recorded electronically in an organised manner and also further processed electronically in a simple manner, whether for the customer's SCADA environment or in the customer's ERP system. The CONEXO portal can be used to analyze the history of operating media sites, even cross-plant. This enables the maintenance intervals to be optimally adapted too. CONEXO is designed as an open system which means that many other plant components can be managed in the system in addition to GEMÜ valves. claudio.darpin@gemue.co.za Simulation on a grand scale Common objective: Frank Kulaszewicz, Senior Vice President of Architecture and Software at Rockwell Automation, and Michael Ziesemer, Vice President of Endress+Hauser’s Supervisory Board, open the new test facility in Maulburg, Germany. As a manufacturer in process automation, there are many options to test new products. However, these tests are seldom performed early in the development phase under real conditions at the company’s own plant. Rockwell Automation, an expert for automation solutions in industrial production, and Endress+Hauser, a specialist for instrumentation, have now inaugurated their first joint test plant for validation purposes in Europe. Core elements of the test plant at Endress+Hauser’s site in Maulburg, Germany are three massive tanks, each one containing between 2,000 and 26,000 liters of oil. On the tanks, more than 20 instruments from Endress+Hauser with different measuring methods have been installed, all of them communicating with Rockwell Automation’s Plant PAx control system. In this way, all personnel at the test center obtain specific information and diagnostics relating to the tank contents at a glance. For customer training and product validation The original idea of a joint installation came from training centers established by Endress+Hauser with the support of Rockwell Automation in recent years: so-called Process Training Units. At ten facilities in the USA, Colombia, China and Canada, sales representatives and product specialists from both companies host practical training sessions for their customers. These courses comprise installation training, simulations under real conditions, diagnostics and comparisons of different technologies. With an investment of several hundred thousand euros, the first joint test center for Europe in Maulburg takes this concept a few steps further and establishes new standards: It is surrounded by the Endress+Hauser production site for level and pressure measurement technology and focuses on product validation. Research and development takes center stage to align new products to customer requirements at an early phase under real application and environmental conditions. “All of our products must pass testing at the validation center and prove that they create a sustainable added value for customers. They are exposed to extreme endurance tests,” emphasised Gerd Gritsch, Division Manager Quality Management with Endress+Hauser Maulburg. Automation specialists bundle forces Increasing customer benefit was the trigger for a strategic alliance between Rockwell Automation and Endress+Hauser more than ten years ago. The former CEOs, Keith Nosbusch and Klaus Endress, promised to combine their strengths for the benefit of customers and to create systems which communicate flawlessly with each other. In Maulburg, this includes, as well as research and development, training employees and customers at the validation center and offering hands-on learning for students. Last year, 2,600 external visitors trained on the test plant’s tanks and systems. Now additional trainees will come from Rockwell Automation. suanne.willemse@ za.endress.com
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