cpp – Process technology for the chemical industry 01.2019

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Siemens has expanded its Digital Enterprise portfolio to include a new digital service for optimising plant maintenance
ability and user-friendliness”, Eberle continues.
“The process industry also thinks in
terms of process engineering objects. We
mapped this in the new control system and
thus created integrated workflows.”
Besides this, customers will benefit from
Plantsight, a system which draws data from
several different sources to permit rapid access
to previously unobtainable information.
By synchronising the physical
plant with the relevant engineering data, it
is possible to create a digital twin of the
manufacturing process. Plant operators are
ensured a high level of trustworthiness and
information quality, enabling continuous
operational readiness and greater reliability.
Digital service optimises maintenance
Siemens has expanded its Digital Enterprise
portfolio to include a new digital service for
optimising plant maintenance. The Lifecycle
Management Suite paves the way for consistent
planning, execution and documentation
of all service activities. This cloudbased
system can even be used from mobile
terminals in order to immediately document
activities in the plant. Furthermore,
those responsible for maintenance always
have a transparent and up-to-date overview
of all service activities and plant states,
allowing maintenance to be planned even
more efficiently and cutting maintenance
costs.
This comprehensive and consistent database
has benefits for the maintenance and asset
managers of industrial plants. They can store
all planned and performed service activities
in a single system, even on-site on a mobile
terminal, so that absolute consistency is
guaranteed. Maintenance managers can take
advantage of the Lifecycle Management
Suite to schedule service activities, create
job orders and monitor performance, so as
to make maximum use of resources and
streamline maintenance costs. Plant asset
managers are permanently aware of the current
lifecycle status of all products and systems
in use, for example through extensive
information on obsolete hardware and software
components. Field service engineers
working in the plant can view their jobs directly
on a mobile device.
The pre-configured system is based on
Comos MRO (Maintenance, Repair and
Overhauls) and provides standard operating
procedures (SOP) in the form of checkpoints
for lifecycle services, which are assigned
to components of the Simatic PCS7
process control system. The system can be
upgraded at any time with additional maintenance
objects. Thanks to the modular
portfolio, plant operators everywhere can
take sound decisions on a site’s service
requirements.
An annual subscription scheme lets users
access the various modules in the portfolios
from a cloud without having to purchase
any supplementary hardware or software.
Siemens offers comprehensive software support,
including updates.
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