Electricity + Control December 2018

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CONTROL SYSTEMS, AUTOMATION + SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Driving automation standards and future-proofed IIoT architectures

standard will allow companies to leverage the benefits of multi-vendor, peer-to-peer communications and control between sensors, control devices, programmable logic controllers and distributed control systems without the need for costly and time-consuming software development and cumbersome gateways and bridges. "Customers across the industrial land- scape will no longer be bound to suppliers based on the communications protocol used," said Bernhard Eschermann, CTO, ABB Industrial Automation Division and designated board member of OPC Foun- dation. "Adoption of the new standard will open up cross-industry collaboration and encourage partnerships driven by what creates the most value for customers." Enquiries: Visit www.new.abb.com/africa

establish an open standards based com- munication for Industrial IoT. In addition, ABB will take up a designated seat on the board of the OPC Foundation in 2019 to further help accelerate development of the new technology. As OPC UA over TSN is vendor neutral, customers will no longer see their efforts complicated by incompatible protocols or proprietary ecosystems. This will facilitate integration and spur innovation – an imper- ative as the Fourth Industrial Revolution ac- celerates digitalisation via the interconnec- tion of billions of smart devices worldwide. "ABB has long been a pioneer within the automation industry, developing lead- ing-edge technologies to deliver solutions to some of industry’s greatest challenges,” said PeterTerwiesch, President, ABB Indus- trial Automation Division. “That we have taken a leading role in reaching this historic milestone for open standards and interop- erability in industrial automation, which will see major dividends for both customers and suppliers alike, is further testament to our commitment, expertise and vision to unlock the full potential of Industry 4.0.” Adoption of the OPC UA over TSN

Just as HTML spurred growth of the Web, the new Open Platform Communication Unified Architecture (OPC UA) interopera- bility standard will enable industrial players to unlock the full potential of Industry 4.0. In an announcement published by the OPC Foundation, the organisation stat- ed its vision of becoming the worldwide industrial interoperability standard. This seamless IIoT communication standard, called Open Platform Communication Uni- fied Architecture will apply for all levels of industrial automation. Combined with Time Sensitive Networking (OPC UA over TSN) it will be able to replace a myriad dif- ferent fieldbus systems. Forecasting the end of disparate protocols, it will enable devices from different vendors to talk to each other – from the field level, to the controller level, all the way to the cloud. ABB is committed to supporting the industry-wide adoption of OPC UA over TSN. At the vanguard of driving interop- erability in industrial automation, ABB and B&R – the acquired and integrated solu- tions provider for machine and factory automation – have played a pivotal role in bringing together industry stakeholders to

Wireless solutions kits simplify monitoring of rotating equipment

virtually any machine with rotating motion.These kits help users to: • Identify machine performance issues caused by misalign- ment, unbalance, bearing failures, pump cavitation, blade damage, etc. • Identify equipment requiring full spectrum analysis • Establish more strategic scheduling of equipment maintenance Enquiries: BrandonTopham. Email brandon.topham@retautomation.com

Banner’s new Wireless Solutions Kit for vibration monitoring is a fully integrated and easy-to-use solution for monitoring assets with rotating motion. It is designed to make it easy for users of any experience level to setup a wireless network, establish per- formance baselines and thresholds, and collect data from motors, fans, pumps, compressors, and similar equipment. Key benefits Reduce downtime & increase productivity: Avoid unexpected downtime and make more informed decisions about maintenance schedules by detecting problems early, before a failure can occur. Simple setup: Plug in the box, bind the nodes through the HMI screen, install vibration sensors and nodes on the equipment, and start collecting data. Performance baselines and thresholds are automatically generated and no programming is required. Visualise data and alarms: HMI clearly displays alarms and graphs of raw vibration data along with baseline, warning, and alarm values. Local and remote monitoring: Access raw data right on the HMI or via the cloud from any network accessible location. Scalable solution: Monitor and collect data from up to 16 assets.

Applications Wireless Solutions Kits for vibration monitoring can be used with

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