4 Chemical Processors Improve Operations with Wireless Instrumentation

In this post we have shared the stories of four substance industry peers who executed remote instrumentation arrangements and accomplished picks up in productivity, energy efficiency, reliability and safety.

Know how wireless technology offered these synthetic processors a pragmatic, prudent way to more prominent process knowledge and enhanced operations.

1 - INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY

AkzoNobel, a main worldwide paint, coatings and claim to fame Chemicals Company, relied upon administrators to control steam stream and read gages physically at one plant to guarantee natural direction consistence and item quality.

Infrastructure and I/O constraints left little alternative to these manual solutions. AkzoNobel had to look beyond traditional wired methods to capture and report critical data.

Including remote/wireless instrumentation gave administrators new bits of knowledge into the procedure by giving the required and basic information constantly. This wiped out dreary more established strategies, arranging for administrators to perform more helpful errands.

2 - SAVING ENERGY

A major silicone manufacturer in the Northeast United States uses steam in many parts of its plant, but consumption was increasing without corresponding production improvements. Where was it all going?

Existing stream instrumentation was not giving solid data and was an upkeep cerebral pain. A significant number of the gadgets were likewise sent in inadequate areas.

Adding improved flow meters using wireless communication provided the precision data necessary to get steam consumption under control.

3 - AVOIDING DOWNTIME

INEOS Köln GmbH is a global plastics manufacturer, producing a variety of resins and forms. In its Cologne, Germany, plant, it moves polyethylene pellets using pneumatic conveyors. 

Keeping up item virtue requires sifting the passing on air, yet the channels are liable to stopping up. Manual channel observing by administrators couldn't ensure that blockages would be seen before they influenced gear productivity.

Working in a zone where radio correspondence was testing, the plant required some persuading that remote would be dependable. At the point when the new brilliant remote transmitters were introduced and immediately shaped a system to send information back to the control framework, they were in a split second consoled.

4 - ENSURING SAFETY 

FH Tank Storage in Kalmar, Sweden, operates a large fuel and petrochemical storage tank farm, with products constantly moving in and out of the facility. Inventory and spill control was largely a manual process, with operators checking levels visually. 

Safety regulations and potential for personal injury, especially in the winter, called for a more automated system, but the size of the facility made traditional wiring a hugely expensive proposition.

Finding a wireless solution using a minimum number of level instrument types provided the means to solve the problems with minimal cost and operational disruption.

The plants profiled in this post used wireless technology to improve upon their existing measurement solutions. By investing in the benefits of wireless, their improvements were more cost effective than traditional wired solutions, and caused minimal disruption to existing operations.

Wireless technology allows plants to implement devices one at a time, or in one unit at a time, with each delivering immediate benefits and a quick return on investment. As more solutions are added, information from each can be combined to yield additional insights and further improve operations.

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What is PLC? - A Beginner's PLC Overview Every PLC Beginner Should Know

This blog post is for beginners who are interested in learning about PLC and SCADA, but they are confuses or not sure where to start. After read this post you will be able to identify the most basic components of a PLC system and can also know about the basic purpose and function of PLCs (and PACs). In this post I have cover all the basic about PLCs (and PACs).

What is PLC?

PLC stands for Programmable Logic Controller or programmable controller are small industrial digital computers which have modular components designed to control the manufacturing processes. PLCs are often used in factories and industrial plants to control light, motors, fans, pumps, circuit breakers and any other activity that requires high reliability control and ease of programming and process fault diagnosis. To understand the purpose of PLCs better, let’s look at a brief history of PLCs.

History of PLC-

Industrial automation started well before PLCs. In the right on time to mid 1900s, automation was typically done utilizing muddled electromechanical communicate circuits. Be that as it may, the measure of relays, wires and space expected to make even straightforward automation was risky. A large number of relays could be important to robotize a basic industrial facility process! Furthermore, if something in the intelligent circuit should have been changed?

In 1968 the first programmable logic controller came along to substitute complex transmit circuitry in industrial plants. The PLC was intended to be effortlessly programmable by plant architects and specialists that were at that point acquainted with transfer rationale and control schematics. Since the starting PLCs have been programmable utilizing stepping stool rationale which was intended to imitate control circuit schematics. The stepping stool graphs look like control circuits where control is spilling out of left to directly through shut contacts to empower a hand-off loop.

In the above diagram, you can see ladder logic looks like simple control circuit schematics where input sources (switches, push-buttons, proximity sensors, etc) are shown on the left and output sources are shown on the right.

How Do PLCs Work?

There are many PLCs components, but only these below three are most important of them:

1. Processor (CPU)
2. Inputs
3. Outputs

PLCs are most complicated and powerful digital computers but here we can describe the function of a PLC in simple terms. The PLC takes inputs & performs logic in the CPU and then turns on or off outputs based on that logic.

1. The CPU monitors the status of the inputs (ex. switch on, proximity sensor off, valve 40% open, etc.)
2. The CPU takes the information that it gets from the inputs, performs logic on the inputs
3. The CPU operates the outputs logic (ex. turn off motor, open valve, etc.)

See the flowchart below for a visual representation of the steps above.

Conclusion: Now you have better understanding of what PLCs are and how they work. Now you can start your PLC course. This was basic concept and was most important to know before start PLC training.

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The future of Industrial automation PLC SCADA technologies

Every industrial automation PLC SCADA project starts with the familiar process of counting I/O, selecting vendors, laying out PLC chassis, and distributing requests for quotes. And finally you are commissioning a system built on general standards, repeating the same mistakes as previous systems.

The conversations also repeat during bid review or negotiation meetings when someone points out inconsistent or outdated standards. Technology is changing so fast, and the past few years have brought technical advances that have breathed new life into Industrial automation groups and started great discussions around what the future holds. There is still a lot of work to be done.

Virtualization is a great example. Early adopters saw the benefits, and news spread like wildfire. As SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition), manufacturing execution systems, and historian capabilities increased, so did the need for processing power, and virtualization was the perfect answer. Virtualization is now commonplace in Industrial automation domain. And many are asking what is next. The next big thing is waiting to happen. Industry has become more demanding asking for virtualized controllers and solution with mobility. But they are easily feasible with existing technology. The success of our industry depends on it.

HMI/PLC SCADA industrial automation applications have already secured their place as key components for any smart factory, IT-focused applications. Humans by nature are reluctant to give up control; however, fully automated facility does not mean a complete end of human interference on the factory. Considering the huge focus in industrial automation / automated equipment and intelligent HMI/PLC SCADA software, it is important that manufacturers invest in employee training, enabling talented engineers from industrial automation domain to focus on important tasks. 

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How crucial the summer training is, in the life of an engineering college student?

Dear Engineering students,

We, Sofcon India Pvt. Ltd. has always played a role of mentor for the students who want to make a career in the core engineering specifically in the domain of Automation, whether applicable to Industry, Factory, Building or Home.

It is vital that any student should think twice before selecting the technology and organization where they like to spend their summer to learn new skills or else it will be a waste of money and more importantly time.

Sofcon will provide a certificate to the engineering students mentioning NSDC on it as we are the affiliated training partner of NSDC since 2014 and executing many government projects of NSDC.

Sofcon India tries to bridge the gap in the area of skilled training. The available technologies are:

1.      Industrial Automation

2.      Building Automation

3.      Embedded System

4.      VLSI

5.      Pneumatic and Hydraulic System

6.      Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning: Designing and Drafting

7.      Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning: Control

8.      Solar Technology

9.      Internet of Things

10.  Access Control System

11.  CCTV/Surveillance System

12.  Fire Detection and Alarm System

13.  Design Courses of Mechanical and Civil Engineers like Auto CAD 2D, 3D, STADD PRO, Revit etc

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What is Industrial automation & how it evolved

What is industrial Automation

Industrial Automation is a technique by which we make hand over human control to machines. In industrial automation machines are programmed to accomplish the tasks which human beings used to achieve. Why it is done? Because of its advantages:

• Through Industrial automation we are able to do mass production with less manpower

• Quality of the product is increased
• Safety of man & equipment is increased
• More accurate process control
• Since human intervention is less so reliability of the system is higher
• Systems operate is low power supply, more electronic control so equipment life is higher
• Changes in process logic becomes easier since logics are changed mostly through software

L & T                                        Schneider  Siemens                                 Allen Bradley Messung                                  Modicon Mitsubishi                                 Asia Automation

Principal Industrial Automation MNCs

	ALSTOM                                 FESTO Fuji Electric                            Toshiba TATA Honeywell                       Omron Fanuc Delta

 

How industrial automation control system Evolved?

Initially automation was achieved through manual control, operators used to control the process at every step. Human intervention was there at every step. Drawbacks were low quality output, errors involved in human involvement affected compromised safety, wastage of raw material, and accuracy of human action.

Then came Pneumatic Control: Industrial automation in this era was achieved through invention of pneumatic controllers in early 1920s. Automation was achieved by controlling air to pneumatic valves, which in turn were actually switched on/off by relays and switches. They were very bulky and changing of the logic was very complex procedure since a lot of rework was required to accomplish change in logic. So time taken to complete task changes was very high  

Hard wired logic control: contactors, relays (for switching), timers and counters (for timing and counting) were used for achieving desired industrial automation. But these systems also resulted into bulky panels. A lot of wiring was involved so time taken to complete task was higher. Defect investigation & troubleshooting was complex.

Electronic Control using Logic Gates: In early 60s electronics dominated the process, electronic logic gates were used for achieving logical operations. they replaced switching devices like relays and contactors in the control circuits. Electronic times & counters replaced mechanical timers & counters. Due to use of electronics space and energy requirements reduced, maintenance requirement reduced & systems were more reliable.

Psychometric study and HVAC design and drafting

Psychometric study is a vast science and an integral part of HVAC design and drafting, MEP (mechanical, electrical and Plumbing). Psychometric means study of air properties. In literal sense of Air conditioning, air is the aspect to deal with. This air can be Supply air (SA), Return air (RA), Fresh air (FA) and Extract air(EA). SA and RA contribute to maintaining the temperature of the room as per the human comfort. FA and EA signify to the ventilation part. The outside air i.e. the ambient air varies from city to city and from variant time zone. The inside temperature or the desired temperature is universally considered to be between 21 deg C to 26 deg C; ideally 23 deg C. This indoor temp is universally accepted temperature range which is considered satisfactory for human comfort. Other factors which influence human comfort in HVAC system include the metabolic rate of the individuals, their physical activity, health conditions, clothing, food and drink etc. Generally speaking it is associated with individual metabolism rate which produces heat.

Psychometric analysis does not only signify to the temperature aspect but also to at Relative humidity ie RH and that means % of moisture content in air. For HVAC design and drafting, basically there are five major aspects:

• Dry Bulb Temp
• Wet Bulb Temp
• Dew Point Temp
• Relative Humidity
• Humidity Ratio

The preparation of psychometric table in HVAC design and drafting leads to the Heat Load Calculation which makes sure how much heat in unit of BTU/Hr needs to be dissipated and against that how much cooling in terms of TR needs to be entertained in the desired location. 

A Psychrometric Chart is very important tool for HVAC engineers which helps them to carry out heat load or cooling load calculations. This also helps HVAC design and drafting engineers find solutions to various air condition related problems. The psychrometric chart in overall shape looks like a shoe.

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JOBS OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN VLSI

Being as Electronics/ECE student, we study Digital-Electronics, Micro-Electronics, VLSI as a subject in our Engineering. Digital Electronics tells us how we can make flip-flops, registers, different types of counters etc. and VLSI explains the structure of BJT, MOSFET, how can we reduce the power consumption, what factors should one keep in mind while designing different kinds of gates through BJT or MOSFET etc. Whereas Microelectronics describes the chip formation, how a silicon ingot is converted into useful chips and what are the fabrication steps that take place before tape-out. Tape-out is a process where a final chip is ready to release in market.

We all are aware about I.T. industry. We know on which language they are currently working, what opportunities we have, but can we exactly say about VLSI? Can you tell me what VLSI industry is, on which technologies we are working, what kind of opportunities we have in this field, what the basic tools we must learn. So, here is a brief description about that. If you are interested to make career in this field, you must know 

•      VERILOG/VHDL language ie., hardware description language.

•      Along this, you must have great knowledge of Digital Electronics, FSM Designing etc.

You can do the following with your VLSI knowledge i.e.,

•      Digital Design.

•      ASIC:-Application specific integrated circuits (ASICs).

•      Systems- on-a-chip (SoCs).

•      Reconfigurable computing.

Here is a list of job opportunities that are available in VLSI field.

ASIC frontend designer FPGA frontend designer ASIC physical design engineer AMS (Analog Mixed Signal) designer Library developer IP design engineer Verification Engineers Front-end verification engineer FPGA Back-end verification engineer Application Engineer Technical Support Tech Support Engineer Product Application Engineer (PAE) Reliability Engineer  Fab/Foundry Engineer

Physical design verification engineer AMS verification engineer EDA tool validation engineer IP verification engineer Board validation engineer EDA/CAD Engineers Software Development Engineer Software Test Engineer Regression and Automation Engineer  Build and Release Engineer Application Engineers Field Application Engineer (FAE) Corporate Application Engineer (CAE)

PROJECT IDEAS ON EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Embedded systems have a vast variety of application realm that varies from low cost to high, consumer electronics to industrial equipments, entertainment devices to academic equipments, medical instrumentation to defence, avionics, and aerospace control systems. Embedded systems also include global positioning system (GPS), ATMs, equipments related to networking, digital vision systems, mobile communication, aerospace applications, telecom applications, etc and in different embedded systems projects. Embedded C language is used in projects, 8051/AVR/PIC microcontroller.

1. EmbeddedSystem for Detecting Reckless Driving on Highways: The main aim of this project is to design a speed checking device that identifies hasty driving on highways and informs the traffic authorities if anyone finds vehicle violating the set speed limits on highways.

2. Embedded System for Street Light Control: The main objective of this project is to detect the movement of vehicles on highways. It switches on the street lights before the vehicle enters a predefined area and switches the lights off when vehicles passes by in order conserve energy.

3. Embedded System for Vehicle Tracking: The main purpose of this project is to find the exact location of a vehicle by using a GPS modem in order to reduce vehicle robbery. The GSM modem sends an SMS to a mobile and an LCD display is used to display the location information in terms of latitude and longitude values.

4. Embedded System for Home Automation System: The aim of this project is controlling home appliances like fan, light or AC using GSM message service.

5. Embedded System for Industrial Temperature Control: The purpose of this temperature controller project is to control the temperature of any device using temperature sensors like LM35/LM34 etc. An LCD display is used to display the temperature.

Some More Embedded System Project Ideas

We at Sofcon India Private Limited, Noida offer various courses: Embedded Training, Embedded system design course, AVR Microcontroller training, ARM Microcontroller training, RTOS Training, and Embedded Robotics training, where students can upgrade their embedded system knowledge and enhance skills for growth opportunities.

SMS Based home automation using Arduino Microcontroller

Today GSM networks are widely used, either for making calls or sending SMSes. Let us discuss a project of controlling home appliances by sending sms.

There are many types of home automation systems available in the market. Some are DTMF controlled home appliances, IR remote controlled home appliances and RF based. This system executes accurate control according to the message sent by the mobile phone. Just by sending a message to the GSM modem interfaced to a Arduino microcontroller (MCU) on/off operations can be performed. Present status of the equipment is also verified through a LCD display.

Arduino Microcontroller based home automation system works off 12v power supply. Arduino microcontroller (MCU) requires only 5v but GSM modem requires 12V. A LCD display is used for receiving and displaying the messages. Here LCD is used in 4-bit mode, which means only four lines are required to display data. When you want to control equipment and show its status information, you need to send an SMS to GSM Modem. Arduino Uno reads the messaged received by the GSM modem and sends commands to control the equipments and displays its status on LCD. GSM modem sends the commands in the text mode to Arduino Uno using RS232 interface.

AT command is sent from Arduino Uno to the GSM modem as the program starts up, and the response is received from the GSM modem after a very short period of time. After receiving the command to turn on loads, the relay set performs the switching operation.

The home automation market is growing very fast and there is a need a vast range of developments is carried out. Arduino Uno along with GSM provides smart automated home system with desired buad rate of 9600 bps.

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Vocational training

Current era is of knowledge economy. Talents and skills of employees form the most critical competitive advantage for any company. 15 million job seekers enter into job market each year. On the other side companies do not get sufficiently skilled manpower. Hiring, training the right talent and retaining them with the company is huge cost. So its not possible for every employers to skill & build their talent continuously. 

Now the question arises how would the companies get trained skilled manpower for their jobs? The answer is skill training providers.

We at Sofcon India Pvt LTD has aligned our training programs on Industrial automation, PLC SCADA, Embedded systems AVR Microcontrollers HVAC control, HVAC Design and drafting, VLSI, Building automation, Electronics surveillance, Hydraulics & Pneumatics trainings with industry requirements. Our training programs are also aligned with QPNOS (Qualification pack National occupation standards). QPNOS are set of standards set by NSDC for variety of job roles for different industries.

Where there is high attrition rate, employers are unwilling to pay for training for the candidates. Although they are willing to re-train and pay for already trained candidates. Now it becomes necessary for fresher entering into job-market to acquire the necessary skills mandatory for entry into a job role.

Engineers trained on PLC SCADA systems are given practical experience on hardware & software design. They know about different types of sensors and final control elements. These engineers are suitable for project engineer, design engineer & commissioning engineers job. A week time on job is enough for them to do justice to their assigned job role. Consumption of electronics tabs, mobile, pcs have increased many-fold which has pushed promising technology job opportunities for embedded system engineers, AVR/ARM Microcontroller training, VLSI, System verilog, VHDL trained engineers.

Industry is showing signs of recovery. India is going to be world leader in automotives. Hydraulics training, pneumatics training plays very important role in filling skill gaps of automotive and other industries. We are fastest developing country in the world. Our infrastructure sector is going to have huge growth potential. HVAC control & HVAC Design & drafting are key skills needed for mechanical engineers wanting to enter this segment.

Be it designing of air conditioning system, ducting, load calculation, HVAC control system, Building automation system. Learning of engineer’s undergone practical training is much faster and they can be assigned independent project design, project execution jobs.

Skill India: Myriads of Job Opportunity

B.Tech fresher’s who passed out their engineering in Electrical & Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Instrumentation and Control, Mechanical & Automation Engineering should convert this golden opportunity to make their career in the core field of Industrial Automation, Building Automation, Embedded System and VLSI, HVAC Control & HVAC Design and Draughting.

Migration of Non CS/IT students into IT or ITES field should be an alternative choice of the fresher because of his passion and love for computer science and IT and not because of unavailability of opportunities and lack of employment.

Sofcon Group is bridging the gap between academics and industry since 2006 and successfully placing the students since its inception. After the affiliation of Sofcon, with NSDC and other sector skill councils, our pledge to provide employment to the students irrespective of their academic, social or financial status has become strengthened.

Courses with 100% placement assurance for B.Tech EE/EC/EI are:

Industrial Automation: PLC/SCADA, Motion Control (Motors and Drives), Panel Designing, Auto CAD, Process Instrumentation, HMI, DCS, Industrial Network & Wireless Network.

Building Automation: HVAC Control, Fire Detection and Alarm System, Access Control System and CCTV Surveillance System, Public Address System, Gas Suppression System

CAD/CAM Courses: Auto CAD 2D, 3D, Catia, Solidwork

Industrial Mechanical Engineer: Hydraulic, Pneumatic, PLC, Hydraulic/Pneumatic Control with PLC, HVAC Design & Drafting, Auto CAD 2D

Global Industrial Automation Control & factory Automation Market

As people are moving away from traditional systems towards integrated networks, global industrial control and factory automation market has been witnessing growth. Global Industrial Automation Control & factory Automation Market by 2021 is expected to reach 257 billion USD.  Integrated networks include both hardware as well as software consisting of PLC SCADA, Variable Frequency Drives, Instrumentation, Motion & robotics systems, DCS Systems, industrial networks etc.  Currently Global Industrial Automation Control & factory Automation Market size in 2016 is approximately 200 Billion USD and is witnessing 12.6% year on year growth. The increasing trend is penetrating across society and global economy. All types of process & manufacturing industries, aerospace, defense, transportation, Electrical, electronics, food & Beverages, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals and water management are all focusing towards complete automation.

Nuclear power plants and control & Automation, Surveillance and Communication

Nuclear power plants deploy cutting edge advanced instrumentation and advanced automation control systems for regular operations, special inspections and maintenance activities. Most advanced surveillance and communication systems are deployed to ensure safety and security of sensitive nuclear installations. The centralized control room in nuclear power plant is vital location housing highly sophisticated state of art display panels, operating consoles, plant lay outs, SCADA Consoles, video coverage of critical locations and plant emergency communication systems.

As part of security and surveillance requirements inside the plant areas, access control systems are installed to prevent unauthorized entry. Entire plant is provided with graded security monitoring and access control systems. 

Job opportunities in the area of automation instrumentation surveillance and communication

The existing and future nuclear power plants provide enormous job opportunities especially in the areas of Instrumentation, automation, surveillance and communication sectors. These systems deployed in plants are acquired from suppliers on engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning basis package contracts. Thus skilled automation person will have job opportunities at different stages starting at the manufacturing, assembling, testing stage at suppliers location, at the site while erection of the equipment, calibration and commissioning activities and later on in support system for operation and maintenance.

Due to strict regulations & safety instructions, there is a periodic replacement of equipments takes place. There is a sustained enormous employment opportunity for Industrial Automation, surveillance & communication trained engineers.

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Building Automation System & HVAC

Building Automation System, BAS is experiencing a boom globally. It is also known as Energy Monitoring Control System (EMCS), Facility Management System (FMS), and Energy Management System (EMS). India’s current GDP is 7+. We are expecting a robust economy with nearly 10% GDP, which means there will be additional requirement of millions of millions of square feet area. Our infrastructure sector will boom, better airports, better metro systems, more industries, better transportation, hotels, commercial buildings, buildings for offices, ware houses etc. This will translate into more requirements of Building automation systems, Building management systems, Fire detection and alarm systems, Auxiliary power systems, HVAC control system, parking management systems, access control system, CCTV Surveillance system.

These topics are briefly touched under college education system. This development is going to create a vacuum, where there will be a huge gap between demand and supply.

We at Sofcon India Pvt ltd are committed to fill this gap. Our practical training on BMS, HVAC control system, HVAC Design & Drafting, Building automation system equips budding engineers with knowledge required to work in this area. Engineers who undergo training are well versed with practical aspects of job roles and get ready in a week’s time to be job ready independently.  Post training jobs are available in projects design, project commissioning, maintenance, operations, applications etc.

In the building automation domain are HVAC systems, as well as automatic control systems for lighting, security systems, elevators, escalators, automatic doors and all communications infrastructure. If all these systems are able to communicate with each other with help of wired or wireless communication systems like LonWork, BACNet and Profibusthen that building can be referred to as an Intelligent Buildings.

For Example: A multiplex can adjust the effort done by the compressor of the air conditioning unit on the data taken by the computer system from where the tickets are booked.

Example 2: In a mall, the engineer can choose between the electrical energy supplied from the electricity board or DG set on the basis of lowest cost in any period of time of that day.

Industrial automation- The technique in success

Industrial automation is the process to produce more output by less involvement of manpower. It is the use of different control systems for performing various industrial processes and controlling different types of machinery. Thus automated systems needs special dedicated hardware and software for performing this task. 

Automation finds its application in various aspects of life. Home automation and building automation- these techniques involve control and automation of lights, ventilation and air conditioning, HVAC through centralised control system. Such system leads to comfort of occupants, reduction in energy consumption and operating costs of utilities. 

Recently automation finds its application in waste management, video surveillance, highway management system. Automated highway transportation management system is an innovative concept of combining on board vehicle intelligence, intelligent technologies embedded on the highway lanes and the communication technologies that connect vehicles with the highway.

PLC, Computers, Robots are involved in industrial automation to control and operate systems to perform work normally done by humans. Automation development came into force during industrial revolution in early eighteenth century.

How Automation has changed our life

Automation has increased the productivity and efficiency of the labour input without compromising with accuracy. Automated control systems can perform operation with greater conformity and uniformity to the quality specifications. Quality control can be achieved with much ease. 

Thus it can be concluded that introduction of automation has not only reduced human intervention but also enhanced the productivity and efficiency of different processes and activities. Proper implementation and maintenance of this technique can prove to be the secret key to success.

Emerging Trends across HVAC Market in India

The key trends in the HVAC industry are energy savings and precision automation control system which has led to the use of adjustable variable frequency drives in HVAC systems.

There is a huge opportunity to improve industrial automation levels that help in both energy efficiency and productivity of the plant through our valves, drives, PLC controllers, compressors, best safety standards and through products that reduce wastages. Awareness about optimum use of energy is quite high among customers today, therefore they are now slowly shifting to variable frequency drive as it is one of the best way to get energy efficiency.

Sustainability of HVAC industry depends upon investment climate of infrastructure and industrial projects segment. Current financial year, encouraging investment in the segment is like productive stimulus. The HVAC market is growing fast mainly due to rise in real estate market and infrastructure sector.

We can emerge as a major hub for manufacturing in the HVAC space Govt is serious and focuses on maintaining energy efficiency and provides incentives to the manufacturing industry. Localisation while sourcing products by Companies will boost the economy. Energy demand is estimated to triple over the next 10 years, there is a huge demand to shift to energy efficient technology. Every company is searching for HVAC equipments which are energy efficient to reduce energy consumption.

High efficiency oil-free centrifugal compressor are available in the market that provide high energy savings for HVAC systems reducing up to 35-50% of energy consumption than a commercial HVAC system.

HVAC systems are responsible for major share of electricity charges. This  puts pressure on sources of energy and the environment. By deploying energy efficient devices great energy saving can be achieved also keeping the cost in check.

If HVAC sector needs to grow, there is a huge investment required for refrigerated warehouses and storage infrastructure. We cannot solely depend on the govt investment, there has to be a better approach of PPP model. This will boost HVAC sector towards higher growth.

Current budget allocation in HVAC sector is a growth driver and will put this sector in higher growth trajectory. There has been huge increase in warehousing investment is a very positive step, one needs to look at how the infrastructure can be made sustainable.

An automated cold storage with best global technologies will cost 30 % more. It is important to note that 60% of the operating cost of a cold storage is due to electricity and this cost could be anywhere close to 1.5 crores per annum.

Danfoss has an India 2015 growth strategy in place where we will focus on 3 key megatrends: Cold Chain, Urbanization and Energy Efficiency. This strategy intends to increase base business and reach tier2 cities.

Protecting Industrial automation control systems from Hacking

In the last few years activities of hackers have intensified, they have infiltrated information of credit cards, health care providers, retailers and other consumer industries. Cashless transactions/e-payments are basically for making the life easier, but hackers use the very technology in contrary. They gain access to our private information and financial accounts. As a result, innovative cyber security providers are constantly improving their defence technologies to keep up with the ever-changing threat.

Companies are also increasing their investments in Industrial automation control technologies in protecting vital information from the cyber threats. These systems control our power supply & distribution, water management, process & manufacturing plants, oil refineries, transportation etc.. But today more and more companies are looking to gain the efficiency of remote access or utilize the Internet of Things (IoT) to improve performance.

Industrial automation control system (ICS) cyber security: The purpose of this paper is to present a cyber security framework. Readers of this document should be familiar with general ICS Industrial automation control systems components and design, cyber security concepts and communication protocols. The cyber threat to the world’s critical infrastructure is real.

First, the potential impact of cyber infiltration is serious and damaging issue and hackers know this. Cyber attack can cause significant economic harm, but can also threaten health, safety and lives.

Third: Sixty-eight percent industries claimed that they faced several cyber security breaches. 35% said cyber security incidents led to a disruption of operations. Leading companies such as McAfee, HP, Tripwire, Symantec and IBM, as well as thousands of start-ups are investing billions in R&D to stop the next innovative hacker.