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.

GLOBAL INVESTORS SUBMIT- INDORE- A Path for creating jobs for Skilled Manpower

Madhya Pradesh has hosted Global Invertors Submit, the summit serves as a perfect platform to understand and explore business opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh. Leading Business associates from various continents has participated in the summit, and signed MOU’s for setting up there business in MP. This will directly create Jobs for skilled manpower in Madhya Pradesh.

Role Of SOFCON

Govt. of MP has assigned responsibility for skill development of manpower under NULM, Pt.Deendayal upadhya Sikshan yojna and PMKVY under the category Electrical & Electronics Hardware maintenance.

So we are all set to provide skilled manpower in the field of Automation, Embedded, HVAC, VLSI, Industrial Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Building Automation, for the upcoming Industries.

Working of SCADA System In Steel Industries

SCADA means  Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. SCADA is a system which is used to monitoring the running process, monitoring the parameters as well as control the output and collection of data. Generally SCADA used in the control system in any of the plant where we monitor and control.

It consist of three types of station:- 

1.      Operation Station

2.      Engineering Station

3.      Server Station

Ø  In the Operation Station the operator monitors the working process and online parameters.

Ø  In the Engineering Station the specialists of SCADA develop the SCADA, modifying the SCADA requirement if required.

Ø  In the Server Station the SCADA does not work as an Operation Station & Engineering Station it just only stored in server data when in any main station.

Now a days the SCADA used in world wide industries e.g. Steel, food, oil, package cement etc. In the steel plant we does not only use SCADA but we use all Automation equipment like Electrical Motor, Instrumentation network. SCADA is depend on the programming of PLC.

The major function of SCADA in Steel plant is to Supervision, runtime controlling the field device & collect the data. Due to Industrial standards and their characteristics which very important for plant operation point of view, the SCADA system has accepted by major of the plant.

Why SCADA used in Steel Plant:-

In the Steel plant for Monitoring & controlling function SCADA is the best system, some features of SCADA system which is best in industries are given below:-

1)      SCADA system is fully computer based software which is used to control Electrical Equipment, collect & store very large amount of data.

2)      SCADA system allows to plant engineer to interact real time process data from level 0 equipment, field sensors etc.

3)      The input output terminal unit which is working in remote area is the main source of process data this create online image of the system.

Advantages of SCADA system:-

1)      Easy to under stood the operation of plant, Easy to developed the plant design in SCADA system.

2)      SCADA is reliable and robust system that’s why it is used in critical industrial process environment where reliability and performance is priority. In well established framework specific development is performed by SCADA system that enhance reliability and robustness of the system.

SCADA is just the tip of the ice bug. Other tools & skills are required to fully Automate the industry’s control processor like Motor, Drive, Process Instruments, DCS, Penal Design etc. For more information:-

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Impact on Industrial Automation with the advent of IoT

Connected Industrial Devices are known as IoT which means it is about a lot of industrial devices networked together. This technology enables us to manage everything from anywhere, reducing complexity and hardware cost, flexibility and easy expansion. More wireless modules will be added. In other words, IoT is the network of physical objects or things embedded with hardware of electronics, softwares which are connected in network either in wired or wireless mode to collect and exchange data.

The devices used in industrial automation which includes PLC, SCADA, HMI, DCS, Industrial networking, AutoCAD, Panel Design, Motors and Drives will be networked together in a better way with high levels of security and reliability.

The first impact of IoT technology is in the automation industry as they have no option left but to use the latest features and technology available in the market which increase the operational efficiency manifolds in today’s scenario. 

 

 

Relevance of Profibus Communication for Industrial Automation Engineers

Every automation engineer whether from the background of electrical or electronics or instrumentation and control knows the importance of Profibus Communication. This technical note is primarily for freshers in the field of automation covering the whole spectrum of PLC, SCADA, HMI, DCS, Industrial networking, AutoCAD, Panel Design, Motors and Drives etc.

Profibus DP stands for “Process Field Bus Distributed Peripherals”. The main advantage of profibusdp connection is that we can connect master with slaves. Here master is our main controller and slave is our field device. This comes under the study of industrial networking.

In s7-300 (Rack type controller), one rack equal to 11 slots and at a time maximum of 4 slots are controlled by one controller. s7-200 and s7-300 works on half duplex protocols. Protocol is nothing but a set of rules for sending and receiving the data. Similarly, HMI also works on half duplex protocol which supports 32 nodes ( or devices). Maximum distance between master and slave can be 32 kms. The transmission rate of profibus connection is 9.6 KBps to 12 Mbps. Repeaters are used to boost the signal. We prefer serial transmission instead of parallel transmission in long distance connection because of lesser transmission loss and reduced cost. 

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