Networking of intelligent operation and maintenance

CI854AK01 When enterprises obtain a large amount of data from the digital process, these data must form the value of operation and maintenance, but also under the framework of a connected enterprise to achieve. That is to say, in addition to requiring the underlying data, intelligent operation and maintenance must always be online, so that after the data is transmitted, organized and cleaned, it can be processed into the information required for operation and maintenance through appropriate algorithms for local or remote operation and maintenance personnel to use, so that adjustment and coping strategies can be made in terms of operation and maintenance when obtaining such information.

In order to ensure the real-time smooth flow of operation and maintenance system data and the interconnection of personnel, the horizontal interconnection, vertical interconnection and end-to-end interconnection established in the interconnected enterprise play a role similar to the blood delivery system of the enterprise. Of course, only relying on digitalization and networking is not enough to establish an intelligent operation and maintenance system, but also needs an intelligent platform to truly realize the function of intelligent operation and maintenance.

CI854AK01 Intelligent operation and maintenance platform

The ultimate goal of enterprise digital transformation is to achieve intelligent goals such as intelligent operation and maintenance. After laying a good foundation by relying on digitalization and networking, the core of intelligent operation and maintenance also needs to rely on the intelligent platform of the enterprise. Typically, such platforms can be built on top of an enterprise’s data center, private cloud, or public cloud, using FactoryTalk InnovationSuite from Rockwell Automation. Different industries and different enterprises may have different requirements for intelligent operation and maintenance at different stages, but its functions can usually be covered by the following ten functional modules:

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CI854AK01 It can be seen that these modules have many functions, and enterprises need to use different modules at different stages to help managers or systems solve problems in operation and maintenance from different angles.

For example, the most important functions used to ensure production operations include the following events, ranked in order of task urgency and response time from fastest to slowest: Alarm Monitoring > Visual Interface > Anomaly Detection > Fault Location > Root Cause Analysis > Troubleshooting > Upgrade Management > Disaster Recovery > Predictive Maintenance > Production Control > Energy Management > Material Management > Safety Policy > Asset Management >EHS Compliance. Of course, these events may have different priorities in different organizations.

CI854AK01 The processing of these events, whether locally or remotely, requires a platform to process the collected data, and the association of multiple data can restore the event scene. This platform provides data and data analysis and processing tools and algorithms, and now we write the processing procedures and plans of these events into the APP with algorithm code, and we can use these apps to achieve operation and maintenance.

In this regard, Rockwell Automation intelligent operation and maintenance solution Rockii has now collected ten of the most important applications of intelligent operation and maintenance, Rockii also supports the integration of third-party apps to help enterprises in security (information security and machine safety), efficiency, environmental protection and energy efficiency and many other aspects of continuous improvement. Achieve the transformation and upgrading efficiency of “Midas touch”.

CI854AK01 Of course, these apps are only the existing foundation, with the accumulation of time and production records, engineers can also develop more apps on the platform for enterprise production personality needs to support intelligent operation and maintenance. The development and application of these intelligent operation and maintenance apps can help enterprises shift from the traditional model of “relying on the old master’s experience” or “trying and wrong” to the intelligent operation and maintenance model based on data analysis and judgment.

This operation and maintenance mode will enable the factory director, production manager, production engineer, quality management, maintenance personnel and operators in the enterprise to obtain the corresponding data and decision support, while reducing the burden, enhancing communication and cooperation and other benefits, and ultimately promote the stable operation of production. To achieve the social value of safer (S), more efficient (E), energy saving (E) and environmental protection (E).

The extension of God from the IT field to the manufacturing industry has undoubtedly opened up a broader use of intelligent operation and maintenance technology, and also enabled it to create more value for the real industrial economy. We believe that in the future, more and more manufacturing enterprises will enter the era of intelligent operation and maintenance, and face the future challenges with a more innovative and more calm attitude.