< PreviousSee all the Leaders in Automation at www.automationworld.com/leadersAdvertisementWinsted is a worldwide leader in control room console solutions. We create attractive, ergonomic consoles that work with your operators to improve comfort and optimize efficiency. We offer stock, customized and custom consoles suitable for any control room application. Whether you are building a state-of-the-art control room from the ground up, or simply need to upgrade your operations, Winsted can provide the ideal solution. Our experts combine the disciplines of industrial design, ergonomics and interior design to create solutions that are both efficient and eye-catching. We give special consideration to the ergonomic requirements of your operators to build consoles that reduce fatigue, improve productivity and inspire. 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Since then, Winsted, Ltd. has become a successful marketing and manufacturing operation serving the European, Middle Eastern and African markets. In 1986, distributor agreements were established in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea.Our family of companies, broad range of capabilities and an ongoing commitment to Customers, Products and Service is why Winsted is “Preferred by Professionals Worldwide.”www.winsted.com www.winsted.comEmail: info@winsted.comPhone: 800.447.225710901 Hampshire Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN, 55438 USAWinsted Security SCADA DCS 148Document_2020_LIAProfiles.indd 148Document_2020_LIAProfiles.indd 1481/20/20 4:00 PM1/20/20 4:00 PMSee all the Leaders in Automation at www.automationworld.com/leadersAdvertisementYaskawa Makes You Capable of More—If you’re a machine builder or equipment user, you know the daily struggle with limited resources and tight deadlines. You can’t afford to settle for less than the right products and services to solve urgent problems, delivered with reassuring consistency and reliability you can trust. Yaskawa has a 100+ year tradition of meeting and exceeding your needs with the latest in motion automation technology, applied with operational excellence and engineering insight for quicker solutions for automation challenges.Products that Perform: The statistics on Yaskawa products show a significant edge in performance, leading to a marked improvement in productivity. 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The Yaskawa Robotic portfolio ranges from 4-15 axis industrial robots with load capacities of 2 to 800 kg to special machines, devices, and turnkey robotic systems.www.yaskawa.comEmail: marcom@yaskawa.comPhone: 1-800-YASKAWA 2121 Norman Drive South • Waukegan, IL, 60085 • USAYaskawa America, Inc.Robotics Motion Control SystemsDrives 149Document_2020_LIAProfiles.indd 149Document_2020_LIAProfiles.indd 1491/20/20 4:00 PM1/20/20 4:00 PM150NEW PRODUCTSAWJANUARY 2020Industrial PC Boosts Computing Power with Compact, Fanless DesignBeckhoff Automation, www.beckhoffautomation.comThe C6025 delivers the high computing performance of the Intel Core i series in a fanless, small-form-factor device. Measuring just 82 x 127 x 40 mm and combining high computing performance with a fanless design, the Microsoft “Azure Certified” unit is suitable for demanding automation and Internet of Things applications where green, sustainable information technology is also a requirement. The Intel Core i U processors deliver Core i performance capabilities yet consume significantly less power than other processors of the same series. The energy-efficient processors, in combination with an advanced cooling design, allow fully passive heat dissipation via a heat sink on one side.Cybersecurity SensorCynash, www.cynash.comThe SerialTap cybersecurity sensor passively intercepts serial communications on legacy industrial control networks for threat analysis. This hardware device seamlessly installs in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and other legacy control systems. Once installed on the serial network, it intercepts communications between various field devices and controllers. It then transforms the intercepted serial communications data into a data packet, which it sends out via the device’s integrated Ethernet port to a backend appliance and higher-level computing systems for critical systems monitoring, intrusion detection and asset management by the company’s suite of industrial cybersecurity tools.SCARA Robots Boost Speed, Versatility and UptimeYamaha Factory Automation, www.yamaha-motor-im.de These SCARA robots are now available with arm lengths from 120 mm to 1200 mm, and maximum payloads from 1 kg to 50 kg. The YK-XG and YK-TW orbital SCARA series contain features that ensure efficient movement and superior long-term accuracy. The YK-XG beltless drive allows fast R-axis rotation with large offset loads that require traditional belt-driven robots to decelerate. The latest models feature 45% faster X-Y axis speed than previous generations, now reaching 7.6m/s, 35% greater angular speed up to 2.3m/s, and 93% higher R-axis speed at 1700°/s.Load Sensing by LightSKF USA, www.skf.com This Fiber Optic Sensing uses optical fibers to measure forces in real time in difficult environments and without electronics. The technology provides an instant overview of equipment performance, measuring load, speed, temperature, and more. This opens up new opportunities for closed-loop control of processes, and also allows engineers to proactively prevent problems with unfavorable running conditions, misalignment, or wear. The technology uses light rather than electricity, which makes possible safe measurements in hazardous environments. The absence of electronics means the sensors are safe in electromagnetic fields.Single-Stage Helical Gear UnitsNord Drivesystems, www.nord.com The SK 871.1, SK 971.1, and SK 1071.1 are the three largest single-stage Nordbloc gear units. The new units have a power range of 30 to 60 hp, a torque range of 3540 to 8850 lb-in. and a ratio range of 1.41 to 8.09:1. With Unicase cast iron housing and optimized bearings, they can reliably handle large axial and radial forces and are well suited for pumps, mixers, conveyors, and industrial fans. Single-stage compact gear units offer increased thermal performance, increased bearing ratings, and more compact designs. Eight single-stage helical gear unit sizes are included in the Nordbloc line.2001_Products.indd 1502001_Products.indd 1501/20/20 2:10 PM1/20/20 2:10 PM151AWJANUARY 2020NEW PRODUCTSWeight Transmitter for OEMs, Machine Builders, and System IntegratorsHardy Process Solutions, www.hardysolutions.comThe HI 6200 analog single channel weight transmitter series are high performance single-channel processors featuring either 4-20 mA analog or EtherNet/IP. They enable OEMs and system integrators to build features like electronic calibration, high resolution, and fast update rates into their machines and process skids. Hardware design and the company’s Waversaver filtering technology ensure fast, stable weight readings even in adverse conditions where mechanical vibrations can plague process control. A color touch-screen interface gives access to advanced features such as C2 electronic calibration, Zero and Tare functions.Industrial IoT SoftwareDploy Solutions, www.dploysolutions.comFactory Floor Connectivity provides a cost effective, scalable solution for small to mid-sized manufacturers, allowing plant managers and equipment operators to monitor performance on the plant floor, address issues quickly, and sustain optimal performance. The software provides employees at every level with the real-time information and alerts needed to keep production on track every hour of every day. It uses dynamic dashboards, analytics, and root cause analysis tools to enable workers to quickly identify and act on performance issues in the business. It continuously gathers data from disparate plant floor equipment and systems and deliver it to decision makers in real time; enables operations leaders, plant managers, and operators to see critical, down-to-the-second data via dynamic, fully customizable dashboards; and captures corrective actions for continuous improvement.Small Machine-Vision Cameras Offer High-Speed Data TransferTeledyne DALSA, www.teledynedalsa.com Teledyne’s CL M4160 and C4160 are the latest in the Nano Camera Link series. Built around Teledyne e2v’s 16M Emerald image sensor, the cameras feature affordability and ease of use, and are designed for industrial imaging applications that require high-speed data transfer. Users with existing Camera Link systems will benefit from their compact body size, higher resolutions, greater image quality, faster frame rates, and overall lower deployment costs.All-in-One Pump Protection Automatic Recirculation Valves in Cast MaterialSchroedahl, www.circor.com/schroedahl The TDL Automatic Recirculation Valves are now available in more than 35% lighter cast material. These all-in-one pump protection valves are designed to keep pumping systems in process, firefighting, refinery, power, and chemical applications modulating and running smoothly, without cavitation or overheating, and without the complexity and cost of using control valves for the purpose: They operate without a separate power supply or any control system, and begin protection immediately once installed. The valves’ self-actuated integrated bypass control function ensures minimum flow rate, guarding pumps against overheating and cavitation. They provide high pump stability with less vibration and fewer coupling or gear problems.Compact Step Motors with High TorqueApplied Motion Products, www.applied-motion.com The motors from Applied Motion Products are for applications with limited space. Suggested applications include medical devices, 3D printers, analytical and medical instruments, textile equipment, laboratory automation equipment, surveillance equipment, camera controls, pumps, consumer electronics, packaging equipment, CNC machines, robotics and more. The motors offer torque up to 22 oz.-in at low speed, and feature high step accuracy and resolution as well as low vibration and noise—important factors in machinery lines and medical equipment.2001_Products.indd 1512001_Products.indd 1511/20/20 2:10 PM1/20/20 2:10 PM152We have all been watching the auto-mation world undergo significant change as it responds to the disrup-tive digital technologies of cloud, Big Data, edge, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), artificial intelligence and machine learning, wireless, low-cost computing, and even lower cost smart sensors. Oh, and don’t forget the information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) convergence either. So, as we start 2020, where are we headed?First, let’s define the new OT ecosystem. Using the reference ISA-95 architecture, what we have in the picture are:• Some new components (wireless, edge, and cloud);• Compression of the layers, in particular layers two, three, and four; and• New software offerings, like Digital Twins.Simply, what this means is that to take advantage of the capabilities from these new technologies, we can no longer engineer the traditional instrumentation, actuation, and control system levels one and two in a vac-uum, air-gapped from level three and above. While we will continue to have routers and gateways, there is no more air gap. And just as we now have lots of IT within OT, there is no IT/OT organizational gap either. The best performing companies—those who LNS has identified as Industrial Transformation lead-ers—have addressed this organizational chal-lenge using various collaborative models.But there are still challenges to be faced. First, OT needs to step up or face having IT make many of the technology decisions that OT should be involved in making. LNS’s research indicates that IT takes the lead in choosing cloud, edge, and IIoT platforms and, along with it, the advanced analytics applications. Because plant personnel have to adopt and use these new tools, OT shouldn’t be left out. There are three OT roles that need filling to align properly with IT:1. OT architect;2. Data engineer; and3. Cybersecurity specialist.There is no The Open Group Architecture Framework for OT, but perhaps there should be. OT and IT can work together to define such standards for OT. OT also needs data engineers, those who understand who needs what data, when, and in what format to make operating decisions. OT’s data engineers face up with IT’s DataOps. And finally, cybersecu-rity remains a major challenge at all levels of the company, especially in OT, as most com-panies’ CISO’s do not have an OT background and report to the CIO.The second challenge is the battle for open control systems. Who will win the race, the Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF) or OPC-UA? It’s too soon to tell how OPAF will turn out as it enters its pilot phase, but there’s no slowing down OPC-UA. Either way it’s not hard to see that hardware will become more com-moditized over time. The good news is that control systems are opening up with new capabilities, such as the ability to:• Configure and test the system virtually without hardware;• Virtualize controllers so that capacity can be scaled like cloud computing; and• Run advanced software programs like those written in Python at the controller level.The third challenge is where to house all these capabilities. In the cloud, at the edge, on-premise in an advanced computing plat-form, in the controllers or in the instruments themselves? Architecting levels one and two cannot be done in isolation from the other levels. We also want to avoid the old architec-ture trap of writing special control scripts or code that can only run in a specific vendor’s controller or application device. Thus, the new challenge will be, “Do we migrate this old code to a new ‘open controller’ or move it up to the advanced computing platform or even a higher level?” Of course, no matter which path one takes, there will be a cost, but operating companies must ask themselves, “What is the total cost of ownership? What gives us the most operating flexibility, agility, and time to value?” All good questions.And that leads us to the last challenge and that is: Who is running the show as software assumes dominance over hardware?We often engineer plant systems starting with level one and two based on the prob-ability of failure on demand and piping and instrumentation diagrams, and then add on the manufacturing execution system and manufacturing operation management later. But maybe we should engineer from level three down based on the capabilities that we want to operationalize.When plants are conceived, an operat-ing philosophy is developed. But then we build from the bottom up and hope we build something that enables that philosophy. This doesn’t make sense because, with today’s digital engineering suites, we can design and build an intelligent plant from conception that post-handover rapidly achieves first quartile operating status. That’s why many of the larger players are developing suites of software to manage the entire asset lifecycle.ENTERPRISE VIEWAWJANUARY 2020W�y the OT Ecosystem Perspective is ChangingBy Joe Perinojoe.perino@lns-global.comResearch Analyst, LNS Research, www.lnsresearch.comLevel 4Level 3Level 2Level 1Level 0Production ProcessSensors and ActuatorsAutomated Process ControlManufacturing OperationsManagementBusinessPlanning & Logistics2001_EnterpriseView.indd 1522001_EnterpriseView.indd 1521/20/20 2:14 PM1/20/20 2:14 PM153AWJANUARY 2020IT VIEWMany companies have started think-ing, at the highest level, about their future positioning. They are motivated by initiatives supported by gov-ernments—such as Industry 4.0 in Germany, Smart Manufacturing in the United States, and “Usine du futur” in France.The objective for many of these companies is to rethink the customer-supplier relation-ships in order to sustain and re-energize their activities in the context of ultra-competitive globalization. This means that production processes need to be agile enough to enable fast introduction of new products or pro-vide greater flexibility for production plan-ning changes. To achieve this requires making maximum use of the right digital technolo-gies that are essential for the implementation of these new concepts.Those who have succeeded in their approach to this have experienced a sig-nificant business transformation. They’ve moved from selling a product to selling a service (product-as-a-service). Michelin, an often-cited example of this transformation of the customer-supplier relationship, now sells based on travelled kilometers or num-ber of landings. This rethinking activity can also help in relocating production activities nearer to the customers—an approach that both solves some environmental issues and reduces delays in time-to-market.Impacts on productionAny change in the relationship between cus-tomers and suppliers will obviously have a direct impact on the shop floor. Regardless of these impacts, the transformation of the company will be a success only if production becomes sufficiently agile. In other words, production must be able to make smaller production runs (especially in Europe to cover multiple languages and regulations) and handle mass customization while keep-ing production costs competitive.Given these requirements, the solution involves reviewing operations within the company with an eye toward standardiza-tion of production processes as well as the performance indicators defined within the company’s strategy.This make use of the ISA-95 standard in support of a company’s modelling/standard-ization efforts more meaningful than ever!Important parts of the information systemManufacturing execution systems (MES) and manufacturing operations management (MOM) software are both central elements of the operations technology (OT) informa-tion system.The implementation of redesigned pro-cesses in the field requires digitization and a revision of the architecture of industrial information systems. MES/MOM software has a central location in architecture because it is the orchestrator of production activities, supporting operators in collaboration with supply chain, quality, and maintenance teams. The implementation of a MES/MOM soft-ware, enhanced by Internet of Things con-nectivity, augmented reality (via the Human-Machine Interface), artificial intelligence (AI), opens the door to proactive supervi-sion. All of which means that MES software is no longer just a reporting tool. Through a real-time view of the planning, it gives vis-ibility into near-term production realities. In particular, the system highlights predictable hazards such as conflicts in resource alloca-tion and giving plant supervisors the time to think and make the best decision based on a unified environment of information.In this context, the MES/MOM software is the main element that will allow the transfor-mation of customer-supplier relationships. It becomes an essential element while conduct-ing production activities, just like program-mable logic controllers!In addition, MES/MOM is essential in build-ing the lake of production data on which scientists can run AI algorithms and discover correlations between unexpected process signals. This will be the basis of new continu-ous improvement initiatives that will allows for permanent improvements of perfor-mance indicators.Even though MES/MOM software is now mature and ready to support flexible pro-cesses, it’s important to realize that digital transformation is a process that takes time—a minimum of two years from first decision— and requires the mobilization of all depart-ments of the company.How MES/MOM is Paving the Way to the Smart FactoryBy Michel Devosmichel.devos@mesconsult.beMESA EMEA Board vice president, MESA, www.mesa.orgT�e implementation of redesigned processes in the field requires digitization and a revision of the architecture of industrial information systems.2001_ITView.indd 1532001_ITView.indd 1531/20/20 2:23 PM1/20/20 2:23 PM154FINANCE VIEWAWJANUARY 2020Data: T�e Unrecognized Manufacturing Asset Whether you call it the digital econ-omy or the information age, we have reached an economic era where regulated financial reports, and the balance sheet in particular, captures less than 20% of the market value of companies. The International Integrated Reporting Council has a model that uses six capitals to present a comprehensive view of an organization’s value. Those capitals are: financial (sources of funding), manufactured (buildings/equip-ment created for internal use), intellec-tual (knowledge-based intangibles), human (employee competencies, capabilities, and experience), social and relationship (rela-tionships between communities, groups of stakeholders and other networks), and natu-ral (environmental resources and processes that support current or future prosperity). All of these capitals apply to manufacturers, and it is well worth the time of the manu-facturing CFO, COO, CEO, and board to gain an understanding of them to broaden their assessment of the company’s value and strategy.One asset that is often overlooked, which digital manufacturing is creating at an expo-nential rate, is data. Valuing data is a rel-atively new concept, but increasingly our data is recognized as a valuable asset. Some estimates have concluded that data may be 30% of today’s market capital value, making it one of the largest, intangible valuation fac-tors. This is significantly more than the value captured on balance sheets. Data often hides within an organization’s functional stove-pipes since we have not traditionally consid-ered it an asset that had a monetary value. Understanding and increasing the visibility of your data assets internally, and to potential investors, is a clear opportunity to improve and promote the value of your organization.Monetary valuation is an important tool to grab organizational attention. This valu-ation will not pass muster for inclusion on a regulated financial statement, but achieving a more tangible sense of data’s value can improve internal management and appeal to some types of investors.Given its importance, what methodolo-gies exist to value data? Well, since such methodologies are still in their infancy, it remains a complex and highly context-dependent problem. We may base value on type and frequency of current and projected use, content, age, history, reputation, cre-ation cost, strategic value, revenue potential, security requirements, and legal importance. Though advice on the best way to approach this remains to be seen, it is still an endeavor that merits serious consideration and study.What about technology? Isn’t it essential to data, even inextricably linked? We record technology investments on balance sheets, accounting rules typically depreciate them rapidly, and much of the internal intellec-tual and human capital associated with their implementation remains intangible. Data links to technology but is distinctly differ-ent. Information technologies both create data (often more than they use) and use data to create information. Ultimately, data are raw facts and figures. Information results from processing and organizing data to cre-ate knowledge or improve decisions. We can use data in multiple ways and the same data can create many types of information.Once your organization understands its data is valuable, many questions need answers: What unique data should be protected? What data should be shared more widely inside the organization? What data should be shared with the supply chain and customers? Is your data governance function sufficient for the value of your data? What data are risks, and should we delete them? What data could we sell or trade? What additional data could we collect and create to enhance value? How can we use our data to improve our business and decisions?The value of organizational data is a clear case where managing purely from traditional financial statements for traditional business results can severely limit the opportunities an organization sees and explores. Modern manufacturing must rethink its business in nearly every respect to compete in today’s highly connected digital environment.By Larry Whitelwhite@rcaininstitute.orgExecutive director, Resource Consumption Accounting Institute, www.rcaininstitute.org Understanding and increasing visibility of your data assets internally, and to potential investors, is a clear way to improve and promote the value of your organization.2001_FinanceView.indd 1542001_FinanceView.indd 1541/20/20 2:12 PM1/20/20 2:12 PMCOMPANY TELEPHONE WEBSITE PAGE #Automation World ® (ISSN # 15531244, USPS 22435) is a registered trademark of PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. Automation World ® is published 14x a year by PMMI with its publishing office, PMMI Media Group, located at 401 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 300, Chicago, IL 60611; 312.222.1010; Fax: 312.222.1310. Periodicals postage paid at Chicago, IL, and additional mailing offices. Copyright 2020 by PMMI. All rights reserved. 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We put them together and everyone puts data into the same 3D model to cut the time-to-market.From Stephanie Neil’s report on OEM use of digital twin technology, http://awgo.to/1031The video cameras—10 for every conveyor belt—capture high-resolution images of products on a conveyor belt and stream them to an embedded or attached IT system where the images are analyzed by a video analytics application using machine-learning algorithms.From David Greenfield’s report on Foxconn’s application of video for quality control improvement, http://awgo.to/1032IO-link is transparent to control networks or fieldbus, as each IO-Link device communicates with a master port residing on a gateway module that takes the device’s data up to the control level. It’s like a USB for industrial automation in that it is independent of the control level network, regardless of which protocol you use.Shishir Rege of Ballu in the “Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered” podcast, http://awgo.to/1033RaaS (robotics-as-a-service) will grow from 4,442 units in 2016 to 1.3 million in 2026, with annual revenues surging from $217 million in 2016 to nearly $34 billion over the decade. The transition to RaaS is a win-win for manufacturers and robotics vendors…[as] RaaS essentially eliminates the need for third-party system integrators while creating a value-added revenue stream for robotics makers.From Beth Stackpole’s feature article “Robots at Your Service,” http://awgo.to/1034There is a designed communication barrier between the facility’s machine network and the OEM. This is because plant management is often apprehensive of relinquishing control of their assembly process, which is typical, but may result in delays in programmable logic controller software debugging, troubleshooting, and diagnosis of the issue.John Beach of Red Viking in CSIA’s Guest Blog, http://awgo.to/10352001_KeyInsights.indd 1562001_KeyInsights.indd 1561/20/20 2:15 PM1/20/20 2:15 PMFull Page Ad.indd 73Full Page Ad.indd 731/20/20 12:51 PM1/20/20 12:51 PMNext >