< Previous38AW JANUARY 2020NEWSThere is so much data coursing through the plant these days, due in large part to the addition of smart devices associated with the Internet of Things (IoT). But what does all of this data really mean to the average machine operator? Seasoned plant floor professionals will understand the irregular naming conven-tions of “tags” that correlate to signals coming from the equipment. But for the new operator just starting out, tag “ALB_BLDG1_L1_M47_DIS-PUMP1_RPM,” means absolutely nothing.For today’s fast-paced, mobile workforce, data needs context. And that is what GE Digital has provided in the latest version of its Proficy Historian. The new functionality in Proficy Historian 8.0 includes the ability to map data between the tag and a representa-tion of a machine, a line, or the entire plant to create an “asset model.” This model includes standard object types that hold the informa-tion associated with the equipment and adds context to the data.“Now you can map tags to objects in the asset model and use plain language descrip-tions for what the tags in the historian mean,” said Steve Pavlosky, principal product man-ager for Proficy Historian at GE Digital. In addition, by using web-based development tools, like REST APIs, individuals can build mini applications, link them together, and share them with their peers.According to Pavlosky, the next-gener-ation of workers—who are digital natives—are comfortable creating queries and doing screen layouts, so GE Digital is delivering a tool that allows the customer to interact with GE data sources and business data sources. “Through REST APIs, we bring it together in a no code application environment. [Users] can lay out trends, tables, and data collection forms in a simple way, getting it out of the hands of the control engineers who tradition-ally built HMI SCADA systems, and giving a broader set of operational people access to tools to build the screens to do the job more effectively and share it across the operation. For us, this is a sea change for how we allow customers to get value from data.”In addition, a visual component of the software is a responsive design HTML5 app builder that allows the user to define the app for different layouts, depending on the type of device—from the desktop to a smart watch. This allows the visualization of trends to put a piece of data into context with other things associated with the machine or plant GE Digital Releases Asset Model that Adds Context to DataBy Stephanie NeilSenior Editor2001_News.indd 382001_News.indd 381/20/20 2:01 PM1/20/20 2:01 PM39AWJANUARY 2020NEWSSimply easy!ONE source. Unlimited sensor options.www.tesensors.comSee us at Booth #7761environment. GE Digital is also providing MQTT data collection for smart sensors to store that data along with other information coming out of a programmable logic controller, for example, to have one normalized data set.“We are taking technology built for the cloud and deploying it on premise to make it easier for a broader set of users to create visibility to the data,” Pavlosky said.The Proficy Historian software is tightly integrated with GE Digital’s Proficy human-machine interface/supervi-sory control and data acquistion applications, including Cimplicity and iFIX, and Proficy Manufacturing Execution Systems. This integration enables operators to manage machinery and plant processes. GE Digital also introduced a Linux-based Proficy Historian earlier this year that cre-ates a standard time-series product for edge analytic appli-cations. The Linux version of Proficy Historian changes data collection by pushing machine data to the plant level instead of polling from higher level systems, providing a new, more efficient mechanism, the company said.Proficy Historian 8.0 is the latest update in GE Digital’s product innovation plan that follows a number of other recent investments geared toward unlocking the power of Industrial IoT, including edge-to-cloud analytics and improving operator mobility.2001_News.indd 392001_News.indd 391/20/20 2:01 PM1/20/20 2:01 PM40AWJANUARY 2020NEWScode and load it into a selected Analytics Runtime con-tainer. When the process completes, users receive a net-work address they can use to access the dashboard in a web browser. No code writing or graphic design is required.Based on TwinCAT 3 HMI, the new One-Click Dashboard functionality provides at least one HMI Control for every TwinCAT Analytics algorithm, each with an up-to-date tile design that will follow the latest web standards. The controls contained in a dashboard can be selected individually in an algorithm’s properties with the aid of a control preview. Users can also combine multiple algorithms within an indi-vidual HMI Control. Though the dashboards are automatically generated, they can be customized on a user basis. For instance, users are able to pick their own header colors and logos; users can also choose to show geographically distributed machine locations on a world map. Dashboard images are available in a choice of layouts and themes as well as multiple languages.Further modifications to the dashboards can also be made in Visual Studio for adaptation in the graphical editor. Beck-hoff noted that, even with dashboards that need extensive customization, the engineering process with this approach still involves far fewer clicks than the conventional approach.Beckho Managing Director/Founder Hans Beckho at the company’s SPS 2019 press conference.CONTINUED FROM PAGE 362001_News.indd 402001_News.indd 401/20/20 2:01 PM1/20/20 2:01 PMSecure Your OT Networks and Protect Critical Assets•Industrial IPS with OT domain knowledgeto protect industrial networks•Virtual patching to mitigate cyberthreats•Centralized security managementwith visibilityAvailable in Q1 2020Visit moxa.com/Security for more information.Full Page Ad.indd 73Full Page Ad.indd 731/20/20 12:43 PM1/20/20 12:43 PM42SENSORS:Proximity Sensors • Photoelectric Sensors • Level Sensors • Ultrasonic Sensors • Magnetic Sensors • Limit Switches • InterlocksCARLO GAVAZZI has the solution for your application needs, whether it’s our industry leading solid state relays, energy meters, contactors, motor controls, monitoring relays or sensors, now available with IO-Link communications.1204 East Maple Troy MI 48083info@mid.us.com www.mid.us.com P. 877-978-1830The most and indexing machines available designed to achieve theRobustReliableHighest Accuracy.AUTOMOTIVE AEROSPACE ASSEMBLY MEDICAL PACKAGING•Zero Backlash Cam Operation•Accuracies of up to ±0.008 mm (0.0003″)•24/7 Service and Maintenance•Up to 5 year warrantyPRECISION INDEXING SOLUTIONSCUSTOMIZINGTHE WAY YOUMANUFACTUREROBOTTRANSFERUNITSPRECISION LINKCONVEYORWELDPOSITIONINGSYSTEMSTOOL TRAYTRANSFERSYSTEMAWJANUARY 2020PMMI NEWSPMMI Membership Exceeds 900 for First TimePMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies’ mem-bership reached new heights at its Annual Meeting (Nov. 4-6, 2019 in Cincin-nati), welcoming 41 new members and bring-ing active membership to 927.“Our members are at the heart of every-thing we do. 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Until recently, however, the manufacturer had no reliable way of monitoring or troubleshooting remote assets. When a system would fail, an experienced technician would have to make the onerous trek to a customer site to get the assets back in working order.Those high-stakes adventures came at a high price—both financially and as a potential ding on customer ser-vice. “We had no idea how a system was running, and if and when there was an issue, we’d get a phone call from a guy on the ground who had no idea what they were looking at,” says Mark Ajemian, senior mechanical engineer at FCI Watermakers. “That made it hard to troubleshoot the prob-lem remotely. We’d typically have to fly someone out there to resolve the situation, and customers would incur a heavy cost.”FCI Watermaker’s remote service challenges are being resolved as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) comes into sharper focus and paves the way for new connectivity and intel-ligent offerings that propel remote asset management to the next level. FCI has incorporated Opto 22’s groov EPIC (edge programmable industrial controller)—a bundle of industrial-grade hardware, software, human-machine interface (HMI), and commu-nications capabilities—into its reverse osmosis systems. As a result, the OEM is now able to monitor customers’ IIoT Enables Next-Level Remote Asset MonitoringConnectivity advances and intelligent offerings are making it easier for manufacturers to monitor remote plant sites while opening up potential for new product-as-a-service offerings.By Beth Stackpole,Automation World Contributing Writer2001_F1.indd 442001_F1.indd 441/20/20 1:54 PM1/20/20 1:54 PM452001_F1.indd 452001_F1.indd 451/20/20 1:54 PM1/20/20 1:54 PM46Your ProblemsWith 164 different modules that connect to create a Cube67+ system, Murrelektronik can turn your problems into solutions. Cube67+ allows for absolute flexibility in system design while our One Cable Technology for bus & power saves time & money during installation.770-497-9292 | murrinc.comOur SolutionsDigital InputDigital Input/OutputSafety OutputAnalog Input or OutputValve Connection ModuleIO-Link MasterM12 or M8 ConnectionsFreely Configurable Ports | LED DiagnosticsREMOTE ASSETAW JANUARY 2020systems in the field remotely, gaining a direct view into critical attributes like flow, pressure, and water quality so it can stay abreast of any alarming changes and troubleshoot units from afar in conjunc-tion with local facilities managers.“This changed the game on how easy it is to incorporate remote access features into a PLC [programmable logic control-ler],” says Ajemian, adding that the avail-ability of groov View HMI on a standard mobile device made it easy for FCI Water-maker to create an app that allows remote customers to follow along. “It’s not only easy from a programming standpoint, it’s also easy from a user standpoint as they can simply download an app on their phone,” he says.Like FCI Watermakers, a growing num-ber of OEMs are leveraging IIoT and other control technologies to advance remote management of industrial assets to enable better customer service. They are also beginning to experiment with how to leverage the technologies to offer new maintenance services to create additional revenue streams.Simultaneously, manufacturers with multiple plants are taking advantage of the same ease of connectivity, new cloud platforms, and analytics capabilities to remotely monitor, manage, and maintain plant floor equipment from a centralized location, across multiple sites. Multi-site manufacturers are also consolidating data from a portfolio of remote assets and marrying it with other sources of informa-tion—weather conditions and enterprise platform data, for example—using the Big Data mashup to contextualize insights and enable new use cases in areas like predic-tive and preventative maintenance.While, by and large, remote connec-tivity to plant floor assets and their cor-responding data reserves has existed for some time, visibility has been limited to equipment largely contained within the domain of a specific plant with minimal visibility to the larger landscape or across multiple plants. In addition, device man-agement has been just that—contextual-ized to a specific device. Yet, as IIoT ushers in more intelligence and greater connec-tivity, it fosters a broader view that can arm manufacturers with better insights to improve processes, minimize downtime, and reduce choke points and throughput issues in the plant.“Companies are better able to identify pain points and be more effective,” says Ante Tomicic, product manager, applica-tion support services for Rockwell Auto-mation. “They gain valuable insights from more assets rather than remotely trouble-shooting a single device that failed based on feedback.”At the same time, IIoT’s ubiquitous con-nectivity means manufacturers can con-solidate a team of experts who can solve problems and optimize asset performance 2001_F1.indd 462001_F1.indd 461/20/20 1:54 PM1/20/20 1:54 PM47orientalmotor.comsales@orientalmotor.com800-468-3982Rack & Pinion SystemsCompact Electric CylindersElectric ActuatorsRotary ActuatorsOpen loop performance.Closed loop control.Now WithEtherNet/IP is a registered trademark of ODVA, Inc.Hybrid Control SystemsAZ SeriesAZSeries Family of ProductsREMOTE ASSETAWJANUARY 2020When a system would fail, a technician would have to make the trek to a customer site to get the assest back in working order.for remote sites from a centralized location. “Previously, they would have to have a subject matter expert (SME) in each plant, which would require their domain exper-tise footprint to be much larger,” says Phil Bush, product manager, managed services at Rockwell. “Now, not only could an SME know what action needs to be taken to optimize their filler machine for the production environment, for example. They could potentially remote into that machine and do that optimization activity themselves.”Add emerging technologies, like augmented reality (AR), to the mix, and the use case becomes even more valuable to manufacturers with multiple sites and OEMs looking to raise the bar on maintenance services, Bush says. AR enables what Bush calls “over the shoulder” video annotation-style work instructions to be delivered to a remote plant operator, allowing them to perform the maintenance operation more successfully. This is a big area of focus as part of Rockwell’s partnership with PTC (for more information on this, visit: http://awgo.to/rockwellptc). “AR would fur-ther reduce the time it takes to resolve issues because both [the plant operator and expert] are looking at the same thing at the same time and can articulate what needs to be done in a way that isn’t captured in a phone call,” Bush explains.Connectivity the old wayNot only does IIoT enable increased visibility for remote asset management, it also helps mitigate a lot of the long-standing complexities surrounding connectivity of remote assets and their discrete data silos. Most plants are already subsumed with keeping internal operational systems up and running, let alone building out their own networking capabilities to tap into remote assets. In addition, many small and mid-size manufacturers simply don’t have the resources or information technology (IT) expertise to handle the tough integration work of getting time series and sensor data 2001_F1.indd 472001_F1.indd 471/20/20 1:54 PM1/20/20 1:54 PMNext >