EP3718115A1 - Method for monitoring an automation system - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for maintaining a measuring point in a system of
- Field devices are already known from the prior art, which are used in industrial plants. Field devices are often used in automation technology as well as in factory automation. In principle, field devices are all devices that are used close to the process and that provide or process process-relevant information. For example, field devices are used to detect and / or influence process variables. Sensor systems are used to record process variables. These are used, for example, for pressure and temperature measurement, conductivity measurement, flow measurement, pH measurement, level measurement, etc. and record the corresponding process variables pressure, temperature, conductivity, pH value, level, flow etc. Actuator systems are used to influence process variables. These are, for example, pumps or valves that can influence the flow of a liquid in a pipe or the level in a container. In addition to the previously mentioned measuring devices and actuators, field devices also include remote I / Os, radio adapters or
- the higher-level units are control units, such as a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) or a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller).
- the higher-level units are used for process control and commissioning of the field devices.
- the measured values acquired by the field devices, in particular by sensors, are transmitted via the respective bus system to one (or possibly several) higher-level unit (s) which, if appropriate, further process the measured values and forward them to the control center of the system.
- the control center is used for process visualization,
- the data generated by the field devices are frequently also collected directly from the field by means of so-called data conversion units, which are referred to, for example, as “edge devices” or “cloud gateways” and automatically transmitted to a central cloud-capable service platform on which an application is located.
- data conversion units which are referred to, for example, as “edge devices” or “cloud gateways” and automatically transmitted to a central cloud-capable service platform on which an application is located.
- a user can access this application, which, among other things, provides functions for the visualization and further processing of the data stored on the service platform, by means of the Internet.
- a diagnosis message arrives at the control center of the plant, it is often still checked manually today and a service or maintenance plan for the relevant component is created. This service or maintenance plan is then assigned to a service technician who visits the relevant component and carries out the maintenance or service.
- the service technician must be careful to carry special service tools, operator panels, and / or special safety equipment.
- special service tools For example, harsh ambient conditions in the form of toxic fumes prevail at a measuring point due to the process media used, so that the service technician must carry suitable safety equipment with him. If a measuring point is at high altitude and can only be reached via a ladder, for example, not every service technician may have the necessary health constitution to reach the measuring point.
- the invention has for its object to provide a method which allows the correction of a fault in a system of
- Method for maintaining a measuring point in a plant of automation technology wherein in the measuring point at least one system component, in particular a container and / or a Pipeline in which a process medium is at least temporarily, at least one field device, which for detecting and / or influencing process variables of
- Process medium is designed, and at least one communication means, which for
- Transmission of the process variables detected by the field device and / or diagnostic information generated by the field device to a control center of the system comprising:
- the competence information including information about things carried by the person, a health status of the person and / or a personal safety equipment worn by the person;
- An error case at a measuring point is a fault at at least one component of the measuring point, for example at one of the field devices, at one of the system components, for example at a container, a pipeline, a valve, etc., or at the communication means.
- a service or maintenance order is created, which is transmitted to a suitable person in the system, for example a service technician.
- a suitable person for example a service technician.
- such a person carries with him an operating unit or a mobile terminal to which the service or maintenance plan is transmitted.
- the operating unit, or the mobile terminal are connected to the service platform via the Internet.
- a communication means is understood as a communication network. This can be designed wired.
- the communication means is, for example, a fieldbus for automation technology, for example PROFIBUS, Foundation Fieldbus, HART, etc., an Ethernet fieldbus, for example PROFINET or an IT communications network.
- the communication means is configured wirelessly.
- the communication means is a wireless network which uses as protocol, for example, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (LE), Zigbee, etc. or one
- Communication network using a mobile network for example mittells GPRS, EDGE, LTE, 4G, 5G, etc.
- Maintenance refers to a method in which no specific error has occurred at a system component, a field device or a communication medium. However, it may be provided to routinely check the system component. In this case, for example, a table is stored in the service platform, which includes the times at which such a routine examination should take place. It may also be provided to install software updates or to install newly released replacement parts on the system components.
- a “service case” is a method in which a specific fault has occurred at a system component, a field device or a communication medium.
- the suitability of a specific person to be able to remedy the error that has occurred is determined by means of a suitability level.
- all items which the person carries with him as well as the protective equipment of the person are inventoried in advance.
- the entrained objects are in particular tools such as screwdrivers, pliers, keys, etc., but also spare parts for specific system components, communication equipment and / or field devices or electronic control devices, such as a laptop or an industrial tablet.
- the safety equipment is a protective jacket, a protective helmet, goggles, insulating shoes, etc.
- the fitness level further includes the health of the persons in the facility. Furthermore, the
- Degree of qualification also the professional competence of a person, for example their learned profession.
- the items required for the correction of the error and the required safety equipment are determined.
- To calculate the degree of fitness for example, on a wealth of experience accessed. For example, similar error cases are already known for which certain
- measuring point is located in a certain protected area (eg hazardous area) of the plant in which, for example due to certain environmental conditions, such as explosive / aggressive gases, special requirements for the safety equipment of a service technician arise.
- a certain protected area eg hazardous area
- the respective current location positions of those persons who have a predetermined degree of fitness for the registered service or diagnostic case are detected and wherein the service provider or service order is transmitted only to those persons who are at a predetermined distance from the
- Measuring point This ensures that a person reaches the affected measuring point as quickly as possible. Moreover, it is advantageous that persons who are located farther away than at a distance from the measuring point and therefore sometimes require a long time to reach the measuring point, receive no notification in the form of a transmission of the service or maintenance order and thus not be distracted from their actual work.
- the defined distance is successively increased until a person can be determined who has the predetermined degree of fitness.
- Locations are detected by means of a person entrained with the respective control unit or a person entrained with the respective mobile terminal. It can be provided here that the current position at regular intervals is automatically determined by the operating units or the mobile terminals and transmitted to the service platform.
- an acknowledgment from the person correcting the measure is transmitted to the database.
- the service or maintenance case can then be marked as "completed" in the service platform.
- Degree of fitness and transmission of the service or maintenance order or a repetition of the process step of transmitting the service or maintenance order.
- the list of persons having a suitable degree of fitness is updated.
- the persons who have a suitable degree of fitness are merely reminded.
- a preferred embodiment of the inventive method provides that the detection of the information carried by the person entrained objects and / or carried by the person safety equipment includes an identification of the objects, or the safety equipment, the identification by reading out identification data from the
- Objects by means of a radio link, in particular RFID, by an optical identification of the objects, in particular by image recognition by means of a camera, or by reading a respective attached to the objects code, in particular a QR code includes.
- the safety equipment has sensors and is checked at regular intervals by means of the sensors, whether the safety equipment is still worn by the person.
- it is motion sensors or step sensors, which are integrated, for example, in safety shoes.
- it can be checked whether a person carries with him a certain type of safety equipment. This is then entered as qualification information in the service platform.
- it can be determined whether the person still carries the safety equipment once determined, whereby the list of competence information associated with the person is regularly updated.
- the information about the state of health includes at least one of the following vital parameters of the respective person:
- the fitness bracelet or the mobile device, possibly combined, connected to the service platform via the Internet.
- qualification certificates acquired by the respective persons are stored in the service platform, and wherein the qualification certificates are included in the calculation of the degree of fitness.
- These qualification certificates for example, have been acquired in special training courses by the respective person and relate to specific service or maintenance measures.
- the degree of qualification is increased by a qualification certificate if this is relevant for the respective service or maintenance case.
- a preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention provides that a service or maintenance case of the measuring point, the system component, the field device and / or the
- a maintenance case of the field device is detected in the form of a transmitted by the field device diagnostic message, the diagnostic message is transmitted from the field device indirectly via the control center to the service platform, or wherein the diagnostic message of the field device directly, in particular via an Internet connection, is transmitted from the field device to the service platform.
- Maintenance orders are created for which a separate suitability level is determined and which are each transmitted to different people, the individual service or maintenance orders to each other different items needed for the repair of the service or maintenance case, health requirements and / / or requirements for safety equipment. For example, a maintenance of a
- FIG. 1 an embodiment of the method according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the method according to the invention.
- This figure shows parts of a plant A of automation technology. Specifically, these are three measuring points MS1, MS2, MS3. These consist in each case of a tank AK and a pipe AK 'discharging from the tank.
- a field device FG for example a level gauge by means of radar, is mounted on the tank.
- a field device FG ' is attached in each case,
- Each of the field devices FG, FG 'of the measuring points MS1, MS2, MS3 is in communication with the control center LS of the system A by means of a communication module KM, for example a fieldbus of the automation technology, and transmits the measured process variables of the respective measuring point MS1, MS2 .
- a communication module KM for example a fieldbus of the automation technology
- Field device FG detects a defect in one of its mechanical components, which is responsible for the vibration excitation and creates a high-priority diagnostic message DIAG.
- This maintenance case is transmitted in the form of the diagnostic message DIAG to the control center LS of the system A.
- the control center LS automatically forwards the diagnostic message DIAG to a service platform SP, which is located in a cloud.
- the field device FG ' can be designed to, in particular, if it is a modern field device FG' with an IoT interface, to transmit the diagnostic message DIAG independently via the Internet to the service platform SP.
- the communication means KM is connected to an edge device EDGE. It is in communication with the service platform SP and forwards diagnostic message DIAG to the service platform.
- the service platform SP registers the received diagnosis message DIAG and compares it with a wealth of experience on the service platform SP. This includes past diagnostic messages from field devices, especially across plants, and includes
- Objects and possibly safety equipment which a service technician needs in order to be able to remedy the maintenance case.
- these objects and possibly the required safety equipment are manually defined on arrival of the diagnostic message DIAG in the control center LS and transmitted together with the diagnostic message DIAG to the service platform SP.
- the service platform then creates a service or maintenance order SA, which comprises at least the diagnostic message DIAG, the relevant field device FG 'and the necessary items / components of the safety equipment.
- the service platform SP contains a list of all the persons P1, P2, P3 currently located in the installation A.
- the list includes qualification information Bl of all persons P1, P2, P3 in the list.
- the qualification information includes information about all the objects carried by the respective person P1, P2, P3 and all components of one
- Safety equipment which carries the respective person P1, P2, P3 on the body.
- the objects and the safety equipment a person P1, P2, P3 are detected in particular in case of a person P1, P2, P3 in the system A and registered in the service platform SP.
- the detection takes place for example by means of a video camera KA, which the objects / the
- the service platform SP compares the items and components of the safety equipment required for the repair of the maintenance case with those stored in the list
- the fitness degree represents a measure of the compliance of the qualification information Bl of the persons P1, P2, P3 stored in the database with the required items contained in the service or maintenance plan SA, and the requirements regarding the
- the current location information of the persons P1, P3 are collected.
- Person P1 is within a predetermined distance to the measuring point MS1 and therefore receives the service or maintenance order transmitted to a mobile terminal carried by the person P1.
- the person P1 is now required to go immediately to the measuring point MS1 and perform the maintenance.
- the person P confirms the maintenance performed, marking it as "completed" in the service platform.
- the state of health of the person P1, P2, P3 can also play a role in the assessment of the degree of fitness. In particular, if measuring points MS1, MS2, MS3 are difficult to reach, this information about the state of health of the person P1, P2, P3 plays a role in the calculation of the degree of fitness.
- the information about the state of health comprises at least one of the following vital parameters of the respective person P1, P2, P3:
- the information about the state of health is detected by a fitness bracelet worn by the respective person P1, P2, P3 and / or by a mobile terminal carried by the respective person P1, P2, P3 and transmitted to the service platform.
- the fitness bracelet, or the mobile device possibly combined, connected to the service platform SP via the Internet.
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