Keeping an eye on all field devices as part of the IIoT strategy, the company is developing very specific applications that integrate seamlessly into the existing plant technology and immediately provide the user with added value

Digitalisation is stirring up the industry, and some users are bewildered by the topic. With new digital services, Endress+Hauser is demonstrating how the potential of the Industrial Internet of Things can be easily used without converting existing plants.

Is everything all right at home? How are my shares doing? And how many fitness points have I collected today? One look at a smartphone is enough to bring you up to date on many everyday issues.

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While digital interconnection in private lives has long since become self-evident for millions of people, it is still pie in the sky to large parts of the process industry. Those who want to know more about a certain field device in their plant often must go and check for themselves on location.

However, digital convenience is also entering the process industry slowly and steadily. 'We aim to make the data from all the sensors of an industrial plant easily accessible from anywhere and anytime,' says the Endress+Hauser team. After mechanisation, electrification and automation, (digital) interconnection is now on its way.

Every user is looking for ways to carry out predictive maintenance and avoid unplanned system downtime. Intelligent utilisation of data and information from the field level help realise the full potential of the measurement devices and create the foundation for algorithms to help achieve this goal.

At the 2019 Hannover Messe, Endress+Hauser will highlight the intelligent utilisation of data and information from field devices and show how the vast potential hidden in plants can be unleashed. The foundation of this strategy is innovative diagnostic information generated by Heartbeat Technology, a wide selection of digital interfaces and connectivity modules, as well as the Netilion IIoT ecosystem. With this approach, the People for Process Automation are catering to companies constructing new plants, as well as the operators of existing systems.

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Keeping an eye on all field devices as part of the IIoT strategy, Endress+Hauser is developing very specific applications that integrate seamlessly into the existing plant technology and immediately provide the user with added value.

Smart Systems: Smart Systems are easy-to-use complete packages consisting of measurement technology, communication solutions and mobile apps. With these packages, one can access important measurement data immediately, at any time and from anywhere. One can thus ensure ideal production conditions and good perspectives for success.

Health: Health lets the assets in one’s production plant speak for themselves, so that one knows immediately, at any time and from anywhere how the production facility is doing. If the assets aren’t doing so well, one will know what the reason is and what remedies and steps one needs to undertake.

Library: Library makes the collective knowledge of one’s production facility available to all the employees immediately, at any time and from anywhere. One saves valuable search time and archiving work.

Analytics: The company offers digital service Analytics, which provides one with an inventory of one’s production facility within a few minutes and thus gives one complete transparency. Based on the inventory, current optimisation suggestions for one’s production plant are calculated at any time.

The measurement technology itself does not require any adjustments. The existing device communication via HART, WirelessHART, Profibus and GSM is used; further interfaces will be added in future. The cloud data is encrypted and securely stored in certified research centres.

'The IIoT ecosystem provides an opportunity to enter into a new relationship with the customers that goes beyond the sale of products. We want to accompany them through their journey of activities and demonstrate new ways with which to configure their processes more efficiently,' adds the team from Endress+Hauser. Please visit www.mesc.endress.com.