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Control and safety system family enhanced with development of redundancy software platform for use with PCs
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced that it has developed a software platform that enables software packages to run on general-purpose computers in a redundant configuration, and has added this to its OpreXTM Control and Safety System family. This redundancy software will help raise the availability of all the solutions that make up Yokogawa’s OpreX Control category of systems, software, and devices. By making a system redundant, high availability can be achieved. The first software packages based on this platform will be released in March of next year. These are the ‘Exaopc OPC interface package’ and the ‘Exapilot operation efficiency improvement package’.
At a later date, Yokogawa plans to incorporate this redundancy software into other packages which make up the OpreX Control family to achieve further enhanced availability in plant operations.
Our industrial infrastructure depends on having highly reliable systems that will keep running even when a fault occurs. Such systems often have redundant features such as a hardware control unit with the same functional capabilities that are ready to take over in the event of a fault in the primary hardware unit. Yokogawa’s ‘CENTUMTM VP integrated production control system’, ‘ProSafeTM-RS safety instrumented system’, and ‘STARDOMTM network-based control system’ all achieve high availability and reliability thanks to the use of such redundant hardware.
Manufacturing execution systems (MES) and other types of applications typically run on a general-purpose PC that is not set up for use with another PC in a redundant configuration. To accomplish that, it is necessary to either install some kind of dedicated hardware or add a function to the PC software.
Many Yokogawa customers have expressed an interest in a solution that would enable them to achieve a redundant configuration at a reasonable cost. To satisfy this need, Yokogawa has developed this software platform.
If a fault occurs, this software initiates a transfer of control from the active PC to the standby PC that takes no longer than one second to complete, which is well within the operating parameters of oil, petrochemical, chemical, and other process facilities, where the collection of data and the issuance of control commands based on that information typically takes a few seconds or more. Since the data and status information on the two PCs is always synchronised, processing can continue without interruption, even when the system is performing sequential control of multiple tasks. This feature minimises the probability of any loss of data and ensures there is no interruption in control. This software thus ensures the high availability of the systems that make up a vital part of our industrial infrastructure.
General-purpose PCs often remain in use for years in plants, and need to be replaced when they grow outmoded or fail. Thanks to this software that enables applications to run in a redundant configuration, an outmoded or defective PC can be replaced while the system is online. It is even possible to operate different PC models in a redundant configuration providing they have been tested and approved by Yokogawa. This will help customers operate their systems stably over long periods of time and improve productivity.
Process industries such as electric power, water supply and wastewater treatment, industrial water, semiconductors, foods and pharmaceuticals, iron and steel, pulp and paper, oil, petrochemicals, and chemicals.
OpreX is the comprehensive brand for Yokogawa’s industrial automation (IA) and control business. The OpreX name stands for excellence in the technologies and solutions that Yokogawa cultivates through the co-creation of value with its customers, and encompasses the entire range of Yokogawa’s IA products, services, and solutions. This brand comprises the following five categories: OpreX Transformation, OpreX Control, OpreX Measurement, OpreX Execution, and OpreX Lifecycle. One of the product groups that make up the OpreX Control category is the OpreX Control and Safety System family, which includes the newly-added redundancy software platform for use with PCs. With its various OpreX Control solutions, Yokogawa is able to quickly effect changes for its customers that lead to a transformation in such areas as management and operations, and provides highly reliable control technology that ensures high efficiency, high quality, and safe and stable plant operations.
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ATEX and Marine approved gas detector systems
Recom Industriale S.r.l. manufactures the Explorer Line for the oxygen, explosive, toxic gas analysis and monitoring in continuous and for the related alarms management. The sensors/ transmitters are ATEX certified, while the control and acquisition boards are R.I. Na., MED approved and ABS type approval. ISO 17025 testing laboratory makes calibrations of the sensors.
Recom Industriale’s Values
The Company has been working for 20 years in the safety field, with the goal to guarantee the workers’ safety adequate conditions; Recom efforts in order to search technologies and solutions for the monitoring and leak control of combustible, toxic gases and Oxygen.
Research & Development and Quality as primary goals
Safety detector design and production require an elevate quality standard finalized to give health and safety to the workers’ operating in the industrial, production, marine field. In these last sectors the even-potential gas existence acquires a great risk.
The production process by RECOM INDUSTRIALE S.R.L., guaranteed by the ISO 9001 2008 standards , is strictly linked to the planning and to the test laboratory (RINA Certificate), representing the guarantee of innovation, analysis and control of each component inside a continuous effort, that is destined to ensure the 100% of production.
Fixed Gas detectors, EXPLORER RTC-RTE-RTI series
The sensor transmitters for toxic gas, Oxygen and combustible gases are suitable to work in classified Areas at explosion risk, for example Refineries, combustible deposits, chemical plants and in safe Areas such as depurity plants, laboratories, parkings.
The high reliance and endurance to the atmospheric agents has made the RECOM INDUSTRIALE’s gas detection systems adequate to marine applications (ABS-RINA-MED certifications). These can be perfectly integrated in the automation systems aboard in commercial and military Vessels.
Control Unit: 2-4 channels and GasScreen 160 series
Stability, performances, reliability, plug & play technology, display with touch screen and the modularity are the characteristics defining the RECOM INDUSTRIALE Control Units.
From the easiest version of Explorer 2CH 4-20mA to the most performing power station on the market of GasScreen 160 with 500 channels, the instruments characteristics go through the simplicity of impeccable units inside the Explorer-4, 4 modular channels and Explorer 4 box with traditional technology and reliability when used in very bad working conditions.
Customised Systems and Production
A lot of experience in the field and the high engineering capacity and planning commit to the need of building complex measurement systems and gas analysis destined to the specific applications in the environmental conditions and withdrawal of difficult samples.
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