PLANT MANAGEMENT
TROUBLESHOOTING, LARGE- SCALE REVISIONS AND LOOP CHECKS
When something goes wrong, every minute counts. In a situation of this kind, valuable time is lost if the current documentation status of the plant first has to be assembled. In the worst case, inability to react fast enough may result in damage or danger to people and the environment. In large-scale revisions, too,, time is usually tight. Numerous employees need to be coordinated and very many changes made to the documentation simultaneously. Tis makes it all the more important to ensure that everyone involved in the process has access to the current documentation at all times. Loop checks also involve the coordination of large numbers of employees and the structured execution of various tasks.
MANAGING ASSETS AND PACKAGE UNITS Digital documentation is also beneficial for effective asset management – for instance, when a manufacturer discontinues an asset, making it necessary to know how many of the relevant components are built into the plant and where; or when compiling an overview of components that will no longer receive support in the near future. Only a company managing its assets effectively can keep production running reliably. Another aspect that necessitates digital documentation is the trend in the process industry towards integrating Package Units, meaning the distribution of large plants into smaller units.
PROJECT-RELATED DOCUMENTATION AND KNOW- HOW TRANSFER When engaging in extensive plant retrofit or extensions, or for inspection purposes, many project-related documents also have to be immediately available as and when required. If these documents only exist in paper form, or are only available from different sources and in assorted file formats, compiling them is effort-intensive and not overly efficient. Another advantage of consistent digital documentation is that know-how can be preserved, because the knowledge no longer exists solely in the minds of experienced employees. Tis substantially facilitates knowledge transfer to new employees.
ProDOK is the I&C-CAE system for the planning and operational support of process control equipment in process plants
“In all these and many other use
cases, LiveDOK has been proving its worth for decades now,” Stolz says. He adds: “With digitalisation the focus was on the PC, but with Industry 4.0 the focus is on the internet. Tis also applies to Plant Documentation 4.0. We have been creating digital documentation for a long time now, but we have consistently developed our concepts further, for instance regarding cloud enablement, to stay with the pulse of the times. Our customers get a tried and tested product that uses today’s state-of-the-art technologies to fulfill the technical and legal requirements of tomorrow.” In the use cases described above, the documentation tool enables
Plant data can be administered, searched and corrected in real time – from planning to operation, anytime, anywhere via LiveDOK
documents to be found fast and provides a realistic overview of the components built into the plant while helping to keep documentation up-to-date. It also ensures standardisation in documentation in line with current legal requirements and gives all involved in a project access to the documentation without media discontinuity.
GETTING STARTED IS EASIER THAN YOU THINK
Companies that wish to consistently implement Industry 4.0 cannot do so without digital, cloud-capable plant documentation, especially where large plants are concerned.
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