I&C DATA MIGRATION FEATURE
format. These were then made available to Rösberg by remote access. Then, each Friday evening, the IT specialists loaded the data packages onto high-performance servers. There, they were automatically migrated and compared with the predefined standard format for the results, any discrepancies that occurred were analysed and semi-automatically corrected. Additional support by BASF personnel was not required for this. On each Monday morning the migrated databases were then installed by BASF on new central database servers. The employees in production and technical units at the BASF locations, who had been trained beforehand, were able to start working with the new system straight away. Of course, Rösberg had prepared a fallback plan in case at any point the migration did not run smoothly over the weekend – but they never had to use it. The external costs of Rösberg for the
Europe-wide migration project were manageable. Expressed in terms of the individual loops in the 300 or so production plants, they worked out at approximately half a euro per loop. The benefits for users in production
and technical units The cost and effort of the migration is
demonstrably worthwhile – as evidenced by the many advantages of the unified databases for the whole of Europe that were created during the migration. The new system architecture of ProDOK
NG now fulfills the current requirements of BASF’s IT for a centralised server, IT installations as unified as possible and Europe-wide accesses compliant with general information protection regulations. This makes it possible to conduct analyses and integrate new applications both on a
Fig. 3: The use of ProDOK ensures security of investment. For decades the software has been upwardly compatible and future-safe (Copyright: Rösberg)
ABOUT BASF...
BASF creates chemistry for a sustainable future, combining economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The approximately 122,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of its customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. The portfolio is organized into six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated global sales of around €63 billion in 2018.
www.basf.com
Fig. 4 a & b: eCl@ss Advanced is an ISO- and IEC-compliant, cross- sectoral standard ideally suited to describe the technical data of devices. It is unrivaled at present, at least in Europe. (a). In future, suppliers of equipment to BASF will have to supply the data for their devices in eCl@ss Advanced format. This will further improve the as-built documentation (b). (Copyright: Rösberg)
plant-wide and a cross-locational basis. The unified datapool based on standards like eCl@ss Advanced also helps avoid ‘uncontrolled growth’ in future, thus minimising the necessary maintenance effort in the long term. Thanks to the standardisation of reports
and forms in ProDOK NG it is largely irrelevant which big location within Europe employees are assigned to – they will quickly find their way around the I&C plant documentation there. Thus
personnel can be deployed more flexibly, and the same flexibility extends to contract partners, further simplifying the outsourcing of individual work steps. This also applies to all work with I&C documentation based on the web application LiveDOK.web, which can be used independently of the operating system on all the usual mobile devices on the market. Asset management also benefits from
this. For the first time, information can be called up at the touch of a button about which technical components/devices are installed in which plants throughout the whole of Europe. This is advantageous, for instance, if there are faults relating to a specific device, as well as in failure analyses and the preparation of DCS migrations. As equipment suppliers are required in future to deliver device data in eCl@ss Advanced format, these device specifications can be directly integrated into the I&C-CAE system, making the as- built documentation even better. The switch to an I&C-CAE system is
definitely worthwhile Companies who have not yet acquired a
ABOUT RÖSBERG ENGINEERING...
Rösberg Engineering GmbH, founded in Karlsruhe in 1962, offers tailored automation solutions created by around 100 employees working at five locations in Germany and China, for internationally active enterprises in the process industry. Today RÖSBERG is an internationally successful solution provider for automation technology and
innovative software applications. Its scope includes basic and detailed engineering for the automation of process and production plants as well as the configuration, delivery and commissioning of distributed control systems. The enterprise also has extensive project planning and user experience in the implementation of safety-related controls, is an expert in functional safety, and offers sector-specific software solutions in the area of information technology. The I&C-CAE system ProDOK has enjoyed international success for more than 30 years now. Under the name of Plant Solutions the new system generation ProDOK NG, the digital plant documentation system LiveDOK NG – with the app LiveDOK.web – and the Plant Assist Manager (PAM) support production plants over the whole life cycle, from planning, construction, commissioning, modernisation and expansion, through to decommissioning.
modern I&C-CAE system can also benefit from all these advantages. In this way they can avoid the problems that crop up in everyday work again and again without an efficient I&C planning and documentation tool. In such cases inconsistent documentation, as typically produced with the use of Office tools for planning, is a standard point of criticism with audits by customers, supervisory authorities and internal revision management. In the worst case, if safety problems occur in the plant and it needs to be demonstrated that all relevant regulations have been observed, reliable documentation can be extremely important for an enterprise.
Rösberg Engineering
www.roesberg.com
www.LiveDOK.com
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