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Many man-hours are required to gather various data on facilities dispersed over a wide area and to perform appropriate maintenance. The Wide Area Monitoring System is a simple and low-cost solution for building a remote monitoring system to solve such facility maintenance issues.
No advanced IT knowledge is required to build the system. You can start small according to the size of your facility and budget, and still greatly improve the efficiency of integrated management and maintenance of facilities located in remote areas or over a wide area.
Note: The use of Wide Area Monitoring System is limited to Japan, Thailand and Malaysia.
Problems with Monitoring Equipment in Remote Locations
The lack of integrated management of information causes a decline in data quality and reliability. It also promotes local optimization without improving knowledge sharing and resource allocation. To address these challenges, it is important to develop a data integration strategy and implement appropriate solutions.
Increased Man-Hours for Patrol Inspections
Maintaining equipment scattered in remote locations increases the time and effort required.
Lack of IT Human Resources, Expertise, and Experience
There is a significant shortage of people with the knowledge to support DX and IoT, as well as the expertise to plan, design, and implement them appropriately.
Time and Money
Building and maintaining wireless LANs, servers, and cloud environments requires time, effort, and high costs.
Unexpected Trouble
If unexpected trouble occurs because signs were missed during periodic inspections, it is difficult to respond.
Delay in Initial Response
If the initial response to a failure is delayed due to a lack of understanding of the situation on site, equipment trouble may become more serious.
Decrease in Quality and Production Efficiency
Inadequate maintenance and monitoring systems, as well as a lack of skills of personnel in charge, cause a decline in quality and production efficiency.
Wide Area Monitoring System Solves Remote Monitoring Problems
The Wide Area Monitoring System allows for the integrated management of facilities located over a wide area through remote monitoring. The system can be efficiently constructed by utilizing the cloud to reduce time and costs.
Easy to Get Started on a Small Scale
The integrated package configuration from hardware to cloud and the use of networks with mobile lines reduce the time and cost required for system construction. Pricing is set according to the scale of the facility, allowing DX to be implemented on a small scale. No advanced IT skills are required to install and operate the system. Remote monitoring of existing facilities can be smoothly realized since the system can be easily connected to other companies' devices.
Reducing the Burden of Patrol Inspections and Improving Detection Capabilities
By shifting from human patrol inspections to remote monitoring, and from experience and knowledge-based inspections to numerical judgment, you can reduce patrol inspections and improve detection. In addition, the occurrence of a problem can be confirmed in real time, allowing for efficient initial response and investigation of the cause.
Integrated Management of Collected Data in the Cloud
You can check conditions anytime, anywhere, as long as a mobile network is available—for example, initial checks in the event of a disaster or other situations where remote monitoring is required. By using the error reception service for sensor devices and the wireless communication connection service, integrated management from hardware to communication to cloud is possible. In addition, when a malfunction occurs, you can trace the flow to identify the cause, and shorten the time from analysis to implementation of countermeasures.
Integrated Management to Monitor Operational Status
Remote monitoring of physical facilities and equipment utilizes sensors and data communication technologies to acquire data on equipment condition and performance and make it accessible through a cloud-based platform.
If data is distributed, a monitoring solution can be used for integrated management. If the data is centrally managed on premises, it can be accessed remotely via VPN or remote desktop for data acquisition and monitoring.
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Case Studies of Remote Monitoring in Multiple Industries
The Wide Area Monitoring System enables remote monitoring, data collection, and notification of abnormal signs in a wide range of fields, including manufacturing, energy, medicine, and agriculture. This enables increased productivity, risk reduction, and efficiency, and can also contribute to cost reduction.
This system is already in use in the fields of plants and factories, smart manufacturing, water supply and sewage, renewable energy and environmental monitoring, electric power, and disaster prevention. In addition, the system can be used in a wide range of fields and industries, including food and beverage, service, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, construction, civil engineering, transportation, cleaning, and building maintenance.
In addition, the following fields are also making progress in utilizing the system.
Hot Spring Monitoring: Remote Monitoring of Hot Water Supply from Springs and Distribution
A prefecture in Japan has been using the system for more than three years for remote control of a hot water supply to storage tanks, piping, and hot spring facilities within a 40 km radius of the city.
Hot water supply from managed spring sources and hot water distribution are managed in the cloud, and data from existing systems and newly installed monitoring devices is consolidated and managed in an integrated manner.
Advantages
- Significant reduction in annual maintenance man-hours
- Prompt initial response made possible by remote monitoring
- Enables checking of dispersed measurement points remotely
- Securing the safety of engineers by being able to safely carry out monitoring during disasters
This result was achieved through joint development by Yokogawa Electric Corporation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Geothermal Engineering Co., Ltd., and West Japan Engineering Consultants, Inc.
They were commissioned by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
*Reference Only in Japanese
News Release on Demonstration Experiment of a Hot Spring Monitoring System Aimed at Coexistence of Geothermal Power Generation and Hot Springs (September 20, 2019, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization - NEDO)
Ammonia Production Equipment Monitoring: Remote Monitoring in Conjunction with Existing PLCs
The system is used for remote monitoring of ammonia production plants that are dispersed throughout various locations. Measurement targets located at each of the plants are monitored in conjunction with existing PLCs. The ability to remotely monitor from different offices has created a centralized monitoring environment and optimized operations (90% of target achieved). Maintenance efficiency was also improved by monitoring the timing of consumable parts (catalysts) replacement.
Long-Term Maintenance Monitoring of Facilities throughout the Premises
We installed 85 units of Sushi Sensor to monitor pump equipment in various locations around our company's premises. We also combined them with a wide-area monitoring system to carry out long-term maintenance and monitoring work. By building a monitoring system that does not require the installation of dedicated servers or support for various IT devices, we have achieved significant cost reductions. In addition, we can now share information with other offices and subcontracting partners, contributing to improved operational efficiency.
*Sushi Sensor is a wireless solution for industrial IoT that provides an environment for long-term multi-sensing.
Comfortable Operating Environment
The Wide Area Monitoring System enables centralized and integrated management of the status of facilities spread across various locations. The system provides a comfortable operating environment that makes you feel as if you weren't monitoring the system remotely, while allowing you to grasp the necessary information in real time.
Easy-to-Use Screen
Navigate easily between the initial screen, which provides integrated management of the entire facility, and the detailed screen, which displays the status of each device. The system is equipped with an alarm display function that notifies the administrator of any problems that may occur. The detailed screen can display a configuration diagram and trend graph.
Easy-to-Customize Administration Screen
The administration screen can be customized. You can easily create screens corresponding to each monitoring system by simply dragging each part using the drawing tool, a built-in screen editing function. After creating your screen, a graph is automatically generated.
Monitoring on Mobile Devices
In a mobile environment, all numerical values and graphs can be displayed in the same way as in the office. In order to correctly understand the necessary information even on a small screen, you can display the areas of concern simply by selecting the grouping and sensor when operating.
Screen Configuration According to Role and Monitoring Level
Elements to monitor differ by task. This system can be configured with easy-to-use screens for each type of user, such as a monitoring screen for normal production and a system monitoring screen for managing network status.
Examples of Connections to Various Devices
The Wide Area Monitoring System offers flexibility in connecting to various devices and sensors for integrated management.
IIoT at Low Cost, Monitoring in Both on-Premises and Cloud Environments
[ GA10 Connection ]
GA10 is a PC-based data logging application software that can aggregate data from various devices installed in distributed locations and monitor and record them in on-premises and cloud environments.
Data from various devices (such as recorders, data loggers, and Sushi Sensor) dispersed throughout the factory can be aggregated and monitored anytime, anywhere, in the cloud, and monitoring can be done in both on-premises and cloud environments. Monitoring systems can be implemented on premises at low cost, and then migrated to the cloud. Furthermore, because data is stored both on premises and in the cloud, there is no data loss in the event of cloud system failure or communication failure. Supported devices include recorders, data loggers, Sushi Sensor, liquid analyzers, thermometers, PLCs, power monitors, and Modbus devices.
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Devices: Recorders, data loggers, Sushi Sensor, liquid analyzers, thermometers, PLCs, power monitors, Modbus equipment, etc.
Cloud Management of Data from Multiple Locations or Sites
[ PLC Connection ]
Necessary data aggregated by PLCs can be sent to the cloud and remotely monitored through the web. In addition, data collected from multiple centrally managed locations and facilities can be centrally managed and monitored in the cloud.
![Cloud Management of Data from Multiple Locations or Sites [ PLC Connection ]](http://web-material3.yokogawa.com/1/36774/tabs/cloud1.png)
Devices: Existing PLCs, liquid analyzers, various sensors, Modbus equipment, EtherNet/IP equipment, etc.
Integrated Monitoring of Numerous Measured Data over a Wide Area
[ Sushi Sensor Connection ]
Data from Sushi Sensor installed at wide-area sites are sent to the gateway and shared by the Wide Area Monitoring System. By sending the data from the gateway to the server through the company LAN, you can build a low-cost, easy integrated management system for equipment inspection data and analysis results. In addition, since data can be referenced both on premises and in the cloud, it is possible to share equipment inspection data, analysis results, and operation data at different sites, such as for manufacturing and operations.
Devices: Sushi Sensor, gateway
Integrate with Existing Systems and Other Clouds
[ Cloud-to-Cloud Connectivity Function ]
The data acquired through the Wide Area Monitoring System can be aggregated in conjunction with external systems and other clouds. By linking with existing systems, it is possible to expand functionality and connect between bases, allowing more information to be aggregated.
![Integrate with Existing Systems and Other Clouds [ Cloud-to-Cloud Connectivity Function ]](http://web-material3.yokogawa.com/1/36774/tabs/cloud2.png)
*Functions for linking with other systems is available. For assistance with establishing cloud-to-cloud connectivity, please contact us.
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