New Development of Automation Instrumentation

Automation instrumentation technology includes information acquisition, processing, and applications. "Enterprise informatization" is actually the integration and integration of enterprise information. To do this, it is necessary to "simplify", "rule" and "abstract" information with automated and systematic information models in order to make the most effective use of information. This is a basic work in the field of automation instrumentation, and it is also an important means to unify information expression.

Integration of global information and life cycle information for automated instrumentation projects This is the realization of full interoperability of automated instrumentation systems. Interoperability is hierarchical, and implementation requires a long process. In recent years, the publication of the IEC62424 standard, the expansion of the InTools tool software functions, and the introduction of interoperable standards for the control system and field instrumentation layer are an important landmark in the development.

Functional safety The important development of functional safety in recent years is that a large number of functional safety-certified instruments have been introduced to the market. In order to gain a favorable position in the competition, almost all instrument manufacturers will conduct functional safety research.

System maintenance and instrument diagnostics System maintenance and instrument diagnostics are increasingly drawing attention from users, manufacturers, and researchers. It is divided into four levels: diagnosis of production processes, diagnosis of production equipment, diagnosis of automated control systems, and diagnosis of field instruments.

The diagnosis of production processes does not, in principle, belong to the category of automation instruments, but the exchange of diagnostic information involves automated instrumentation systems. For the monitoring of production equipment, diagnostic instrumentation systems have introduced new products. The diagnosis of the automatic control system is usually a module or a function of the equipment management software in the control system, which is responsible for the real-time diagnosis and predictive maintenance of the control system itself and the field instruments. Field instrumentation is difficult to diagnose. The maintenance period is determined by the loss of the smart meter or fixed time.