Interview: Automation From the Conceptual Stage on Leads to Cost Saving

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Rockwell Automation GesmbH

Terminal Oil Storage Needs Safety Systems

So, Today industrialists want safety – at the same time they see that their plants are not frequently shut down. We address that from Rockwell.

PROCESS India: Can you please elaborate on this?

ABANIBHUSAN BERA: The TMR system is basically for big systems, (say) if you have 1000 inputs/outputs or more, it makes sense. Nowadays, because of the mandatory regulations, (say) in terminal oil storage – where the number of Inputs/Outputs (I/Os) is (say) 100 or 50, you need to have a safety system. So, if you want to have a 100 I/Os safety system, you will have to shell out a huge sum of money, because the TMR systems are designed for around 1000 I/Os. That is why our AADvance came in. It is suitable for ten or fifteen to a few thousands I/Os.

It is so highly scalable and flexible.

You can have different PLCs and network them together in Ethernet IP environment to make them work as a single system, at the same time you can cut them to (say) 10 to 15 I/Os. Not only that, you can also design your architecture to double or triple redundant. It is highly flexible for the end user to design his or her own application.

“Maximum Plant Availability with Power from Two Different Sources”

PROCESS India: How do you ensure provisions for future requirements? Also, what is your take in case of main power failure?

ABANIBHUSAN BERA: AADvance has been designed keeping in mind the flexibility, modularity and scalability in line with the latest trends. You can keep on adding modules to one PLC system up to its physical limit and beyond that go an adding new PLC system(s), which can be networked together to work as a single system.

Regarding power supply failure, let me tell you, these work on dual redundant secure power supply system. To make maximum plant availability, the two power sources too can be fed from two different sources. Thus, you can have diverse redundancy in power supply to ensure maximum plant availability.

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