Life–Cycle Management with Excellence

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Little Changes, Big Savings

In times like these, reducing costs has top priority. By changing from a servicing strategy based on rigid, expensive, cyclic intervals to servicing ‘on demand,’ much money can be saved in device integration. In the company’s DTMs, which were developed in compliance with the FDT Style Guide, the standardised diagnosis is integrated as per NAMUR recommendation NE107: ‘Self Monitoring and Diagnosis of Field Instruments.’

Every failure in the sensor is allocated to one of the four predefined statuses (servicing need, function check, breakdown, outside of specification) and reported to the process control system. If servicing is required, the staff can call up the affected sensor via the DTM, find out what the problem is and take appropriate action.

For example, if the signal-to-noise ratio of the radar antenna gets smaller and smaller, product buildup on the antenna could be the cause. And that means the antenna should be cleaned soon. Depending on its capability and functionality, a DTM reveals more or less information for diagnosis purposes and for asset management. A modern technology like radar offers many possibilities for routines and checks that help the user optimise the processes in his systems.

Speaking of costs: the DTM Collection 05/2009 from Vega finally eliminated the issue of license models for DTMs. Today, every customer can download the cost-free basic version together with the cost-free configuration tool PACTware from the download area of the company’s website. With the new ‘screwdriver,’ all instruments can be quickly and simply parameterised without restrictions. Whoever wants to use highend functionalities like echo curve history archiving or measurement data recording can order the full version on CD.

A Suitable Frame for Life Cycle Management

To guarantee safe processes, Vega has its software certified regularly. In addition, the company has participated in all previous interoperability tests. This is where manufacturers of instruments and process control systems meet and test their DTMs in all sorts of frame applications. DTMs from Vega are often used as default DTMs in the tests because of their high stability.

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