Namur Open Architecture Open Architecture Digital Transformation is Within Reach
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Thomasz Loddo, RS Product & Technology Manager, Emerson; Thomas Rummel, CEO Softing Industrial Automation; André Fritsch, Product Manager Remote I/O, R. Stahl
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The end of hierarchical pyramid structures in process automation has often been predicted - now Namur is getting serious with Namur Open Architecture (NOA): Today’s best-in-class technologies make it possible to extend the automation pyramid with transparent data exchange.
Automation experts haeve their head in the clouds: The future of automation is centred around intelligent field devices, industrial edge technology and an intelligent cloud.
The User Association of Automation Technology in Process Industries’ (NAMUR) Open Architecture (NOA) extends the conventional "automation pyramid" in the process industries by creating a consistent communication structure to provide transparent data exchange across all layers, from the field to the control level. Transparent data exchange enables field devices, control systems and asset management systems to be integrated into higher level monitoring or optimisation systems and unlocks industrial internet of things (IIoT) cloud connectivity. This improved exchange of data requires a consistent interface technology from the field to the cloud. Practical implementation of such an architecture is possible today, providing project teams prioritise technologies built from the ground up to integrate into digital infrastructures.
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Emerson's AMS Device Manager Data Server collects data from digital field devices and transfers it to common dashboard tools and applications such as Microsoft Power BI, Emerson software tools such as the Plantweb Optics platform, Plantweb Insight, Aspen M Tell and Aspen Tech Inmation, plant historians and other external systems. The company aims to facilitate data access to field and IoT devices that are automated with Hart, Foundation Fieldbus, Wireless Hart and Profibus. Importing device and valve data should also become easier. Secure industrial protocols are used. Previously little-used data could be analyzed and used in real time.
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