ABB 3BUS094398 IndustrialIT System 800xA Harmony/INFI90 System

ABB 3BUS094398 IndustrialIT System 800xA Harmony/INFI90 System

System Integration Overview: Industrial IT System 800xA integrates with Harmony/INFI90 and is designed to help organisations achieve Operational Excellence (OpX), such as increased Return on Net Assets (RONA) and reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). It breaks through the limitations of traditional distributed control systems (DCS) and extends the scope of automation by providing personalised user workspaces, a wide range of control functions, equipment management, asset optimisation and information management. The integrated system is applicable to a wide range of industries, including power, chemical and pharmaceutical, and supports enterprises in different industries to respond to market changes and enhance competitiveness.

Harmony System Foundation and Development: Symphony Harmony is a proven process control system with a wide range of applications, and ABB continues to add traditional DCS functionality through its ‘Evolution through Enhancement’ strategy, including support for Rack I/O modules, Bridge Controllers, Bridge Controllers, and Rack I/O modules. ABB continues to add traditional DCS functionality through its ‘Evolution through Enhancement’ strategy, including upgrades to Rack I/O modules, Bridge Controllers, communication modules, Composer tools and operator consoles. For example, the redesigned Harmony Rack Module incorporates modern technology to maintain compatibility with older modules, and the Harmony Bridge Controller is continually being upgraded to support a wide range of functionality and ensure continuity of control logic configuration.

800xA Extensions to the Harmony System

Personalised User Workspace: Using the Aspect Object™ framework, the 800xA Process Portal collects information from multiple sources and transforms it into what the user needs, providing a personalised layout, intuitive and flexible navigation, integrated data to aid decision making, and a comprehensive range of operator functionality that can co-exist with existing consoles or provide an extended operating environment.

Control and I/O Expansion: The S800 I/O is designed in a modular small form factor, supports multiple signal types and event timestamping capabilities, and connects to the Harmony Bridge Controller via redundant communications configured by the Composer tool.The AC 800M controller and its I/O options are low-cost, high-quality, and efficient, and are available in a variety of configurations through the HPG800 and INFI90FCLib, among others. The AC 800M controller and its I/O options are low cost, high quality, and efficient, and can be integrated with Harmony systems through products such as the HPG800 and INFI90FCLib, protecting the user's existing investment.

Device Management: The 800xA's device management functionality connects HART devices via Fieldbus Management tools to support device parameterisation and remote monitoring, and interfaces with other fieldbuses via the AC 800M controller.

Asset Optimisation: HART/Fieldbus and advanced system information enables asset optimisation, including automatic monitoring of maintenance conditions, adoption of predictive maintenance strategies, reporting of asset health, optimisation of workflows to reduce repair time, and monitoring of the health of the Harmony control network.

Production Management: 800xA Production Management automates, monitors, controls, and documents production processes according to standards, with a Batch Management component that provides resource management, recipe management, and Batch Data Manager Tools for writing device stage logic.

Information Management: Collects, stores, and presents plant data into useful information, providing intuitive displays, automated system operations, flexible report generation and distribution, and secure access to data storage, integrating with Harmony to support corporate decision-making.

cpmPlus Smart Client: Provides Harmony users with a browser-based thin client that displays 800xA and third-party system information, eliminating duplicate engineering, simplifying display configuration, and eliminating the additional cost of tag counting.