Modular enabled process automation solution

ABB’s new mod­u­lar automa­tion sys­tem pro­vides the flex­i­bil­i­ty that is need­ed through a build­ing block approach that can be scaled up or down depend­ing on the pro­duc­tion demand.
The new mod­u­lar automa­tion sys­tem is ide­al for phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal plants, biotech man­u­fac­tur­ers, fine chem­i­cal fac­to­ries and food and bev­er­age indus­tries. It is the first time that the com­pa­ny offers a solu­tion based on the mod­u­lar automa­tion con­cept to auto­mate and orches­trate intel­li­gent mod­ules tai­lored to the plant’s man­u­fac­tur­ing needs. The new solu­tion also offers seam­less inte­gra­tion with many exist­ing sys­tems, offer­ing less down­time dur­ing imple­men­ta­tion. The result is less sup­port and trou­bleshoot­ing and an improve­ment of run-time with­in the plant.
The orches­tra­tion lay­er is a com­bi­na­tion of oper­a­tions and super­vi­so­ry con­trol of the mod­ules. Abil­i­ty Sys­tem 800xA oper­ates the process and orches­trates the intel­li­gent mod­ules. The sys­tem also enables fast and flex­i­ble inte­gra­tion of the modules.
The Sys­tem 800xA oper­a­tions HMI func­tion­al­i­ty is enabled for oper­a­tor effec­tive­ness which allows for quick and intu­itive deci­sions based on rapid access to data. Batch man­age­ment appli­ca­tions can be used to improve batch pro­duc­tion. Effi­cient alarm man­age­ment and a high capac­i­ty and secure data stor­age for pro­cess­ing infor­ma­tion is also available.
An open archi­tec­ture back­bone links the orches­tra­tion lay­er to the mod­ule lay­er with com­mu­ni­ca­tion via OPC UA. Mod­u­lar enabled automa­tion reduces cost, risk and sched­ule by elim­i­nat­ing the non-stan­dard inter­faces. Inte­grat­ing an intel­li­gent mod­ule into the orches­tra­tion sys­tem is a mat­ter of hours com­pared to days for a tra­di­tion­al pack­age unit and skid integration.