Measurement Technologies in Automation

By OEM Update Editorial September 8, 2020 10:37 am IST

Automation in factories is nothing but use of those control systems and information technologies that will reduce human-machine interaction to a great extent and make the process more efficient as well as safe. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) plays an important role in transforming the manufacturing industry to the increasing need of automation in smart factories. IIoT employs intelligent controls and sensors that greatly make the manufacturing process efficient as well as reduces the maintenance cost by giving right input at right time. IIoT can link all the aspects of the businesses raw material management, operations, inventory management and actual manufacturing processes. This is where VEGA, one of the members of Open Industry 4.0 Alliance, plays an important role. VEGA has been setting trends in delivering compact, cost-effective and accurate measurement technologies that play very important role in automation of various processes.

Process Automation through VEGA Sensors
VEGA has introduced new compact series of VEGABAR and VEGAPOINT, which has enabled it to become complete supplier of pressure transmitters and point level switches that are helpful for factory automation, especially for the food and pharmaceutical industries. These sensors have a luminous advantage with the 360-degree switching status indicator, which makes it easy to monitor process distantly. Pressure sensors come with option of ceramic and metallic measuring cells, which can sustain high pressures and temperature shocks respectively. They also come with required universal hygienic adapter system that can fit in customer specific process fittings. Finally their Bluetooth connectivity makes it easy to set-up and manages the processes especially in those environments where accessibility is major challenge. VEGA’s low-cost sensors are the proof that innovation doesn’t always have come at premium.

VEGA Tools: Process Control on your fingertips
VEGA sensors, which are suitable across almost all the industries, help measure and adjust various process parameters optimally. VEGA offers PLICSCOM as a universal display and adjustment module, which has been Bluetooth enabled. This allows all the transmitters based on plics instrument platform to be remotely adjusted and operated via an application, more conveniently and securely. The Bluetooth function can be activated and deactivated using a hardware switch. This offers our customers choice as per their convenience and comfort level. Bluetooth is securely encrypted at the interface level when using a PC, laptop, smartphone or tablet via VEGA Tools Application. VEGA Tools is a practical tool that makes wireless setup, display and diagnosis over distances up to 25 meters considerably easier for all the Bluetooth capable VEGA sensors. This application is freely available to download.

Just-in-time solution for Inventory Management
VEGA Inventory System (VIS) helps the manufacturers have just enough supply of materials at the right time. With VIS devices on tanks and silos can directly communicate with the supplier- via a web portal- and report the need for replenishment automatically and in exact quantities as required by the production process. This saves time and cost for customers making inventory management more proactive. This gives customers better flexibility in his own resource planning and logistics management.

Field instrumentation for automation
VEGA invests highly in developing field instrumentation that play an important role in process automation. With future ready newer devices VEGA is able to offer bundled solution for all the level and pressure measurement needs of various industries. The sensors and technology can help in reducing cost of production as well as the maintenance cost thereby giving competitive advantage to the customer. VEGA roadmap for Industry 4.0 includes added value for people, applications and enterprise itself. It’s not important to measure everything but its utmost important to measure, what is supposed to be measured, correctly. The aim is to not leave field devices data unchecked and unused, for even a smallest change in the process parameter can help organisations to save or shade profits aplenty.

For more details,
visit: www.vega.com