Process visualisation is hugely important in production automation. Being able to adequately visualise and display key information about processes helps manufacturing companies optimise production efficiency. The current status of the production process becomes immediately clear with a SCADA system. Hellebrekers is an expert in developing and implementing solutions in the field of process visualisation.
What is SCADA
A SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) system collects, processes and visualises measurement and control data from the production process and exchanges that data with various machines in the industrial network. The SCADA system is used in many factories for overall control of the production processes.
Benefits of SCADA
The clear display of process data with SCADA makes it easy for operators to control and operate machines. The data is processed in graphical reports. So the cause of malfunctions or overruns of the preset limit values for machines can be quickly identified. In other words, SCADA provides a great deal of information about the production process and machine productivity, which operators can use to steer production in real time. Because SCADA can be remotely accessed, remote operation of the production process is also possible.
SCADA systems
The best software obviously has to improve productivity and production quality, reduce costs, minimise waste and be completely reliable.
When developing a process visualisation, Hellebrekers often chooses the user-friendly WinNCC Unified System from Siemens or the JMobile suite from Exor. These packages have been specifically designed for visualisation, archiving and analysis of industrial process data.
tClick Vision is a control package designed specifically for controlling processes in the concrete industry.
How we see SCADA
For an operator, SCADA must be user-friendly and display only the data that he can or should do something with. That means no unnecessary displays of irrelevant data, keeping the overview clear and to-the-point. SCADA must be low-threshold and not contain unnecessary functionality. When we visualise processes for the customer using SCADA, the operator can see all relevant data on one monitor and centrally control all the connected production lines and/or machines from this system.
