Overview
You use technology-oriented and object-oriented configuration for automation solutions to increase overall effectiveness.
In particular, in plants with high level of standardization, the object-oriented approach increases the configuration efficiency through the reuse of objects, the capability of changing objects centrally, and the integration of manufacturing execution system functionalities such as the calculation of individual key indicators for separate machines.
Technology-oriented and object-oriented configuration supports you in the following operating phases:
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Planning phase: Efficient plant configuration and simple plant expansion through integration of part models from other projects
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Plant maintenance: Transparency through mapping of the exact plant structure
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Quality management: Continuous optimization of your projects
Advantages
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Creation and generation of modular projects based on standardized plant objects
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Reduced engineering workloads and fewer inconsistencies with a shared model in Engineering and Runtime
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Simple plant expansion through integration of part models from other projects
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Creating the screen hierarchy
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Transparent access to all objects and their properties and methods, independent of device assignment
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Targeted corrective measures through transparent relationships of individual plant objects
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Intelligent use of information from the entire manufacturing environment in combination with Plant Intelligence options
Operation in runtime
Depending on your configuration, the following possibilities are available to you in runtime:
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Display hierarchy path of alarm source
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Filter alarm control by plant objects
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Display alarm status of a line and navigation to the alarm source
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Display the most frequently occurring alarms, filtered by plant object or plant object type
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Area-based access protection
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Screen navigation via the plant model
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Determine the energy consumption of a line and compare with another line
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Analysis based on plant objects
The plant hierarchy is also available for scripting in runtime.
Requirements on the configuration engineer
The following prior knowledge is required for using technology-oriented and object-oriented configuration:
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You have experience performing configuration in STEP 7 and WinCC.