GE iFIX installation and configuration for Level – 2 Integration at India’s leading Pharma Manufacturer
Business Case
- Integration of the 11 equipment’s to the Central Scada system on real time
- Single data repository for plant data with capability to store large amount of data for a long period, with powerful retrieval and analysis
- Support for data analysis, reporting on any network client, etc.
- Strong foundation for future data analysis, process modeling, with flexibility to build own analysis tool / connect std. tools
Systems and Tools
- Kepware OPC suite
- iFix 5.8 Server
- iFix 5.8 Client
Solution Approach
- Plant equipment study for DAS interface for the 11 equipment’s
- DAS (iFIX) Software installation & configuration
- OPC Server Software installation & configuration
- DAS GUI for monitoring Real Time parameters/KPIs viz. Recipe/Operator Information, Monitoring of Equipment status, Alarm with security enabled etc
- Report implementation , Application development, Assistance in data validation
- IQ documentation support
Key Challenges
- Real time data integration with 70+ identified PLCs from plat floor weighing machines. We have provided an additional Ethernet port , which smoothen the processport