Siemens Planer Issue 3 User's Manual
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1. J HT n ee we w wf z Ti t gt T a al i p af nip See r aa tee O BR a ee From the start of the new fiscal year the product will be available under the trade name COMOS Walkinside and will expand the extensive portfolio with powerful 3D visu alization throughout the entire plant lifecycle The Walkinside software is currently used in more than 200 companies for the visualization of complex data models primarily in the oil and gas industry for plant operation and maintenance and for simulation and train ing H O OL Even today COMOS Walkinside can provide considerable added value particularly in plant operation and maintenance By linking the geometric objects of the VR model with the engineering data from COMOS they can be used throughout all phases of the plant lifecycle Attractive and realistic visualization of the current status of the plant is possible through direct access to all information inde pendent of the 3D system This allows main tenance and servicing work to be planned 5 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 3D visualization and training software simulated and executed efficiently in the 3D model based on constantly up to date and consistent data In addition to this it is also possible to access information linked to a COMOS object work permits data sheets maintenance intervals etc at any time COMOS Walkinside offers a combination that is2. Different mainte nance methods and documents are then in troduced and created more 18 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 NEWS Tips and Tricks ask Doc COMOS Sometimes a little information has a big effect In this rubric of the COMOS Plant Manager Doc COMOS answers your ques tions and gives you tips on how to work with the COMOS software solution even more efficiently Today Doc COMOS an swers the following question How could I realize a query even faster Doc COMOS will introduce in two videos the search method database query which helps save time The first video shows the two different methods to do a query In both methods the amount of data is equal With the meth od of the classic query video sequence of the first 45 seconds it takes around 10 sec onds to request interprete and display the information Much more faster you could receive the information by the search meth od database query video sequence from second 45 Even with the same amount of information this type of query needs only approx one second compared to the classic query to request interprete and display the information F Video 1 1 21 Minuten The second video is presenting how to cre ate a database query The video shows the different working steps 1 Open an empty Query 2 Select Database search 3 The configuration field of the database query will be open
3. trademarks of Siemens AG Digitalstock BWSC Fotolia Evonik Systems Siemens COMOS SIMATIC SIMATIC Automation Designer SIMATIC IT SIMATIC PCS 7 TIA The marks mentioned are registered trademarks of the respective owner If trademarks trade names technical solutions or similar are not listed above this does not imply that they are not registered The information provided in this magazine contains merely general descriptions or characteristics of performance which in the case of actual use do not always apply as described or which may change as a result of further development of the products An obligation to provide the respective characteristics Shall exist only if expressly agreed in the terms of contract www siemens com COMOS
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5. Manager 3 2012 Power Plant Industry Reference BWSC BWSC designs power plants on an interdisciplinary database Today all system design at BWSC Burmeister amp Wain Scandinavian Contractor is handled in a single database rather than several closed systems The result is a more dynamic and effective design process with fewer errors By Morten Lund Ingenigren All BWSC s power plants are today designed using an interdisciplinary software tool This has reduced the number of errors and in creased productivity but it has also required changes to the work processes in the machin ery room When the EPC Engineering Pro curement Construction company designs a power plant it is no longer a lengthy process in which the mechanical and electrical engi neers do their design work in separate closed systems laboriously exchanging CAD draw ings or spreadsheets by e mail Since the North Zealand turnkey supplier invested in the COMOS software tool all system design has been carried out in a single database When the mechanical engineer creates a pump the system automatically creates an electrical object containing e g supply and control signals for the pump and the electri cal engineer can then continue working on that object When one of the engineers updates his data the data is simultaneously updated elsewhere other engineers are making The result is a more dynamic and effective design process which reduces the number of
6. employs the COMOS software solution for plant designing planning and plant cost calculation can be sig nificantly minimized through the introduction of standards Initial considerations regarding standardized P amp ID creation were already dis cussed 20 years ago However we had to shelve these considerations as no suitable soft ware tools for the realization of such standard ization were available back then recalls Dr Dorothea Schwarz project manager at Evonik Industries AG Holistic software solution for know how bundling Over the course of time and with various soft ware developments for plant planning this sit uation has changed Meanwhile the chemical company employs the COMOS software solu tion for plant design by Siemens Amongst other things it is used for the creation of P amp ID flow diagrams for individual users This object oriented software is based on a uniform data base With its engineering block technology it represents the core of the standardization con cept These e blocks consist of a query tree and a graphical component which adapts to the answer behavior The planners are thus re liably guided through the decision process on the basis of blocks At the end of the process chain a flow diagram is generated in which every line measurement and apparatus is in terlinked with a procedural decision These de cisions partially go into great detail Yet espe cially more complex units and
7. spreadsheets al ee Diesel Engine Power Plant in Kenya which BWSC designed with the software solution COMOS H O OL in the system In that way all parties involved in the design always know what changes the the number of e mails exchanged and the number of errors We achieve a better quali ty We make fewer errors and in that way also cut down on the amount of time spent We get more work done in less time says Tech nical Manager at BWSC Claus Albrechtsen al though he is unable to tell exactly how much money is being saved Speaking the same language As the first large customer in Denmark BWSC purchased COMOS from Siemens Industry Software five years ago The reason for the purchase was a growing dissatisfaction with the company s existing system which did not function optimally as a combined database system The mechanical department had one design program the electrical department another and the instrumentation department a third The individual departments used their own designs and exchanged data via Excel sheets which was not a viable solution in the long run BWSC therefore began looking for a system that would enable the company s 60 design engineers to speak one and the same digital language We now have an open object oriented data base system in which everyone works in par allel and with parallel data What is clever 10 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 Power Plant Industr
8. unique on the market with simple opera tion and realistic visualization along with per manent availability of the plant data This ensures efficient data management in real time as well as the ability to handle the larg est possible data volumes Even extremely complex models such as those produced for complete offshore drilling platforms or FPSO Floating Production Storage Offloading units allow a virtual walkthrough in real time COMOS Walkinside also finds profitable appli cation in the training of field operators The software allows personnel to be trained real istically in the virtual model of the real plant while the plant itself is still under construc tion These training scenarios include the fast locating of objects or components in the plant the planning and execution of mainte nance work and the simulation of faults In multiple avatar mode this training allows the participation of the entire operations team together in the same virtual model This avoids the high costs involved in sending staff to a plant that is still under construction At the same time staff can be prepared effi ciently under safe environmental conditions for their later deployment The integration of the Walkinside 3D visualization and training software of our long standing partner VRcontext into our industrial software portfolio will benefit our customers significantly Using intelligent 3D models can make plant engineer ing an
9. you have special contents we should report about Please send us your feedback Either you tick one of the faces very good article article was interesting article did not fit my expectations or you write us your comments in the specified field Afterwards click the send button and your feedback is on the way to us Thank you for your cooperation Do you want to receive more content details about an article Just click the X behind the listed article and fill in the contact details Click the send button and we will immediately contact you to answer your questions 3D visualization and training software Chemical Industry Reference Evonik Power Plant Industry Reference BWSC Interview with Dirk Wegg COMOS Mobile Document Review Service and Support newsletter COMOS sales and service partner in Romania Best IT company in Denmark Event Calendar 2012 Training program expanded OOOOOOOOO GOGOOHOHOOOOOO B O HOBODOOOO x KX K KX K BI OB Bd DB K Tips amp tricks Comment field H O OL My contact details Company Street no Postal codel city Salutation O Mrs O Mr Title First name Family name Telephone E mail O received the COMOS Plant Manager from third party Please include me in the COMOS Plant Manager distribution list E mail O My e mail address changed Please send me the COMOS Plant Manager in the future to following address E mail O Please delete my e mail ad
10. 012 NEWS COMOS sales and service partners for Romania Since 2005 the FIWA group has been working worldwide as a certified Siemens partner for SIMATIC PCS 7 and the chemi cals industry The Romanian branch of the engineering company SC FIWA RO SRL has also been operating since August 2012 as a Sales and service partner for the COMOS software solution Focusing on the oil and gas pharmaceuticals environmental technology foodstuff steel chemicals and petrochemicals industries SC FIWA RO SRL offers a wide range of engineer ing services in Romania These include plant engineering design and implementation in the sectors of process automation process control MSR technology weighing technology electri cal engineering building technology commu nications and security technology software de velopment and data processing technology The company has made a name for itself in re cent years through successful projects with companies such as Siemens IMOL SC OMV PETROM SA and SC CONTINENTAL SRL Due to the extremely good customer relationship with SC OMV PETROM SA and their many years of experience in the oil and gas industry as well as their partnership with Siemens they seemed the obvious partner for COMOS in Ro mania With SC FIWA RO SRL we have gained an expert partner in Romania who is familiar with local conditions and develops and imple ments excellent engineering solutions says Steffen Rosa Global
11. I fof COMOS Plant Manager From Integrated Engineering to Integrated Operations Issue 3 2012 Acquisition of VRcontext strengthened COMOS portfolio Reference Evonik Reference BWSC with Dirk Wegg about trends in the oil amp gas industry The results delivered by COMOS meet our expectations COMOS very quickly provided significant and quantifiable improvements in productivity and reductions in project times Lili Sun Sr Vice President Sinopec Engineering Incorporation aan k prip oe E ui Y oi 2 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 Editorial Dear readers At this time the plant management of the future is being discussed by experts at many conferences and trade fairs These events provide the ideal platform for exchanging in formation on trends requirements the latest developments and innovative practical solu tions in the process industry For example plant designers and owner operators came together at the Digital Plant Conference 2012 in September and examined the topic of holistic plant management throughout the entire life cycle of an industrial plant In the scope of this event we had the opportunity to announce the takeover of 3D experts VRcontext by Siemens The acquisition and integration of the suc cessful VRcontext product Walkinside repre sents a valuable addition to our COMOS soft ware range in the areas of 3D visualization and training software Apart from the fami
12. Partner Manager COMOS at Siemens Industry Software Best IT company in Denmark The IT magazine ComputerWorld names Siemens Industry Software A S as the best IT company in Denmark On September 20 2012 the company received the award from the maga zine In addition to being named the best IT company in Denmark the com pany also won the awards for the best basis software software and growth comet ye Vy f j Dficient Process Engineering o E Event Calendar 2012 Discover the COMOS software solutions in 2012 at following events We will in form you at these events about the latest news about COMOS We appreciate your visit more 17 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 NEWS COMOS training program expanded Training courses have been complemented by six further courses The range of COMOS training courses has been complemented by six further courses We would like to introduce three of these courses in a little more detail below In the Basic Cabinet Layout and MRO Maintenance Repair Overhaul courses up to six partici pants per course will be introduced to specif ic course content in a very practice oriented way The COMOS Basic Training contains the fundamentals of working with the COMOS software while the Cabinet Layout Training is aimed at experienced COMOS users from the area of electrical engineering The new MRO training course is aimed at maintenance engi neers and it presents opt
13. Successful plant management of the future is based on a data centric ap proach which makes traditional document based working methods a thing of the past The more complex plants become the more effort it takes and the more difficult it is to manage plant documentation in the tradi tional sense and keep it up to date The solu tion definitely lies in managing engineering data in a uniform system Updates are auto matically included and replicated within all relevant processes This ensures the as built condition of the plant is always available in digital format The COMOS software solution offers precisely such an efficient data man agement system and indeed is already being used successfully in a number of applications across the oil and gas industry COMOS Plant Manager Occasionally COMOS has been criticized for not offering sufficient 3D visualization options Dirk Wegg Firstly COMOS provides standard interfaces for 3D CAE systems which can identify and solve inconsistencies between 2D and 3D visualizations These systems are joe j a 1 oe i F A a I y Ss oh being continually further developed and en hanced Secondly the topic of 3D visualiza tion is being addressed in COMOS in particu lar with the acquisition of VRcontext Furthermore fully integrating Walkinside software into the range has added further depth to this focus Over the last few years the 3D visualization software Walkinside w
14. bout 3D visualization and training software Acquisition of VRcontext strengthened COMOS portfolio Interview with Dirk Wegg about trends in the oil amp gas industry Data centric development and operation of plants with COMOS could potentially solve an industry problem that has plagued us for decades News Mobile plant management Service and support newsletter Sales and service partners for Romania Best IT company in Denmark Event Calendar Training program expanded Tips amp tricks Chemical Industry Reference Evonik Standardization supports accelerated plant design Power Plant Industry Reference BWSC Design of power plants in interdisciplinary database Q 4 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 3D visualization and training software COMOS portfolio significantly strengthened by the acquisition of 3D experts VRcontext On September 26 2012 at the Digital Plant congress in Wurzburg the acquisition of VRcontext S A on October 1 2012 was officially an nounced With this acquisition Siemens has acquired one of the world s leading experts in 3D visualization and training software This further strengthens Siemens established position in the industrial software market The market leading software Walkinside will be integrated in the COMOS product portfolio iia ee Adres foe Gh ope ep Siia all YE 8HS lor BRO Fs BUAI Bj e e nee O ee Har Brt HT eaaa o d ee 5
15. d operation safer and more efficient in many sectors of the industry states Eckard Eberle CEO of the Siemens Industrial Automation Systems Business Unit With the integration of Walkinside in the COMOS portfolio customers profit from even greater productivity and additional benefits throughout the entire value chain of plant management The skills brought together in COMOS Walkinside will also be integrated in creasingly in development and support etc and therefore increase the investment protec tion for customers H O OL You will find more information on the advantages of COMOS Walkinside in the video 6 35 minutes 6 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 Chemical Industry Reference Evonik Standardization supports accelerated plant design Effective planning of chemical plants through optimized engineering The design of tailored chemical production plants generally still takes several years The chemical company Evonik has been pursuing a holistic approach to plant design for some years Strictly defined xml files within a very modular working environment act as the core of this concept All data is saved in a central database The company is currently developing stan dards for P amp ID creation with the target of unified and accelerated plant design Researchers and engineers at Evonik cooper ate very closely on a global basis in order to facilitate the rapid market launch of innova tive products Nevertheless
16. dress from the COMOS Plant Manager distribution list O hereby agree that my personal data will be used by Siemens and or Siemens subcontractors exclusively in connection with the requested services herewith consent to any further disclosure of my personal data by Siemens Industry if such disclosure is mandatory by law or a court judgement Required field send 20 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 Impress COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 Publisher Siemens AG Industry Sector Industry Automation Division Industrial Automation Systems IA AS PA CIS MK Karl Legien Str 190 D 53117 Bonn Germany www siemens com COMOS COMOS Industry Solutions VP Andreas Geiss Editor Ingo Kaiser Siemens AG IA AS PA CIS MK Karl Legien Str 190 D 53117 Bonn Germany Phone 49 0 228 64805 210 Fax 49 0 228 64805 125 ingo kaiser siemens com Editorial Committee Mareike Blettner Ingo Kaiser COMOS Plant Manager is published quarterly 2012 by Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Munich and Berlin All rights reserved by the publisher ET E F rT COMOS Plant Manager From Integrated Engineering to Integrated Operations Issue 3 2012 SIEM ENS 3D visualization Acquisition of VRcontext strengthened COMOS portfolio Reference Evonik l al f IE ALAL ndustry Reference BWSC with Dirk Wegg about Trends in the Oil amp Gas Industry The following products are registered Picture credits
17. e true but Claus Albrechtsen freely ac knowledges that the project like many oth er change processes in a company involved a certain amount of daring and anarchy when BWSC s engineers had to learn to use COMOS To be honest you just dive in And you make sure all the practical details are in order I d like to be able to say that all our work pro cesses were in place but that wasn t the case The process was the same for us as for everyone else you discover that you have to adjust your systems to the program and we spent the first many years doing that Claus Albrechtsen rationalizes and adds The man agement doesn t simply lean back and say Now we ve figured it all out Everyone has to provide input and then you gradually de velop some procedures that work We re working on that all the time We re far from having finished exploiting the possibilities a system like COMOS offers Completely valid data One of the challenges in day to day working life is the necessity to work with completely valid data It is a clever system of course that enables the electrical engineer to imme diately start designing the supply for the pump which the mechanical engineer has entered into the system but what if the me chanical engineer merely entered his first wild guesses And what if the mechanical en gineer changes his choice of pump because he has made a mistake or changes his mind Fic EGR View Adena
18. ed 4 Define the start object by drag amp drop 5 Define the searched settings e g Property Attribute or FreeProperty 6 Specify the settings by further definition e g Name Lable or Description 7 Define the searched value in our sample it is G125 8 Link to AND operation In the configura tion field the fixed settings are linked to AND operations 9 Again define the searched settings e g Property Attribute or FreeProperty 10 Specify the settings by further definition of the Attribute name in the sample we enter PIA055 11 Define the searched value in our sample it is 7 i l 14 Te Link to OR operation The different configuration fields are linked to OR operations A new configuration field will be opened Enter the requested information in the fields in our sample it is Property Name und G55 To start the query click the Search button The requested information will be shown Only the defined data sets will be taken from the database In our Sample we have a Query 16 16 Video 2 1 43 Minuten 19 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 Your Opinion is important to us We would like to continuously improve the quality of the COMOS Plant Manager Therefore the feedback of the readers is very important to us Which article suits you well and which article did not fit your expectations Do
19. eft of the picture is the same motor in the process flow diagram and the electrical diagram In this case you risk duplicating your work be cause the electrical engineer then has to start again from scratch BWSC has therefore incorporated status fields in the system for example for signals piping and other equipment The status field indi cates to the other engineers how far the de sign has progressed In that way the data is H O OL validated and it becomes easier for the users to grasp the many components which easily add up to 4 000 6 000 signals for a power plant project according to Mads Broge Richelsen 11 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 Interview with Dirk Wegg about trends in the oil amp gas industry Interview with Dirk Wegg about trends in the oil amp gas industry COMOS Plant Manager Hello Mr Wegg can you tell us about the developments you are cur rently witnessing in the oil and gas industry Dirk Wegg The demand for energy in indus trialized and newly industrializing countries is steadily increasing However over the coming years the global community will not yet be able to meet this demand with renewable or alternative energy sources In fact over the next 20 to 30 years raw materials such as oil and gas will play an increasingly important role in terms of energy supply Having said this deposits which are easily exploited have been virtually exhausted To this end ever greater risks
20. genuine know how goodies which constitute the specific Evonik knowledge require manual re working As the standardized queries are car ried out very time efficiently ample leeway is available for such reworks The e blocks form an integral part of the general planning data base and are seamlessly integrated in the COMOS working environment Furthermore data consistency is ensured at all times As the e blocks can be very easily supplemented by further information every decision can be im mediately assessed with regard to costs This facilitates the rapid identification of expen sive versions User friendly interface for eased planning The plant engineers are currently working with a prototype developed by the chemical company This prototype features a query tree structure which is based on an expert system For P amp ID planning the engineers answer con crete questions on specific subjects via a user friendly interface for example Is an inflow armature in the feed supply required or How many feed supplies in the column are required Traffic light colors indicate wheth er further planning decisions have to be made by the user Defined e blocks are incorporated in the P amp ID flow diagrams in accordance with the plant engineers answers All prepared planning steps can be immediately graphically implemented and displayed by the software All decisions are documented and can be re voked if re
21. have to be taken in order to ex tract oil and gas from remote areas As such deep sea drilling activities are commonplace these days and initial projects exploring ex The oil amp gas industry represents dynamic devel opment and innovation COMOS Plant Manager spoke to Dirk Wegg General Manager of the Blue Chip Energy Program at Siemens Industry Soft ware about trends challenges and solutions in this marketplace traction in areas with extreme climatic condi tions such as in the Barents Sea north of Nor way and Russia are currently underway Extracting the raw materials and the plant equipment needed for this is correspondingly more costly and complex At the same time the economical and political pressure under which the plant operators are placed contin ues to increase Indeed the issue of personal and environmental safety remains a key focus There will be ever more official rules and reg ulations to comply with Furthermore addi tional time pressures are placed on companies these days In the past a whole decade could pass between the discovery of raw material resources and their extraction however the process must now take place in a significantly shorter time period H O OL 12 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 Interview with Dirk Wegg about trends in the oil amp gas industry TA Te Le ol ail Lui COMOS Plant Manager What requirements arise from this for plant management and ti
22. ime and place that risk can be further controlled and costs thereby minimized such savings collaboration spanning trades and companies is essential This calls for cor responding tools such as the object oriented COMOS software which offers just such a software solution thanks to its uniform data platform The software enables interoperabil ISO 15926 and utilizing the latest interface technologies Especially in terms of the handover from plant engineer to owner op erator there is still large scope for improve ment H O OL ings the widest range of measures for opti mization will be adopted Such measures range from having fewer staff on the extrac tion site and extend to putting risk based maintenance strategies in place as part of the maintenance operations At the same time operators must continuously adapt and im prove their plant documentation in line with new regulations and provisions Efficient data management is absolutely essential for all these measures and requirements for it Is only when the right data is available at the right time and place that risk can be further controlled and costs thereby minimized 13 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 Interview with Dirk Wegg about trends in the oil amp gas industry Na Pii Wa Io Tos mga Catehase 9 Widew Hep a isl md inal E fa A ho a P7 all COMOS Plant Manager So what does an ef ficient data management system involve Dirk Wegg
23. ions for optimizing maintenance tasks To achieve maximum learning success the experienced COMOS in structors give special attention during the courses to participants needs You can find out more about the content of the courses by clicking on the relevant course All COMOS training courses can also be booked locally for specific customers around the world You can request information on other training courses via the e mail address training COMOS siemens com Information on COMOS training courses is also available on the Internet Training course descriptions 1 COMOS Basic Training COMOS Basic Training is aimed at planning engineers drafters or trainee COMOS admin istrators It covers the philosophy of COMOS the handling of technical documentation and specific objects for electrotechnical plan ning more 2 COMOS Cabinet Layout Training This is intended as advanced training for ex perienced users with knowledge gained from COMOS Electrical Engineering Training This course introduces methods and tools for planning control cabinets The focus is on creating views synchronizing these views and working with the COMOS rail editor more H O OL 3 COMOS MRO Training Maintenance Repair Overhaul The COMOS MRO Maintenance Repair Over haul Training is aimed at users and trainee COMOS administrators Participants learn about the basic functionalities of COMOS for working with the interface
24. ith its intuitive user interface has made a name for itself in the oil and gas industry and is relied upon by large globally leading com panies Combined with COMOS as a global data center this enables easy menu assisted access for users to all relevant information which has already been generated in the Ba H O OL 3D visualization with the software solution COMOS Walkinisde sic and Detail Engineering phases This en ables the operator to be guided through efficient preparation and planning of mainte nance and servicing tasks for example As such owner operators can use the software as an ideal way of training staff in prepara tion for their deployment on a drilling plat form This results in significantly increased plant availability combined with maximum safety levels during operation COMOS Plant Manager Mr Wegg thank you for the interview 14 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 HELLET Goa bay 07 VRR E inj 4 f i a i a i E b Mobile plant management with COMOS Mobile Document Review An ever increasing number of users are en joying the benefits of engineering software for mobile plant management Modern web and sharepoint technologies offer users increasing flexibility in terms of global col laboration help to improve the quality of information enhance efficiency and save time Siemens has now extended its plant manage ment software COMOS by the inclusion of a solution for
25. liar 2D solutions we can therefore now offer fast access to 3D engineering data from the basic and detail engineering stages Along with re alistic 3D visualization and easy operation the powerful software impresses with data management in real time and a capability to handle very large data volumes You can read more about COMOS Walkinside on pages six and seven of this edition of the COMOS Plant Manager In this issue we also report on the successful use of COMOS by our customers Evonik in the chemical industry and BWSC in the power plant industry Read about the latest benefits provided by our service and support system and our extended training program Of course Doc COMOS has another useful tip for you This time it relates to executing a query fast er In the Event Calendar you will find events at which we can discuss the efficient man agement of your plant together Take advan tage of the opportunity and speak to us Your regional COMOS contact partner will be hap py to make an individual appointment to talk to you in detail about your specific require ments hope you enjoy reading this issue of COMOS Plant Manager Yours Andreas Geiss Vice President COMOS Industry Solutions H O OL Andreas Geiss Vice President COMOS Industry Solutions 3 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 Contents FN y ee a a 1 ma me b jH A aue PAR k pa t j aa _ 1 In this issue you can read a
26. liha baie and eap e the prods jee felted ihe kiasi bed anire Dom oai goba dedeboee FAgs mn dwn and apahal ceri fcalions Product liame r Mant Nummer Product Support a For fulomalion yitam mi eratchon and conteciiiy i presina click below for appicatun sanpa sanpa demanatraticn Pyaiere ged more palios amp Tools Support by experts worldwide ew enslig conversalices and tak lp oher users shoul Send your quesion direct to s Semena technical support spec educi spoil and eee Parse ste thunk ynu wH aset be Loga in agiri Paria di More slarl your discussion wih olher users eager vie cur gnie Tagpo Aes MA Support Request Presentation Create an individual newsletter d H O OL As soon as new information relating to the se lected topics is published in the online portal users will be sent an e mail keeping them up to date with all innovations In the Service and Support online portal the COMOS customer now has new helpful func tions available Among other things the down load area provides the user with a list of the most important technical information on COMOS The list is updated monthly The FAQ area gives the user access to informative docu ments on a variety of topics for example Data exchange between SIMATIC PCS 7 and COMOS All manuals from COMOS version 9 2 onwards are available for download Service and Support Online Portal 16 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2
27. me They must design highly special ized technical plants to meet individual re quirements faster than ever before Today a great deal of time can only be saved by im plementing parallel operational processes in plant engineering In order to benefit from ity using the open system architecture and as a uniform software solution now ensures optimum bidirectional data exchange be tween different applications and disciplines In terms of the future the software will con tinue to be improved developing in line with COMOS Plant Manager What challenges do owner operators face both now and in the future Dirk Wegg Basically fewer employees must be able to manage increased plant complexity easily and quickly Due to the huge quantity of Dirk Wegg Financial pressures on operators will continue to rise In order to make sav data gathered and the corresponding need to prepare this data which serves as a basis for economical and technical decisions imple menting optimum plant management is essen tial However this requires high performance engineering tools throughout all phases of the plant lifecycle ranging from engineering to handover and plant operation COMOS Plant Manager What are the conse quences for plant engineering Dirk Wegg EPC Engineering Procurement amp Construction companies are now placed un der significant pressure in terms of quality Only when the right data is available at the right t
28. mobile data and document utili zation in the form of an iPad app entitled COMOS Mobile Document Review Users can now edit review and release plant documen tation and manage revision status anywhere anytime with the aid of editing and redlining features whether on business trips in meet ings or during tours of inspection Docu ments from the COMOS database are trans mitted via a web server in pdf format to the COMOS user s iPad where they are edited of fline Available redlining functions include freehand drawing insertion of comments and integration of photos taken on site Once redlining has been completed a pdf is creat ed and the file returned to the COMOS data base for further processing The COMOS App is intuitive to use and can be operated without any prior knowledge of COMOS engineering software All newly loaded documents are immediately visible and their management is simplified by the use of favorites functions The App is avail able in Chinese German English and French and can be downloaded free of charge from the Apple App Store It works best on the 2nd or 3rd generation iPad Information video C 1 18 minutes H O OL 15 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 NEWS service and Support newsletter for fast and personalized information The Siemens IA amp DT Service and Support online portal has been expanded with new and very useful features for COMOS customers Apart from being able to create an i
29. ndividual newsletter users also have access to a download area FAQ documents and manuals COMOS customers now have the opportunity of putting together their own individual Ser vice and Support newsletter This newsletter is sent by e mail and provides them with fast and up to date information on the previously se lected topics for example updates and service packs To be able to put together an individual Service and Support newsletter the user must already be registered in the online portal or must register there Users can then select the product they would like to be informed about and the type of document For the Plant Engi neering Software COMOS users can select from the document types Downloads FAQs Manuals and Current product information Shlament com industry Automation and Drive technologies Deuisch Frangais Ballare Expat C Peete eee Predict Suppor Applicationg A fools Services information anam j my Suppr port news E Subscribe to our newsletter new Infcemaiion Mane operaban inverter operaban IMOS SIMATIC Process Conto System SIMATIC PES 7 Compendium Pen C Techemcal Punctons wath SPC Types F SIMATIC rocassa Conte Sytem PCS 7 Compendium Pari A Configuration Giljanes Diowninadt Lipdate version powercontg VE SPI Self help r We We Beer Choose a country aione F Enter your speciic product formation below fo quickly Go lo Gut gha
30. quired Time savings with basic planning The application of the developed standards re sulted in a considerably optimized P amp ID cre ation process at Evonik Industries What took up half a day in the past can now be realized H O OL We expect significantly reduced planning times from the application of the COMOS e block technology states Dr Dorothea Schwarz project manager at Evonik Industries AG within roughly 45 minutes We expect signifi cantly minimized engineering times from the application of the COMOS e block technology These time savings are then invested in the development of intelligent solutions which 8 COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 Chemical Industry Reference Evonik The uniform database of COMOS supports interdisciplinary work flows on the basis of consistent data throughout all phases of the plant lifecycle Die Ere apering are matched to our customers requirements even more closely comments Dr Schwarz Furthermore the uniform database supports interdisciplinary workflows and smoother co ordination between the individual depart ments Long term success in this highly inno vative business necessitates rapid inventions to outdistance copyists emphasizes Dr Schwarz Plant planning as a basis for staff development At Evonik Industries plant designing not only implies the cooperation of various colleagues all around the globe for the realization of cus tomi
31. the design of cor respondingly tailored production plants gen erally still takes several years This planning period can only be minimized if the individual planning phases are merged more closely and overlapped more intensively In this context the utilization of information generated with in the scope of basic engineering throughout the further planning process represents a suit able approach Using a procedural guideline P amp ID piping and instrumentation flow dia grams can be generated from the process flow diagrams created during this phase The guideline is to cover approximately 80 percent of the information contained in a flow dia gram The earlier initial P amp ID flow diagrams are available the faster can initial plant costs be calculated Standardization in basic engineering The design of chemical plants can be accelerat ed by means of an extensively applied stan dardization concept Analyses implemented at Evonik Industries show that the share of imper atively individually planned plant parts is way lower than expected The implementation of Standardizations in the still very complex field of P amp ID creation therefore represented an obvi ous lever Time expenditures both in terms of H O OL COMOS Plant Manager 3 2012 Chemical Industry Reference Evonik INDUSTRIES a aH VOQIK As one of the world s leading companies in the spe cialty chemicals industry Evonik Industries
32. vitably result in higher costs and reduced competitiveness High R amp D investments and shorter time to market Also the chemical company Evonik is facing this trend As one of the world s leading com panies in the specialty chemicals industry the permanent development of innovative prod ucts and applications represents a strategic main task Correspondingly investments for research and development amounted to ap proximately 365 million Euros in 2011 Roughly H O OL 2 400 staff members work in the company s research and development R amp D depart ments at more than 35 sites worldwide Over 700 staff members of this headcount work in process technology and engineering alone Moreover the company conducts many joint research activities with other companies uni versities and scientific technical institutions These major R amp D expenditures are reflected by more than 24 000 patents and applica tions The chemical company s research and development processes are based on very close cooperation with its customers to en sure the development of demand based prod ucts These innovative products have to be produced and launched as fast as possible in order to remain competitive The time pres sure regarding the required production plants planning and realization is correspondingly high The standardization of P amp ID planning with the help of the COMOS software offers considerable time savings 9 COMOS Plant
33. y Reference BWSC about the system is that if you have a pump there will also be a motor with controls and a supply signal The minute the mechanical en gineer invents his pump the system supports him by saying Remember the electrical sup ply and don t forget to attach some measure ment instruments The other groups of engi neers then add their details says Mads Broge Richelsen Systems Manager at BWSC with re sponsibility for COMOS The engineers cannot make 3D drawings in COMOS they still work in the two dimension al world However it is possible to synchro nize the 2D diagrams with the 3D model and the system also enables direct linking to the system in the procurement department and to the different user manuals for the compo nents Previously the 3D designer first had to search for a data sheet for the component and when he eventually found it he had to sit and model everything manually Now we make sure in advance that we have matched the catalogs for the 2D and 3D worlds so that the objects we use in the 3D world contain the same data and characteristics as in the 2D world Claus Albrechtsen explains The systems had to be adapted The above may sound as if the transition to COMOS was painless as if the implementa tion was planned to the last detail and every thing fell into place so that the engineers could go home somewhat happier at the end of the first working week The last statement may b
34. zed plants The company s approach to Maonernimaian Process Desigii plant design also includes the qualification of young colleagues for future tasks in the Evo nik group for example as plant engineers Correspondingly these persons are only as signed to the field of plant designing for a limited period The resulting constant staff fluctuation has to be compensated according ly It is therefore all the more important to ensure the rapid productivity of our young colleagues in this situation From our point of view e blocks can decisively contribute to time savings for basic engineering and to a faster utilization of the young engineers cre ative potential Dr Schwarz concludes Countering the impending loss of innovative strength Particularly in Germany companies are facing the problem of demographic development Many sectors suffer from skilled labor short age and companies have to deal with the great difficulty of recruiting and qualifying suitable young professionals for specific tasks This may lead to a future loss of innovative strength in research and development depart ments This trend is further aggravated by the fact that many highly competent senior em ployees will leave the companies in the com ing years due to age The companies will then have to deal with a considerable loss of knowledge as the know how of these staff members was frequently only documented in sufficiently This would ine
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