New DXAdvanced R3 data-acquisition and display station for networks

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (The Netherlands) announces the release of the DXAdvanced R3 data-acquisition and display station for networks: an enhanced version of the Daqstation series of paperless recorders.

The new products feature a new customising function for the display and a

recording function by facility or batch to provide excellent operability and

easy data management for even more efficient monitoring of production lines.

In recent years, paperless recorders which can record measurement data to

electronic media have become the main method of recording data in industrial

processes or on production lines. Compared with traditional paper-based

recorders, they offer improved efficiency, reduced maintenance requirements,

and the ability to process and analyse stored data. In addition, there is a

growing emphasis on monitoring operational data and stored historical data

in the production environment. For these reasons, an important criterion

when purchasing a recorder is whether the necessary data can be easily

viewed.

Factory automation often involves batch production, and operational data

needs to be acquired and monitored on the same basis. For processes

involving multiple devices, a recorder must be connected to each device and

data acquired accordingly, even though the use of multi-channel recorders is

increasing. As a result, to manage data for the entire production line, data

must be acquired from each recorder: a laborious and time-consuming process.

Yokogawa has enhanced the functionality of the DXAdvanced data acquisition

and display station to address these challenges and improve the efficiency

of the monitoring process in the production environment.

The DXAdvanced is a paperless recorder with built-in panel, and offers

integrated display, recording, and communication functions. Two models are

available: one with a 5.5-inch LCD panel and up to 12 input channels, and

the other with a 10.4-inch LCD panel and up to 48 input channels.

With the new display customising function, various screens such as trend

display and bar charts can be placed to suit the user’s requirements.

Displaying the data on virtual plant diagrams makes it easier to grasp the

data intuitively.

With the new multi-batch function, data are acquired independently from each

process, and data acquisition can be started and stopped on each channel.

This allows users to acquire data independently for each process on a single

DXAdvanced by allocating the channels to the particular processes to be

managed.

The products are designed for an open system environment, and conform to the

PROFIBUS-DP1 and EtherNet/IP2 standards for industrial communication

protocols. This facilitates the development of multi-vendor systems using

these protocols as a common interface when connecting to devices such as

programmable logic controllers (PLCs) or temperature controllers.

Major target markets for the new products are production sites in industries

such as electric power, petrochemical, chemical, iron and steel, pulp and

paper, food, pharmaceutical, and water and wastewater, as well as OEMs and

equipment manufacturers.

Applications include the recording and monitoring of parameters such as

temperature, pressure, flow or chemical composition in manufacturing

processes.