No. 1008
Current Status and Subjects for Field Network Application in Metal Industry Production System
Investigation Committee for Field Network Application in Metal Industry Production System
Open field network, which connects controller level equipments with field equipments, is expanding its application as a standard field network depending to region and usage, since its advantage is acknowledged by active promotion, though field network was proprietary to equipment manufacturer for a long time. In its application, there are many subjects to be solved for users’ application policy establishment and manufacturers’ technical assistance together with promotion group in terms of the agreement level to system requirements and the stability of system engineering and maintenance, etc..
Since the level of requirements such as high speed, high reliability and large capacity, etc. is severe in metal industry production system, the investigation of real situation and the examination of the measure for the open field network application are urgent tasks. Technical Committee of Metal Industry Division of the Institute of Electrical Engineers Japan organized “Investigation Committee for Field Network Application in Metal Industry Production System”. It made investigation of the actual conditions, extraction of the subjects, and examination of the requirements for open field network application in typical iron and steel production facilities, for two years or more from July 2002. Basic investigation results concerning open field network application in metal industry production system were obtained through the committee activities. In this report, the investigation of open field network application status, the extraction of subjects in application, the study of standardization trend, and the measure and its subjects for application expansion were brought together, and additionally its direction in the future was considered.
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