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.