DCS Based Asset Management

The branch-neutral asset management system integrated in the SIMATIC PCS 7 process control system offers users the option of preventative and predictive diagnostics, service and maintenance of the plant. In addition to process management, it provides integrated maintenance information and functions for the individual plant components and process I/O. A newly developed programmable logic block also makes it possible to integrate any number of plant components without self-test characteristics (pumps, motors, tanks, heat exchangers, centrifuges, distillation columns etc.) into the asset management.