Smart Sensors and Automatic Functions
SMART SENSORS AND AUTOMATIC FUNCTIONS
To ensure that each production facility can play its part in the digital plant, it has to fulfill certain preconditions, meaning that it must have the highest possible degree of automation combined with high availability. Smart sensors, monitoring tools, and robotic applications make a significant contribution here by leading to greater transparency of all production steps and enabling the systems to operate automatically.
PAVE THE WAY FOR PROCESS OPTIMIZATION
Intelligent sensors provide essential information about the processes taking place and the actual condition of the production facilities.
They directly measure physical values or use preexisting data to calculate additional information. Measuring tools for plant conditions enable predictive maintenance, and sensors for processes and products provide detailed information on various parameters during production.
The information from smart sensors is the enabler for the implementation of process models and advanced automatic functions. It makes it easier to improve those processes that could yield higher performance.