• Data concentrator (DCS, Historian, SCADA) available on-site
• Transferring data from system data concentrator
• Tunneling monitoring data from devices through system connector to the cloud
• Standards required in case of non-ABB systems

Customer situation

• World’s largest FPSO vessel ever built needs to meet the high standards linked to on-site safety and a healthy working environment adapted to the climatic conditions in the Barents Sea

ABB solutions

• Technicians can manage and monitor the Goliat on the platform itself, and also from onshore operation centre. Besides usual data links, the platform is able to connect with vessels within a range of 10 km.
• WiMon system monitors the condition of rotating equipment on board - an example of a reasonable size wireless mesh network (conventionally, this would mean having an operator with a handheld tester reporting to the control room the vibration measurements)
• ABB services for IT, security and network infrastructure, information management, condition monitoring, operational performance monitoring and flow assurance solutions

Benefits

• Optimized production efficiency and decreased energy consumption through integrated automation, electrification and telecom solutions 

About ABB Ability in Oil and Gas

Customer’s situation:

• Minimum resource requirements for operating and maintaining a photovoltaic solar power plant

ABB solution:

• A remote monitoring solution provides secure and efficient access to an increasing amount of data, collected from multiple remote plants
• Automated analysis tools and applications transform the data stream into useful actionable information
• Web portal provides easy access to dashboards and reports to users

Benefits:

• Service experts have better access to data and can easily connect to a remote site, resulting in reduced response time and cost. This enables customers to improve their O&M strategies, increase performance and availability of their assets

Customer’s situation:

• Drive tripped due to component failure.
• Reduced cargo transfer capacity lead to delays in production.
• Onboard personnel not able to determine root cause of fault.

ABB solution:

• Remote connection was requested.
• Viewed historical data from time of fault.
• Based on alarm and events participating crew was instructed to perform physical tests on specific parts related to the fault.
• In cooperation the faulty part was detected and replaced with onboard spare part.
• ABB remotely monitored initial start-up after  part replacement.

Customer’s situation:

Customer sets high demands in the environmental friendly solutions it deploys onboard the vessels:

• to improve the environmental footprint of its fleet
• to minimize the overall energy costs for the entire fleet

ABB solution:

Equip entire fleet with:

• SEEMP-compliant energy monitoring and
• EMMA management system and decision-support tool to minimize the overall energy costs for individual vessels and entire fleets
• All data generated onboard transferred to a cloud-based application for vessel benchmarking.
• Provides management onshore with full visibility of energy consumption across the entire fleet.

• Extensive ABB analytical services, including simulations, helps customer on future business case analysis

About ABB Integrated Operation Center for Marine

Customer’s situation:

• ABB receives an automatically generated e-mail indicating a problem with a gearless mill drive
• Data analysis shows that the device will probably fail within 8 days

ABB solution:

• Based on the data analysis, the customer was advised to immediately interrupt production for <30 min to clean dust filters to survive operation until next planned outage
• At next planned outage, resolution of the problem by replacing components that were organized in time by the service organization
• We collect data in real time from 400 electric motors, 280 variable speed drives, and two massive 1,200-meter hoists. Engineers now have the ability to make predictive maintenance decisions, before something goes wrong.

Benefits:

• Reduced energy usage, increased resource productivity, reduced downtime, reduced need for on-site expertise, more efficient water usage, reduced noise
  
  

Customer situation

• A greenfield pulp mill needs to optimize equipment and process performance

ABB solution:

• Advanced Process Control (APC) packages use data already gathered and available in a pulp mill's automation system to predict and control operations.
• ABB Loop Performance Monitoring Service, powered by remote-enabled ServicePort, helps the mill identify and control loop performance issues.

Benefits

• ABB advanced services provide the mill with tools needed to achieve peak productivity and quality

Customer situation

• A major provider of data center colocation services across America (20 data centers in 13 strategic U.S. markets) needs maximum visibility into its own operations, ability to identify issues before they become problems, to optimize energy consumption and cooling

ABB solution

• ABB Decathlon for Data Centers connects with, monitors and automates equipment provided by all types of third-party suppliers so that operators can manage all of their cooling equipment from a single location within the data center. No other system provider can do this.
• ABB system calculates the energy in the cooling liquid for the center and reports a monthly history of energy usage so Telx managers can compare energy reports to utility charges, a crucial analysis in a region where electricity is very expensive.
• Datacenter owner can look at all his customers across 20 sites nationwide and compare customer revenue and the amount of power each customer uses from a centralized location.

Benefits

• Business analytics help determine the true costs of delivering data center services and understand data centers' profitability through a consolidated system.

• Connecting intelligent device
• Communication device to connect on-site individual devices to the cloud (wireless or wired internet connection)
• Data concentrator capabilities for limited number of devices
• On-demand or time-based transfer of collected data

Customer's situation:

• One of the robots was generating Collision Supervision alarms

ABB solution:

• Thanks to Remote Service, ABB experts quickly found that the robot was configured with the settings for a floor mounted robot, instead of those of a suspended robot.
• In another case the load settings were set higher than the maximum robot payload, causing overloads which could ultimately result in damage to gears and motors.
• By reprogramming the trajectories that caused the overload, this problem could be fixed.

Benefits:

• Via quick phone guidance ABB saved the customer hours of production, the time to travel, trouble shooting and problem correction.

Customer situation:

• Building operators need smarter solutions that make energy management easier and that help reduce total operating costs of low-voltage power grids ensuring more timely interventions.

ABB response:

• Emax 2 circuit breakers’ built-in sensors and connectivity, configured with Ekip View supervision software enable remote monitoring, management and control of the low-voltage network at the shopping mall.
• With each node in the electrical distribution network connected, everything from energy consumption to trend analysis and testing can be managed remotely.

Benefits:

• ABB’s complete low-voltage solution improved the project’s delivery time by 35% and reduced engineering costs by around 60%, due to its integrated SCADA functionality.

• Connecting device lacking sensors
• Low-end sensing solution for rough health indication
• Local wireless to data collector (modem) wireless solution to collect sensor data and transfer to the cloud
• Smartphone to collect data through built-in sensors or Bluetooth connection, upload by local user

• The motor is the most common piece of electrical equipment in any industry, 70% of total energy in an installation being used by these devices
• Keeping the motors maintained is a crucial job, knowing precisely when a motor needs to be serviced helps to reduce energy consumption

ABB response:

• ABB has developed a compact sensor that is attached to the frame of low voltage induction motors. No wiring is needed.
• Using on-board algorithms, based on ABB’s decades of motor expertise, the smart sensor relays information about the motor’s health, via a smartphone and over the internet, to a secure server.

Benefits:

• Make huge numbers of motors into smart devices, enabling them to benefit from intelligent services
• Reduce motor downtime by up to 70%, extend lifetime by 30% and lower energy use by up to 10%

Challenge:

• The cost of commissioning and maintaining drives

ABB response:

• Service engineers and installers easily connect to a drive via wireless Bluetooth connection.
• Using a user-friendly smartphone interface, the installer can more quickly and efficiently commission and tune a drive’s performance, allowing quick resolution of any initial issues without being forced to take the drive offline

Benefits:

• ABB apps make it convenient for customers to access rich new data from their drives that’s targeted to help improve their operations and make better decisions without overwhelming them with unnecessary complexity.

Customer situation

• Commissioning issues and delays during physical building of the factory

ABB solution

• ABB is able to simulate an exact replica of the factory in the virtual realm, including automated motion over time, so that all technical issues can be solved in advance. It integrates all automation assets (robots, PLCs, motors, drives) and lets you run the factory digitally before you run the actual factory - without shutting down the factory floor

Benefits

• Reduced shop-floor commissioning time by up to 25 percent, earlier production starts, reduced maintenance costs, increased productivity, reduced opportunity costs
  
  

Customer situation

• Mines are high-risk environments, certain areas can take a considerable amount of time to reach.

ABB solution

• Remote control stations for remote rock breakers and real-time video system integrated into mine automation system 800xA
• A 3D simulator, to aid in training and to verify the rock breaker’s remote control system.
• The crews can continue rock breaking a kilometre or more below ground without pausing for shift changes or waiting until blasting has been completed

Benefits

• The mine can significantly boost productivity while simultaneously reducing the potential for accidents

Customer situation:

• The city had experienced meter reader injuries, workers’ compensation claims and staff turnover.

ABB solution:

• Automated meter reading through wireless network eliminated the need for workers to undertake dangerous tasks such as scaling fences with locked gates and confronting unpredictable animals
• Remotely monitoring and controlling devices such as switches in electrical utility substations and pumps in water-utility lift stations reduces or even eliminates the need for workers to travel to remote facilities. Less driving and less time spent at remote sites translates into less chance of accidents.
• When dispatch is required, wireless access for field workers using laptops, tablets and handheld devices enables on-site access to schematics and manuals, supporting safe, successful repair efforts.
• Transit worker safety enhanced by combining in-vehicle video monitoring with an automated vehicle location (AVL) system. A vehicle operator hitting a panic button can alert a supervisor that an incident has occurred, enabling the supervisor to remotely assess the situation and dispatch assistance to the correct location

Challenge:

• High cost of a full-scale wearable computing solution consisting of a head-mounted-display (HMD)-based augmentedreality (AR) and hand-gesture-based interaction

ABB solution

• Wearable computing combines mobile computing and sensor technology to produce invisible sensing devices that provide accurate information about the complex environment in which

  they operate 
• Mobile apps and the advanced mobile technologies have now enabled the development of more affordable applications that provide field personnel with timely, accurate and detailed information on the move.

• Using off-the-shelf components, new support tools for field service tasks have been developed by ABB that instantly provide important environmental, health and process information.