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Focus issue:
Management level for lean automation
No dedicated management software is
necessary thanks to web and IT technology
Every Saia® PCD automation device has web and
IT functions as standard. The integrated web and
IT functions offer a wide range of communica-
tions options according to recognized in-
ternational standards. Each PC and each
browser-capable end device is therefore
a «SCADA station». Thanks to this pos-
sibility, an upstream SCADA system
is no longer required, and can even
be dispensed with altogether in
many buildings.
This technology is now being used successfully by
many customers. Some of the most fruitful projects
are described below.
The system integrator LCS uses the technology
in the Sourasky Medical Centre (TMC) in Israel. In
Israel’s largest immunotherapy center, Saia® PCD
automation devices with web and IT functions offer
control, data capture, trending information, fault
reporting and data access. The simple handling of
incoming data and the efficient processing ensure
the highest level of operating safety. In addition,
the combination of robust PLC functions and ad-
vanced IT performance features the architecture
and integration of the overall system. This optimal
solution was implemented comprehensively from
the outset, to the total satisfaction of medical re-
search personnel, service personnel and the man-
agement. Reference report Web and IT technology/
Sourasky Medical Centre: Web code en1333a
CERN, the European organi-
zation for nuclear research,
is the largest particle physics
research center in the world.
CERN has over 300 facilities
around Geneva, Switzerland.
CERN runs the whole building
without SCADA System or BACnet. Standard web
and IT technology in all DDC automation stations
are the solution. More details on page 57.
With the new exhibition and the «Pilatus» mountain
range in the background, Lucerne has one of the
most beautiful exhibition backdrops in Europe. In-
creasing numbers of visitors and growing strain on
infrastructure have persuaded the Lucerne Messe
AG to invest in additional exhibition halls and up-
to-date building technology.
Saia® PCD systems were chosen as the automation
component. Competitors proposed expensive con-
trol systems.
But it was Saia’s web concept that won the contract.
Thanks to the web and IT technology in Saia® PCD
controllers, no upstream SCADA system was re-
quired. The web concept convinced them!
During construction, the exhibition halls, a foyer and
a restaurant will be fitted with Saia® PCD automa-
tion de- vices and operated via the web interface. To
serve the infrastructure, managers and technicians
were given the same web interfaces.
Reference report web and IT technology Messe
Lucerne, Web code en1333b
Saia®PCDs with integrated web
and IT functions replace
upstream SCADA systems.
Plant display with Hebrew
text (free choice of language)
from the PCD in the
Sourasky Medical Centre
The largest immunotherapy centre in Israel relies on the web and IT
functions of Saia®PCDs.
The control panel is located on
the roof of the hospital under
the fierce sun rays of the
Middle East: that posed a chal-
lenge for the PLC technology!
Manage-
ment-
level
Automation level
Field level
Beat Bucheli
Head of Hünenberg
Office, IReL AG,
System Integrator
With web and IT
technology, customized manage-
ment system software and PC
were unnecessary.
Testimonial: Webcode1333c
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