Delta Presents a Facility Management and Control System Solution for Smart Manufacturing

With the growing popularity of Big Data, AI, IoT, 5G, AIoT and IIoT topics, small and medium businesses around the world are transforming their business models to include smart factories. As a provider of key smart manufacturing technology and products, Delta has implemented a facility management and control system solution at its own plants. The solution is bringing about great results and is a clear demonstration of Delta's pioneering position in smart manufacturing.

In the past, manufacturing technology management was divided into Operation Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT). With totally different requirements, the OT is isolated from IT, as it requires further integration and management. The latest factories have already integrated IT and OT with no further processing required. All of the equipment and a management platform can be connected for data transmission, import, storage, analysis to visualization, and smart information export. The complete interface platform is able to provide exact operation information for the production and assembly line.

Delta provides a complete solution for a facility management and control system. The solution integrates the DIAView SCADA System and Delta's hardware products, helping customers to make the equipment in their factories conform and collect essential data figures for an instant, efficient and digitalized facility information management platform. Facility managers can monitor the real-time status to reduce the losses from downtime or anomalies. Delta's solution oversees all of the production equipment to control the scheduling and ensure a stable operation environment.

Generally, the facility system consists of air-conditioners, air-compressors, ventilation system, water supply system and power system. Delta adopts the Ethernet Switches DVS Series to connect the controllers of the on-site equipment, and transmits the data to the master controller Hot Swappable Mid-range PLC AH500 Series via Ethernet. The management staff can command via the Delta Human Machine Interface DOP-100 Series. The data is also uploaded to the DIAView installed in the control center. The visualized system status is displayed to help managers control the real-time operation of the facility system. In addition, DIAView's built-in historical data trace, alarm notification and system knowledge base modules offer quick analysis to achieve total digitalization of the facility system.

With the actual application, Delta's facility management and control system solution achieves the following benefits:

• Efficient facility management system
Integrating without changing existing equipment, staff members can use a unified system for efficient management. The alarm parameters are adjusted in real-time based on various situations for the facility managers to notice anomalies in advance. In addition, the C/S structure supports monitoring from multiple client servers simultaneously. Along with authority management, it enhances system efficiency and stability.
• Knowledge base function
The system offers a knowledge base function for user-defined parameter and program module settings, and real-time data analysis. Users can maintain the handling modes against different system exceptions on the open management interface. A knowledge base is established through continuous iterations, achieving Knowledge-as-a-Software to develop best handling modes against various system exceptions.
• Accurate historical data traceability
Daily 24/7 facility data collection provides full traceability for the facility history. A variety of statistical and query modes are available for easy horizontal and vertical comparison to analyze the facility system operation efficiency and status.

Smart and digitalized facility data management is the goal of every factory. Integrating IT and OT, Delta's facility management and control system solution has upgraded its own factory into a pioneer in the manufacturing industry that shares Delta's experience with customers so they can achieve smart factories and enhance productivity.