Issue ATP journal April 2021 - Part I of the didgitalization series
Data - the basis of digitalization
There are countless areas in the digitized automation world where data plays a fundamental role. Three general developments of this role - the “triple jump” of digitalization, so to speak - include:
the generation of increasingly comprehensive data in the field thanks to smart field devices,
the transmission of data at ever-lower margin costs,
the use of data in networked systems, both in the field (edge) and in the cloud, in such a way that they contribute to value creation.
The article describes the three mentioned areas of development closer and shows which solutions Siemens process instrumentation is able to offer. Please have a look at the PDFs to find the whole story
Process sensor technology and instrumentation play a central role in digitalization efforts. Data generated in the field by intelligent field devices, collected consistently by connectivity elements and passed on in a standardized manner, and then processed and visualized in an integrated manner via apps in an IoT ecosystem, can become the new oil of the 21st century.
