Title
System of sensors and actuators for the production of water used in the manufacture of medicines
Date Issued
02 October 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
da Silva F.R.M.
Fonsêca D.A.d.M.
da Silva W.L.A.
Villarreal E.R.L.
Salazar A.O.
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
This paper presents the development and implementation of a centralized industrial network for an automatic purified water production system used in the pharmaceutical industry. This implementation is part of a project to adapt an industrial plant to cope with advances in industrial technology to achieve the level of Industry 4.0. The adequacy of the instruments and the interconnection of the controllers made it possible to monitor the process steps by transforming a manual plant, with discontinuous production into an automated plant, improving the efficiency and quality of the produced water. The development of a supervisory system provides the operator with a panoramic view of the process, informing in real-time the behavior of the variables in the process steps, as well as storing data, event history and alarms. This system also prevented the collection of erroneous or manipulated data, making the process more transparent and reliable. Accordingly, we have been able to tailor this water treatment plant to operate within the minimum requirements required by the regulator.
Volume
19
Issue
20
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería industrial Sistemas de automatización, Sistemas de control
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85073611958
PubMed ID
Source
Sensors (Switzerland)
ISSN of the container
14248220
Sponsor(s)
This research was funded in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001 and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), and supported by Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa (UNSA) Investiga under the grant number IAI-019-2018-UNSA.
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