HEALTH & SAFETY REMBE IQ SAFETY COCKPIT
REMBE
Smart home for factories
Visualisation of safety-relevant faults in the control room is only half the battle . In order to appropriately react to such faults , pre-defined counter measures have to be initiated – what sounds simple is a true challenge for plant operators in practice . Given the risk of human error , the REMBE iQ Safety Cockpit was developed and launched :
Similar to a process control system , the REMBE iQ Safety Cockpit offers an overview of all relevant protective and equipment system status , which can also be monitored in real time from any location remotely via smart phone . However , in addition to the PLC , detailed and automatic and semiautomatic action plans can be linked and initiated : In case of an event in a certain area , sending an email or an SMS to a predefined distribution group can be automated to bring the incident to their attention . Such a scenario could for example be , that in the event of an explosion the responsible safety officer might be informed by text message via his service phone , the surveillance cameras in the affected area could be activated or set to a different mode and the management would receive an email . Nevertheless , more importantly , the REMBE iQ Safety Cockpit guides the logged in user through the pre-defined plan of action .
Forced guidance thereby would ensure that all desired and necessary process steps are followed in the event of a disruption . Those applications and process scenarios of the REMBE iQ Safety Cockpit can be individually configured for each plant ; both analog and digital signals can be processed . In addition to the REMBE autonomous protective systems , GreCon spark extinguishing systems , camera systems or even fire detectors and other plant components can be combined and connected to the REMBE iQ Safety Cockpit .
Learnings from incidents and systematic root cause analysis are subject to be implemented in improved safety concepts . REMBE iQ Safety Cockpit supports as all data recorded during the emergency plan are compiled and archived in a comprehensive log . This data can be practically expended or adjusted via the various end devices . When the location of the accident is inspected , photos can be conveniently taken and loaded into the log ( via app ) for subsequent evaluation .
In the end , this means , that all conventional autonomous protective systems from REMBE have become smarter without sacrificing their actual strength , the fast and reliable function .
In the age of digitisation , it is just as important to ensure a fast response time and the resulting high availability . The REMBE iQ Safety Cockpit also enables optimal integration of other interfaces through the individually coordinated visualization of each process . Faults or , in the worst case , explosions not only require a regulated emergency plan , but also a predictive maintenance that is not only possible through the pure workforce of the employee on site . By detecting the operationally relevant components such as explosion vents , quench valves for explosion protection or pyrolysis gas and fire detectors or grounding systems for explosion prevention , all these can be registered and connected to a material management system .
In a nutshell : REMBE iQ Safety Cockpit is nothing else than a smart home control or driver assistance system in the automotive industry . Those are used to improve the efficiency and safety of driving a car and enable , in the right mix of auxiliary sensors and smart detectors , autonomous driving . Staying in that picture , simply spoken , REMBE iQ Safety Cockpit , such as an driver assistance system for plants will allow autonomous operation and push safety and efficiency to the highest possible level in the industry 4.0 .
Fig . 1 : Example of individually configured application and process scenarios .
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