Field Work Support in the Digital Transformation Era

摘要

When performing inspection and maintenance of important devices and equipment at plant factory sites including in explosion-proof areas, field engineers conventionally work in pairs. This is because it has not been possible while working on-site to obtain advice from experts in control rooms, or to directly refer to process values in DCS systems and manuals necessary for maintenance. However, with the progress in IT technology, operators in control rooms can communicate with on-site engineers while sharing images of display screens via mobile devices taken into the plant factory site, thus enabling the process data and state of equipment to be viewed in real time. This approach is greatly changing the procedures and forms of field work. This paper introduces technologies and solutions for supporting field work, as well as examples of such work.