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What FlowChief Does for You!
Combined heat and power plants are used in a variety of ways to generate electricity and heat cost-effectively. In addition to visualization for system control, the archiving of operational data is becoming increasingly important, as it allows plant operators to monitor the efficiency of their systems. For manufacturers and service providers, plant data is the key to new business models and high-quality customer service.
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High-Performance web.HMI Solution On-Site
Simple and High-Performance Engineering
Integrated Alerts in the Event of a Failure
Archiving of All Asset Data
Analysis of Operational Data via Trends and Reporting
Portal solution that includes simple data synchronization based on OPC UA
Visualization with FlowChief
Cost-effectiveness, high reliability, and ergonomic, easy operation via a touch panel are basic requirements for machine-side visualization. An attractive and clear visual presentation of the visualization content, as well as easy access—for example, via mobile devices—are also becoming increasingly important. In addition to these product features, FlowChief offers many others that provide significant added value.
- Alerts via email or text message, including an on-call feature
- User-Dependent Language Switching (Localization)
- Long-term archiving and consolidation of all plant data
- Dashboard including key metrics on plant availability and efficiency
- Online and Offline Trends
- Fully Automated Report Generation
- Maintenance management for comprehensive documentation of (unscheduled) repairs and maintenance
Portal Solution
A portal solution opens up a wide range of possibilities for manufacturers and service providers: from simple and secure remote access for customers to services such as operational management or advanced solutions in the area of predictive maintenance. A prerequisite for this is secure and future-proof data transmission from point A to point B.
- Fully multi-client-capable system architecture based on a role-based authorization system
- Maintenance Management, Including a Ticket System
- Easy synchronization of online and archive data via OPC UA HA
- Geolocation Based on Google Maps
- Simple and high-performance synchronization of the configuration on-site and in the portal
- UTC timestamping and client-side conversion to local time
- Establishment of KPIs and benchmarks across all facilities
- Implementation of an asset management, remote service, or condition monitoring system
Where FlowChief leads the way!
The Benefits of the Software Solution
Visualisierung
A key component of FlowChief—its powerful and reliable visualization. High-performance data updates and extremely fast screen refreshes, whether in a standalone configuration or when accessed over a network. In addition to alert lists, trends, and charts, external sources such as Google Maps or webcam feeds can also be embedded into the customizable interfaces. Using the zoom function, a wide variety of detailed information can be dynamically shown or hidden without any pixelation. Secure access is ensured through password policies with optional two-factor authentication and certificate-based data transmission.
- Plugin-free – no client installation required
- Context and Navigation Menu
- Vector graphics – no pixelation
- Password Policies and 2-FA
- Information Content Dependent on Zoom Level
- SSL-encrypted communication
Alerts & Escalation
The intelligent alarm platform ensures maximum system availability through targeted alerts in the event of a fault. Thanks to the long-term archiving of all operational and fault messages, historical events can be traced seamlessly and evaluated using frequency analysis. Based on priorities and notification parameters, the system determines the urgency of an alert and notifies users individually via voice call (including VoIP), text message, push notification, or email. The software also enables comprehensive on-call and shift scheduling, including a calendar function, alert routing, parallel alerting, and escalation of notification channels.
- Fault and Message Archive
- Notification methods: Phone, text message, email, app
- Analysis and Comment Features
- Synthetic Speech Generation (Text-to-Speech)
- Frequency Analysis
- Configuration by Plant Component
- Escalation Plan with Calendar
Reporting
Several reporting modules offer you unlimited possibilities for creating reports. You can configure predefined reports to be automatically generated at regular intervals, as well as create dynamic dashboards. With the integrated designer, you can also include tables and charts such as pie charts, column charts, or bar charts. Reports can be generated as WebReports in HTML, making them platform-independent and accessible in any web browser and on all devices. For complex enterprise solutions, a Microsoft Excel-based reporting system is also available.
- Web-Based Report Designer
- Excel Reporting for Enterprise Solutions
- Flexible Export Options
- Industry-Specific Report Templates
- Automatic Email Sending
Maintenance
With its direct process integration for tracking operating hours and key measurement values, this user-friendly operations management tool supports the management of machines and systems, including their accompanying documentation. Repairs and preventive maintenance measures can be logged using written or electronic work orders. The permanent storage of all events enables the generation of clear machine histories.
- Machine History (Database)
- Multi-client capable
- Online Linking
- Ticketing System
- Offline Manual Data Entry
- Work Order
Engineering the way it should be!
FlowChief: A Powerful Engineering Tool
FlowChief Imager
A powerful engineering tool for creating and animating process diagrams. FlowChief Imager can be used locally or remotely as a TCP/IP client. Versatile formatting options: Alignment tools and the included extensive, cross-industry vector graphics and object libraries make it easy to create diagrams and provide the foundation for outstanding process diagrams.
- Extensive graphics and object libraries
- Online Engineering (multi-user, no compiler)
- Locally or via network access (TCP/IP)
- No external development environment required
- Vector graphics (SVG) conforming to the W3C standard
- Embedding Sources (Webcams, Maps, etc.)
Web-based-Configuration
With 100% web technology, we don’t limit ourselves to visualization. At FlowChief, “Pure Web” means working entirely within a web browser for all configuration and user front ends.
- Creation of the Data Model
- Dashboard and Report Designer
- On-Call and Alarm Configuration
- Machine and Maintenance Configuration
- Energy Management
- System Settings
- Formulation Management
- User Management
Bulk Data Configuration
Large numbers of process variables can be configured easily, quickly, and with great flexibility in FlowChief using Microsoft Excel™. No programming knowledge is required. Configuration can be performed offline or online while the system is running. Changes take effect immediately without any system downtime.
- Configuration Instead of Programming
- Online Changes Without System Downtime
- Integrated configuration validation
- Import and Export Function
Wizard
The web-based wizard for automatically importing the data model from the data source eliminates the need for error-prone and cumbersome handling of large lists of data points. Process variables are generated fully automatically based on the PLC configuration. Data sources such as OPC UA servers can transmit not only the symbolics but also additional metadata (e.g., unit, measurement range, comment, etc.). This makes it possible to configure the complete data model decentrally within the PLC.
- Automatic import of the configuration from a PLC or SCADA system
- Efficient, High-Performance Engineering
- Avoiding Configuration Errors
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