ACRON7 – Performance and Flexibility
• plant-wide data historian
• highly scalable and fault tolerant architecture
• data analysis, reporting and evaluation
• audit trail mechanism, document proof
The basis of every automated system is it’s data. This forms the basis for all logging, analysis and verification of quality. As the foundation for all company operations, data is crucial for improving productivity, providing protection against claims for recourse – and thus in determining the success of the company.
Business Advantages
In all business fields, products will only be competitive if it is possible to boost business efficiency. This not only applies to operating companies in search of reliable products but also to the end customer. If quality, productivity, profitability and security can be improved, production will be optimised.
In addition, this reduces the costs for maintenance and compliance with regulations, as well as allowing staff to respond promptly.
ACRON is the perfect solution for fast assessment using historical data
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Philosophy
ACRON is characterised by easy handling, flexibility and simple project planning (Two-layer concept).
With this product, which offers outstanding value for money, we guarantee maximum operational reliability and data security as well as high availability. We contribute to the success of our customers, and they influence the product accordingly. In a continuous dialogue, new ideas and requirement impact on future functionalities in ACRON. The experiences of the last 15 years are reflected in the design and efficiency of the product.
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Application possibilities
ACRON is a manufacturer independent product. This concept enables ACRON to be used in nearly any sector. The already finished projects show that the product is being used more and more in the national and international market
Different language versions and an option to change the language (even in the project) predestine ACRON for the internationally operating plant and machine construction.
ACRON Moduls
Provider
Data acquisition from any source.
• Link to more than 20 different HMI / SCADA (iFix, Cimplicity, WinCC, InTouch etc.) OPC und DDE
• Ethernet, Industrial Ethernet, MPI, Profibus, Modbus and many other protokols
• Data pre-treatment in memory
• Telecontrol interfaces
• High data security through Three Level Cache (TLC)
Graph
Convenient and user-friendly display using curves. Measuring points or e.g. minimum/maximum values and other statistical evaluations can be identified differently using various markers:
• special display of digital variables in graphs
• comprehensive statistical evaluations
• relative/absolute time offset for every variable
• unlimited analysis of data
• very fast access to data
Reporter
The comfortable operating interface from ACRON. In a clearly structured environment:
• reports and protocolls are displayed, archived, printed out and/or sent by e-mail
• data backup and data export are initiated
• manual inputs (laboratory values) are recorded
Reporting
ACRON generates comprehensive reports from process data for freely selectable time periods. Helpful compression algorithms produce data for daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports. It is also
possible to generate reports that have variable times (for e.g. shifts). Event or batch reports are defined by start and end conditions. These types of reports are often found in the process and food industry as well as in the production.
Reports and application examples from various industries are available.
The report assistant helps the user to generate complex reports quickly and reduces the
project planning time. Nearly all protocols and calculations are possible.
Fulfilling laws and regulations
ACRON fulfils standards laws and regulationsof many different branches (e.g. 21 CFR 11, ATV M260, TA Abfall, etc.). Through its flexibility it is easy to assign process values to individual layouts. This enables the user to gain fast access to information out of his plant and amortisation of his investment.
Architecture, security and database
Thanks to its modular design, ACRON caters for all requirements of historical data processing – ranging from the smallest possible applications to largescale distributed systems. ACRON is in posses of a robust and error-tolerant database with a client-server architecture. The software is scalable and can grow with your requirements.
Other features:
• high performance and very fast response time
• time-oriented and/or change-oriented recording
• time resolution in millisecond range
• up to 8-fold database redundancy
• arithmetic operations with over 100,000 data points
• maximum security with data acquisition (three-level cache)
Communication
Comprehensive control system links, OPC, DDE, ODBC, ASCII, CSV and many manufacturer-specific PLC/DDC protocols are available for data acquisition. ACRON data can be accessed via the ODBC standard. A connection to SAP is available on demand. More than 20 direct connections to HMI SCADA and other SCADA are done over certified interfaces. Multiple remote protocols can controlled via different remote connections. The import of timestamps in ACRON is a standard functionality. As a few examples there are ODP via GPRS and Sinaut (Siemens).
