ABB Advant™ Automation with MOD 300™ Software

ABB Advant™ Automation with MOD 300™ Software

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In today’s competitive business environment, important decisions like choosing the right process automation strategy are critical. You must consider a strategy to meet not only your current needs but also, more importantly, your future operations. Advant Automation with MOD 300 software uses industry-leading technology that empowers you and your organization to more effectively improve product quality, increase productivity, minimize costs and enhance safety.

Industry-Leading Technology 

As an industry leader, the innovative  customer-focused Advant process control solutions ABB has introduced over the years have raised standards for the entire industry. ABB is literally reshaping traditional beliefs of manufacturing productivity improvement by developing creative approaches to integrating leading-edge, technology with improved process control capabilities.

The heart of the system is an interoperable object manager that allows the integration of new technology. This ability to meet constantly changing technology standards, combined with powerful and proven software packages, makes Advant an industry leader in open control systems.

User Empowerment 

Technology by itself never translates directly to increased productivity. Correct application of technology is essential. ABB has integrated new technology into Advant in a way that gives all the people in your organization—managers, engineers, operators, and maintenance personnel—the power to do their jobs better.

Investment Protection 

With today’s rapidly changing technology and competitive business climate, your process control needs change more  frequently and sometimes unexpectedly. Regardless of what is driving these changes (external market pressures, competition or new technology), it is imperative to maximize and protect your investment and remain competitive.

Object Management 

Advant’s object-oriented architecture is based on the award-winning OMF (Object Management Facility) technology. OMF provides an object model that is both compatible with standard and meets the high-performance and reliability requirements of complex control applications.

Distributed Communications Network 

Advant nodes are linked together by the DCN, a high-speed, token-passing ring or Ethernet base. The DCN provides secure and reliable real-time communication between the nodes under all process  conditions.

The DCN can have single or dual paths, with each path operating independently. Dual DCN media (or network) are simultaneously active and share the communication load. If either path fails, the other DCN automatically handles all traffic. In addition to redundancy, dual DCNs allow new subsystems to be added on-line by connecting new nodes one cable at a time.  For applications requiring isolation, longer transmission distances or protection against hazardous areas, a Fiber Optic DCN is available.

Advant Station 500 Series 

The Advant Station 500 Series workstations offer industry-leading performance, builtin networking, and outstanding graphics. ABB adds hardware and software components to adapt the basic platform to today’s demanding real-time industrial requirements of process plant operations.

Advant Station 500 Series workstations perform a wide variety of functions in the system when combined with basic and optional software. Available software packages are AdvaCommand operator interface software, AdvaBuild engineering software, AdvaInform information management software, and Batch 300™ batch control and management software.

Each Advant Station can be optimized for a single function, or multiple functions can be combined onto a single station. Both hardware and software are scalable throughout the entire Advant Station 500 Series.