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Promoting batch process control

Yokogawa continues to be dedicated to the standardization of batch process control, promoting a unified method and architecture for designing batch process control schemes. A standardized approach to batch process control benefits batch processing companies by lowering their costs to build and operate batch processes and reducing the lead-time required to introduce new products.

Yokogawa has been, and continues to be, active in standards and educational organizations related to the development of batch control standards. We have developed products that comply to the standards and utilize the standard approach in our batch control implementation projects. Yokogawa supports the continuing standardization work in the batch process industries.

Activities with ISA SP88 Batch Control Standards Committee

The ISA's SP88 Batch Control Standards Committee is the leading organization in the world regarding batch process control. The SP88 committee is responsible for developing and maintaining the ISA88 Batch Control Standard which is recognized as the definitive document regarding batch process control.
Internationally the ISA88 standard is also known as IEC 61512.
Yokogawa has been a strongsupporter of the SP88 committee since it was founded in 1988. Our members have contributed to the creation of all parts of the ISA-88 Batch Control System standards. Currently there are four parts released and one part actively under development. They are:

ISA88 Batch Control – Part 1: Models and Terminology
ISA88 Batch Control – Part 2: Data Structures and Guidelines for Languages
ISA88 Batch Control – Part 3: General and Site Recipe Models and Representation
ISA88 Batch Control – Part 4: Batch Production Record
Part 5, Modular Concepts for Automated Control Systems, is currently under active development.
For more information go to www.isa.org.

Activities with World Batch Forum (WBF)

Yokogawa is a founding member of the WBF, The Forum for Automation and Manufacturing Professionals. WBF is an educational organization dedicated to promoting the value of the ISA88 Batch Control Standard. Yokogawa continues to support the WBF as a founding sponsor and with a representative on the Board of Directors and as the chair of the WBF's XML(*1) Working Group.
The WBF sponsors conferences to foster the exchange of information important to batch and non-batch process industry professionals in North America and in Europe. Yokogawa employees regularly present papers at these conferences.

[Main Publications of WBF Contributed by Yokogawa]

2006: "Business Integration Scenarios"

2004: "Production Performance Ratings"

2003: "WBF XML Working Group Annual Report"

2002: "WBF XML Schemas"

2001: "Automatic Adaptation of Batch Logic to Changing Levels of Field Automation"
"OPC Batch Update"
"Six Sigma and S88 Unite for Batch Automation Productivity Improvement"

1999: "Automation Philosophy of a Pilot Plant for Active Pharmaceutical Intermediates/Ingredients"

1998: "Automated Scheduling in a Polymer Plant"
"An Integrated System with Batch Functions and Front-End Scheduling Based on S88 - Application to Beverage Plant"
"A Methodology for Batch Control Implementation –Real World Lessons"

*1 XML: eXtensible Markup Language

Activities with World Batch Forum’s (WBF) XML Working Group

Yokogawa was the founding force behind the World Batch Forum's XML Working Group which created XML schemas based upon the ISA-88 Batch Control System and ISA-95 Enterprise-Control System Integration Standards. The ISA-88 based XML schema is called the Batch Markup Language (BatchML). The ISA-95 based XML schemas are called the Business to Manufacturing Markup Language (B2MML). The markup languages provide an implementation ready tool for IT professionals to incorporate the exchange of process and business data between automation systems, MES, and ERP systems. These markup languages, authored by Yokogawa are becoming defacto standards in the process industries.

World Batch Forum Reports

Date Location

2007.04.30 – 2007.05.03 Baltimore. Maryland. U.S
Report

2006.03.05 – 2007.03.08 Atlanta. Georgia. U.S

2005.05.15 – 2007.05.18 Atlantic City. New Jersey. U.S

2004.05.16 – 2004.05.19 Lincolnshire. Illinois. U.S

2003.04.13 – 2003.04.16 Woodcliff Lake. New Jersey. U.S

2002.04.08 – 2002.04.10 Woodcliff Lake. New Jersey. U.S

2001.04.01 – 2001.04.04 Orlando. Florida. U.S

[Featured Information]
WBF 2007:
From April 30 to May 3, Yokogawa participated in the World Batch Forum at the Tremont Grand Conference Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Yokogawa demonstrated the CS Batch 3000 for the CENTUM CS 3000, Exaquantum/Batch, and AAIMS statistical analysis software solutions, and this presented a very good opportunity for face-to-face discussions with user representatives. The World Batch Forum’s annual meeting on May 1 was a proud moment for all concerned as Dave Emerson of Yokogawa Corporation America was presented the Thomas G. Fisher Award.
Report

OPC Batch

Yokogawa has encouraged the collaboration between standards groups to benefit the process industries. One example is Yokogawa's support of the creation of the OPC Batch specification which combined the work of the ISA SP88 committee and the OPC Foundation to create an OPC specification that implemented the ISA-88 Batch Control Standards. Yokogawa was also the first company to release an OPC Batch Server that complies with this specification. The OPC Batch interface provides an easy method for the exchange of control recipe and production management information.