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Development of theIIoT ecosystem Netilion

Pilot project in cooperation withthe Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbHSalzgitter Flachstahl is the largest
steel subsidiary within the Salzgitter
Group. More than 5,580 employees
produced about 4.7 million tons ofcrude steel and generated a turnoverof 2.6 billion Euro in 2017.
“I had an inspiring experience rightaway in the beginning, when thecomplete bus was scanned. There
were PROFIBUS assets showing up,
I had completely forgotten about!
It is also interesting to see whether
measuring instruments are still
up-to-date, whether they havealready been discontinued andwhich status they were actually in.
For me the measuring instrument
tags are of high interest. The serial
numbers don‘t offer me much, sinceI‘d still have to cross-check themeach individually. And this was one
thing that I gave the developers towork on. It’s important to us – andnow its solved!”
Jan Marten Claus
Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
Plant Engineering
Continuous Pickling Line 2

A close cooperation between
Endress+Hauser and the SalzgitterFlachstahl GmbH is taking placesince March 2017 focusing on thedevelopment of the IIoT ecosystem
Netilion.
In the Continuous Pickling Line 2of the cold wide strip rolling mill
employees of Endress+Hauser andSalzgitter Flachstahl GmbH installed
and tested the required hardware.
Since then the installation has beenin use and is, in cooperation with thehead of maintenance, continuouslytested and developed.
The aim: increase plant availability!
The challenge Approx. 103 measuring
points of Endress+Hauser operate
on an approx. 330 m long line of thecontinuous pickling line No. 2.

The measured parameters are flow
rate, level, temperature, pressure,
pH and conductivity. The devices are
distributed over wide areas and partly
difficult to access. The challenge ofan IIoT solution here is to enable aquick overview of the installed base,to provide accurate health status andthus ease work for the maintenancestaff – wherever they are.
The IIoT solution is designed to besimple and quick to install, data
readout is as easy as possible. Ideallythe maintenance technician before
deployment gets the information:
what kind of error, location of thisdevice, what solution is best, which
tool or replacement material is needed
to fix the problem.

Realization Employees of Salzgitter
Flachstahl GmbH installed theEthernet/PROFIBUS Gateway SFG500
as well as an Edge Device directly
connected to the Internet into thePROFIBUS network. Both Gateway andEdge Device provide the connectivity
between IT and OT and automaticallyscan the entire plant for measuring
devices, independent whether it isfrom Endress+Hauser or from othermanufacturers.

• Netilion Analytics gives an overview
of all the devices in the plant.
• Netilion Health enables the users tosee the health status of the assetsand also provides direct access toprofound knowledge on theirmaintenance and care.
• Netilion Library allows files anddocuments to be saved for specificmeasuring instruments, which arethen available for all users in theNetilion IIoT ecosystem.

The Netilion Analytics application aspart of the Netilion IIoT ecosystemgenerates a digital twin of each scanned
device. Additionally, the device dataof the installed base is complemented
with data of approx. 40 million data
records, since Endress+Hauser has
been in charge for almost 20 years
saving the Common Equipment Recordof each individually manufactured
device.

All applications and services of theNetilion IIoT ecosystem are constantly
developed further.

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Endress+Hauser
Messtechnik
GmbH+Co. KG
Colmarer Straße 679576 Weil am Rhein
Fax 0800 EHFAXEN
Fax 0800 3432936
www.de.endress.com

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In the future, the Netilion IIoT
ecosystem shall simplify and easemaintenance tasks for him andhis team while increasing plant
availability.

Components of theNetilion ecosystem• Netilion Analytics• Netilion Health• Netilion Library• Edge Device• Fieldgate SFG500

CS01597Z/11/EN/01.19

Result The Netilion IIoT ecosystem
was successfully implemented in thecontinuous pickling line 2 at Salzgitter
Flachstahl GmbH and has been
constantly evolving ever since.
The plant engineer does not use theapplications on a daily operativebasis yet, but curiously checks all thechanges and gives regular feedback forimprovements.