What is ABB DCS?
ABB’s Distributed Control Systems (DCS) are designed to change multi-faceted, 24-hour-a-day industrial processes. The control architecture of ABB continuously analyses and drives plant productivity, maximising asset utilisation, process efficiency, and production quality.
In this article, we are going to discuss various DCS systems manufactured by ABB. ABB is one of the leading DCS manufacturing company headquartered in Switzerland and Sweden. The company was formed in 1988.
ABB Stands for Asea Brown Boveri Ltd
Major ABB’s DCS are
- ABB Ability Distributed Control System 800xA
- ABB Ability Symphony Plus
- Freelance Distributed Control System
ABB Ability Distributed Control System 800xA
System 800xA is not just a DCS (Distributed Control System), but also an Electrical Control System, a Safety system, and a collaboration enabler capable of improving engineering productivity, operator performance, and asset utilisation.
Through built-in security features like access control, user authentication, and audit trail capability, System 800xA offers you a safe, reliable control environment with no effort. By actively engaging on security standards committees, undertaking threat-modeling studies, and adopting “safe design” techniques in product development, ABB improves the security of system operations.
ABB Ability Symphony Plus
ABB Capability Symphony Plus is a distributed control system (DCS) that automates, integrates, and optimizes the entire plant to increase plant efficiency and dependability.
Symphony Plus is backwardly compatible with all previous generations of the Symphony distributed control system family, including Network 90, INFI 90, INFI 90 OPEN, Symphony Harmony, Contronic, and Symphony Melody.
The capability of ABB Symphony Plus is a distributed control system (DCS) that automates, integrates, and optimizes the entire plant in order to boost plant efficiency and dependability.
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Symphony Plus is backward compatible with the Symphony distributed control system family’s earlier versions, including Network 90, INFI 90, INFI 90 OPEN, Symphony Harmony, Contronic, and Symphony Melody.
Freelance Distributed Control System
Freelance is a full-featured distributed control system that combines the benefits of DCS and PLC: the modest footprint of a PLC combined with complete DCS functionality. Engineering, commissioning, maintenance, and Fieldbus management are all made easier by the integrated environment. The user interface makes it simple to operate and diagnose the entire system. Freelance has been around for 25 years and is completely compatible with previous versions.