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AspenTech
• Founded 1981 from “ASPEN Project” at MIT
• 1900 Employees world wide
• HQ in Cambridge, MA (Boston)
• Development in Cambridge, Houston and Seattle
• Offices in 35 Countries
• public held since 1994, NASDAQ
• Revenue FY2001 : 310 MM$
• Project Execution + Support: ca. 200 Empl. in
Brussels / B; Warrington / UK; Eindhoven / NL; Paris / F, Wiesbaden / D
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Aspen Manufacturing Suite
Advanced
Control
Production
Management
Information
Analysis
Industry Info.
Analysis
DMCPlus
Aspen Watch
Aspen Advisor
Aspen Process
Order
Process Recipe/
Transition
Management
Product Tracking
Aspen eBRS
Genealogy
Compliance.21
ERP Connect
InfoPlus.21
Process Explorer
CIM-IO
Desktop ODBC
Event.21
LIMS Interface
Web.21
Aspen Calc
Aspen Multivariate
Q (SPC/SQC)
SQLplus
Batch.21
Profile.21
Batch Connect
Inferentials
Inferentials
Aspen IQ
Aspen IQ+
Optimisation
RT-OPT
Aspen Online
Train. Simul.
Aspen Enterprise Platform AEP
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InfoPlus.21
Information Management System
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InfoPlus.21 Structure
SAP
Process
Explorer
Batch Queries
MS-Win Apps
OLE-Autom. Interface
Client Side Data Server
TCP/IP
Data server
Connect
ERP-
SQLplus
ODBC Client
ODBC
Server
SQLplus Engine
Event/21
Batch/21
Realtime Database
Flexible Tag Definitions
Event driven
(stored SQLplus scripts)
Alarming
Calculations
HISTORY/
21
RDBMS
TCP/IP
CIM I/O
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CIM I/O
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Data Compression in InfoPlus.21
Boxcar-Backslope Algorithm :
= stored in History
= not stored
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InfoPlus.21 Data Historian
Archive size only limited by disc space
Multiple History / multiple File set Concept
Process Data Server provides Access to:
- Actual values, Interpolated Values, Best Fit
- Avergages, Sum, Min, Max ….
ODBC and OLE Interface for external applications on Server and Client
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Interfaces to InfoPlus.21
Standard Protocols:
- OPC
- DDE, @aGlance, ODBC
- Modbus, Profibus, H1
- ASCII
~ 200 Interfaces to different DCS, PLC
Multiple Platforms ( NT, DEC, IBM, HP )
Throughput 50 … 3000 Values / sec
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Aspen Process Explorer
Microsoft based Graphical User Interface (GUI) for process engineers
Microsoft component technology
• ActiveX Controls
• ActiveX Container
VBA for customized Displays and dialogs
Easy access to real time and historical data
User Security for Access Control up to Tag-Level
Excel Add-In for easy Data Export
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InfoPlus.21
Web.21
Client
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Web Client
Easy Access to InfoPlus.21 through Internet Explorer
No Client Installation required
User Access Security as with Process Explorer
Plug-In for MS FrontPage 2000 for Web Page design
Web.21 Graphic Studio for Process Graphics
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InfoPlus.21
Layered Products
Batch.21
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Batch.21 Integrates Process & Batch Data
Trend Data
Batch XYZ
Avg. Temp. 37.1
pH
.14
H2O Chg. 14.7
...
Batch XYZ
Avg. Temp. 37.1
pH
.14
H2O Chg. 14.7
...
Batch Process
Information
Batch Records
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Multi-batch Plot
Spot
abnormalities
Selected batch
Tags/
characteristics
Batches 6-45
Timeline set
to selected
batch
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Batch Overlay Trend
Tagname
Recently
selected
tags
Batches
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Aspen Calc
Layered Products
Aspen CALC
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Aspen Calc
Excel Calculations
Scheduler
Manual and
Event driven
Execution
COM Objects
Calc Scripts
VB Scripts
Automation Interface
External
Application Programs
Aspen Calc
Executables
Program files
DB
E
C
L
O DB
O
Relational DB
(MS-SQL Server,
Oracle)
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InfoPlus.21
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InfoPlus.21
Layered Products:
ERPConnect, SAP Interface
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AspenTech Provides High-Performance SAP R/3
Plant Integration Through ERP Connect
Production
Management
Solutions
Information
Management
Solutions
Key Benefits of ERP
Connect
PPPI
SAP certified interface
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IP21
ERP
Connect
MM
QM
PM
Advisor
R/3
SAP RFC, BAPI, and Idocs
interface approaches all
supported
High flexibility / re-usability
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ERP Connect Architecture
“Applets” for
pre/post
processing data
FI
SD
Quality
Mgmt.
QM
MM
PP
ABAP
ABAP
ABAP
ABAP
ABAP
RFC
•
SQLplus scripts for IP21
ERP Connect
•
Standard SAP modules
or ABAP for SAP
Scripts
Supports any R/3
modules that support RFCs
SAP R/3
Uses SAP’s
“middleware”
SQLplus
InfoPlus.21
Standard SQLplus scripts for PP-PI
Can be initiated by both InfoPlus.21 & R/3
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Sample Reference Project – Architecture
IT Network - Ethernet
Production
Units
Real Time Data Base
Application Server
Labs
Utilities
Interface To
Other
Solutions
Ethernet
Ethernet
OPC Gateway 1
OPC Gateway n
CIMIO
OPC Client
OPC Client
CIMIO
OPC Client
OPC Client
Server
OPCOPC
Server
1.m
1.m
Server
OPCOPC
Server
1.1
1.1
PLC 1.1.1
PLC 1.1.2
OPC Server
OPC
Server
PLC 1.m.1
PLC n.n.1
PLC 1.m.2
PLC n.n.2
HMI 1.2.1
HMI
1.2.1
PLC 1.1.3
Industrial
network 1
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Connection of
“other devices”
PLC n.p.1
OPC Server
OPC
Server
Ser. line
PLC n.p.2
HMI n.o.1
HMI
1.2.1
PLC 1.m.3
Industrial
network 2
Server
OPCOPC
Server
n.p
1.m
Server
OPCOPC
Server
n.n
1.1
Industrial
network 3
PLC n.n.3
Industrial
network n
PLC n.p.3
Industrial
network o
Anal. or
dig. input
Industrial
network p
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Sample Reference Project – IP.21 Trends
=muj_discr-1000*muj_demo
Start Date & Time
Time Period
End Date & Time
1
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Sample Reference Project – Batch.21
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Sample Reference Project – Web.21
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