1. vacDM: labelling management; synchronisation between vacDB and Infor EAM
Georgia Gkioka
TE-VSC-ICM
National Technical University of Athens
TE-VSC Seminar
June 20, 2017
(CERN)
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2. Contents Introduction vacDM Conclusion and Key Takeaways
Overview of ICM section
SCADA
VacDB
InforEAM
vacDM
Functional Positions
Assets
Architecture
Conclusion and Key Takeaways
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3. Overview of ICM section
Beam and Insulation vacuum systems
~130km of vacuum chambers
Pressure range from 10-4 to mbar: ~3000 vacuum pumps ~3000 vacuum gauges ~500 sector valves
For monitoring and supervision: 5 SCADA servers ~300 PLCs
TE Technology Department
VSC Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings
ICM Interlocks, Controls and Monitoring
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4. SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
Communicates in real-time with controllers running the vacuum process
Presents data to operators using a graphical user interface (GUI) in order to:
Check the process
React to alarms
Interact with devices
Check what happened in the past
The equipment displayed in the SCADA comes from vacDB
vacDB
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5. InforEAM
Manage the lifecycle of equipment in a large installation
Infor EAM
Equipment Management
Work Management
Stock Management
Equipment tracking:
What? Where?
Relationships between equipment
Work dispatch
creation of WorkOrders
Work tracking:
Who? When?
Materials & Parts accounting
How many? Which shelf?
Not yet available
“Asset management involves a disciplined approach which enables an
organization to maximise value from its assets[..].”
- ISO 55000, Asset management - Overview, principles and terminology
Create, Deploy, Utilize and maintain, Upgrade and Dispose of Assets in a Cost – effective way
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6. Placeholders for physical equipment e.g. VVGST.3.6L5.R
InforEAM - Equipment
Equipment
Functional Positions
Assets
Placeholders for physical equipment e.g. VVGST.3.6L5.R
Physical (Labelled) Equipment
Installed in
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7. Managing Functional Positions
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8. Challenges when managing functional positions
Functional Positions on the SCADA might not be available in InforEAM
Functional Positions in InforEAM might not contain their official description
Manual imports of equipment to InforEAM are time consuming and error-prone
Ensuring continuous consistency is of critical importance for the quality of data.
vac-DB
InforEAM-DB
Naming Portal
Naming-DB
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9. The solution - vacDM
vacDM is a web application that ensures cross-database consistency
Developed within ICM section
vac-DB
InforEAM-DB
Naming-DB
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10. vacDM – Requirements for functional positions
New functional positions on SCADA must be automatically created on InforEAM
With official Naming Portal descriptions
Functional positions removed from SCADA must be automatically marked as Out of Service
Equipment relationships – who controls who – must be automatically imported to InforEAM
Changes in vac-DB should automatically be reflected in InforEAM
Equipment name changes
Naming descriptions
Hors service  status OBSOLETE or PENDING
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11. vacDM – How does it work?
vacDM periodically checks all equipment available on vacDB
For each equipment, the corresponding description is fetched from the Naming DB
vacDM checks if the equipment is already declared in InforEAM and if not, the equipment is created
vac-DB
Naming-DB
vacDM
InforEAM-DB
The process can be triggered and configured through a web interface
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12. vacDM – Functional Positions page
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13. Advantages for the end user
Users can create work orders from SCADA
Equipment affected by intervention in a PLC:
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14. Placeholders for physical equipment e.g. VVGST.3.6L5.R
InforEAM - Equipment
Equipment
Functional Positions
Assets
Placeholders for physical equipment e.g. VVGST.3.6L5.R
Physical (Labelled) Equipment
Installed in
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15. Managing Assets
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16. Challenges when managing assets
Physical Equipment
If not declared in inforEAM – Where is it? What are its parameters?
If not labelled – Which equipment is it? What is it controlling? What history?
To solve this, equipment started being labelled and imported into InforEAM
Ion pump controllers
Beautiful in theory, but in reality…
manually!
Thousands of equipments were labeled, but not declared in InforEAM.
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17. The solution - vacDM Label Request and Automatic Asset Creation
1. User selects “Request Labels”
2. User fills-in quantity
3. Request for label printing sent to JIRA
4. Assets automatically created in Infor
5. Responsible prints the labels and clears on hold
6. Mail is sent to user after labels are printed
The history of requests is preserved.
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18. Statistics of equipment
~ 4500 Assets with the help of vacDM since the end of February ~ 9750 Functional Positions only for LHC soon to increase for SPS and CPS ~ 7400 Equipment Dependencies
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19. vacDM – High level Architecture
Why did we choose these technologies in the first place?
modern technologies
used widely in the industry
support in community
Expertise
Used in CERN extensively
Presentation Layer
The presentation layer handles the visual part of the application (UI). It is done with Boostrap for styling and with javascript and jquery. Data displayed in the presentation layer is acquired by means of API asynchronous calls to the business layer controllers. 
Business Layer The business layer implements the Spring Controllers for handling web resources and APIs and general business logic. It receives http requests, and if needed, calls DAO object functions in the persistence layer to access database data.  Persistence Layer The persistence layer implements DAO objects which provide abstraction to the business layer of the database details. 
Database Layer
The database layer is responsible for the storage of data. The CERN ORACLE infrastructure is used. 
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20. Key takeaways
1. vacDM maintains quality data by eliminating inconsistencies between DBs
2. vacDM manages the full life cycle of equipment in Vacuum group
3. vacDM has improved the process of label printing for all ICM equipment
4. vacDM has been thoroughly tested and is available for all VSC equipment
We would like to offer you (all the people in VSC group) the opportunity to use it 
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21. Thank you for your attention. Merci pour votre attention
Thank you for your attention! Merci pour votre attention! Special Thanks to my ICM Colleagues
Andre, Paulo, Luis, Jorge, Claudia, Chris
I would be happy to answer to any questions you might have.
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