Enhancement, Field Testing and Integration of One-Touch Lock-Out (OTLO) System for industrial Applications

Beacontree Technologies Inc. (BTI)位于多伦多安大略成立于2005年，致力于射频识别（RFID）解决方案。当智能手机/平板电脑制造商在他们的设备中采用近场通信（NFC）阅读器时，BTI决定分支为过程工业开发NFC技术。BTI一直在评估如何将RFID应用于设备锁定，这为使用NFC技术的任何类型的检查过程提供了现实检查，包括复杂的过程工业，如石油和天然气，石化，钢铁和公用事业。该技术可确保在对设备进行任何维护之前正确关闭系统，如果关闭不正确，则可能会发生危险。兰顿学院与BTI合作开发了名为One-Touch Lock-Out（OTLO）的原型和应用程序，并证明了这一概念。由于这个初始项目的成功，BTI和兰顿学院再次合作，提出了一个项目，将原型超越“独立”的应用程序，以一个完全集成的系统与第二个移动的应用程序称为一触式检查（OTI），跟踪实时操作和维护活动。为了与关键系统完全集成，研究小组将建立一个应用程序编程接口（API）结构，将OTI和OTLO与过程控制系统连接起来。研究小组将扩展集成结构，使其包括企业资源规划（ERP）和企业资产管理（EAM）由于工单和资产管理是管理OTLO和OTI应用程序前端和后端的重要组成部分，因此，一名教师研究员，3名研究生和6名研究生将与BTI密切合作，在三年内开发OTLO和OTI系统。

Beacontree Technologies Inc. (BTI) located in Toronto Ontario was founded in 2005 to address Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions. When smartphone/tablet manufactures adopted Near Field Communication (NFC) readers in their devices, BTI decided to branch out to pursue NFC technology for process industry. BTI has been assessing how RFID could be applied to Equipment Lock Out which provides a reality check for any type of inspection process using NFC technology including complex process industries like oil and gas, petro-chemicals, iron and steel and utilities. The technology ensures systems are properly shutdown prior to performing any maintenance on the unit which can be dangerous if shutdown is not performed properly.Lambton College partnered with BTI to develop the prototype and application called One-Touch Lock-Out (OTLO) and prove the concept. Due to the success of this initial project, BTI and Lambton College are collaborating again for the proposed project that will move the prototype beyond a "stand-alone" application to a fully integrated system with a second mobile application called One-Touch Inspection (OTI) that tracks operation and maintenance activities in real-time. To become fully integrated with key systems, the research team will establish an Application Programming Interface (API) structure which connects OTI and OTLO to process control systems.The research team will expand the integration structure to include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems since work orders and asset management are important components for managing the front end and back end of OTLO and OTI applications. One faculty researcher, 3 graduate student and 6 research students will work closely with BTI to develop the OTLO and OTI systems over three years.