An Industry 4.0 focused, remote control configuration for smart actuators to enable social distancing practices.

为了应对新的社交距离限制，并考虑到职业安全，各行业必须采取措施，在工作环境中消除社交距离。这是通过促进改变实践，如在家工作，并与此相一致，更大的远程系统控制，以尽量减少物理交互，提高职业安全。今天，执行器行业的运作模式提供持续的支持和工程师现场进行校准，重新配置，并在一个封闭的系统内的故障诊断。为了满足对“工业物联网”解决方案的预期增长需求，“SARCC”项目通过整合GPRS/3G/4G功能并开发相关用户界面以实现远程控制访问，实现了改变游戏规则的进步。SARCC提供了一个独特的市场主张，使我们的客户群，包括安装商/服务供应商和终端用户运营商，在许多行业中，能够：1.在过程中快速重新配置执行器，以最大限度地提高效率和精度。2.远程诊断故障，从而减少工程师的访问量。3.通过实时调整流程操作，调整业务模式，快速响应市场需求。4.通过增强对诊断数据的访问，安装/调试效率更高。这些好处导致降低资本成本和运营成本，并提高流程效率。例如，在食品生产灌溉系统的实例中，执行器阀通常位于远程。如果手动操作过于劳动密集，则远程控制会导致能源供应和控制访问基础设施的高资本成本。随着SARCC项目对我们的执行器的增强，现场控制，配置和诊断都可以远程完成（由小型太阳能电池板供电）。远程控制在增加控制访问的同时最大限度地降低了成本。在建筑物发生火灾的情况下，可以远程关闭燃气管道，从而降低风险和损害的可能性。SARCC还响应下一代供水网络的需求，在偏远地区的供水网络上检测到泄漏--当前的手动操作可以远程快速地执行，以切换供水管道，从而保持供水并减少泄漏影响。我们的解决方案适用于许多行业，特别是：食品生产/加工、医疗保健、燃气/供水、办公/公寓建筑。在已经开发出原型之后，我们计划在项目期间：* 内置额外的软件功能;* 开发客户前端和访问;* 创建客户系统集成接口和应用程序;* 商业演示集成系统。

In response to new social distancing normalities and in consideration of occupational safety, industries must respond by implementing measures to standardise social distancing in working environments. This is achieved by promoting changed practices such as home-working, and in line with this, greater remote systems control to minimise physical interaction and increase occupational safety.Today, the actuator industry operates on a model for the provision of continual support and engineers on-site to carry out calibration, reconfiguration, and diagnosis of faults within a closed system. In response to this expected growth demand for 'Industrial Internet of Things' solutions, the 'SARCC' project makes game-changing advancements, by integrating GPRS/3G/4G capability and developing the relevant user interfaces to enable remote-control access.SARCC provides a market unique proposition that enables our customer segments of installers/service suppliers and end-user operators, throughout many industries, to:1. Rapidly reconfigure actuators within processes to maximise efficiency and improve accuracy.2. Remotely diagnose faults resulting in fewer engineer visits required.3. Adjust business models to react to market needs rapidly by adjusting process operations in real-time.4. Installation/commissioning is made more efficient by enhanced access to diagnostics data.These benefits result in reduced capital costs and operating costs as well as improving process efficiency.By way of example, in the instance of food production irrigation systems, actuator valves are often remotely located. If manual operation is too labour intensive, remote control results in high capital costs for energy supply and control access infrastructure. With SARCC project enhancements to our actuators, on-site control, configuration and diagnostics are completed remotely (with energy supply from a small solar panel). Remote control minimises costs while increasing control access.In the case of a building fire, a gas pipeline could be shut-off remotely thus reducing risk and damage potential.SARCC also responds to the needs of next-generation water networks, where leaks are detected on the water supply network in remote locations -- a current manual operation can be performed remotely and rapidly to switch supply lines to maintain water supply and reduce leak impact.Our solution is beneficial for many industries, notably: food production/processing, healthcare, gas/water supply, office/apartment buildings.Having already developed a prototype, during the project we plan to:* build-in additional software features;* develop customer front-end and access;* create customer system integration interfaces and apps;* commercially demonstrate the integrated system.