REAL-TIME INTELLIGENCE FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION AND MOTOR CONTROL

Why MNS Digital

WHY MNS DIGITAL

<p>Smart, safe, and built for continuous operation</p>

Increase safety

<p>Understand overall switchgear condition to operate safely before starting any work. Digitalization enables remote inspections and keeps people out of the arc flash zones.&nbsp;</p>

Increase reliability

<p>Through simplified design, you get easy installation, continuous monitoring, and you can analyze your equipment health status and predict interventions.</p>

Maximize continuity

<p>Through early detection and intervention, you can prevent failure. And fast fault identification means shorter times for repairs and resolution identification.</p>

Support sustainability

<p>Reduced energy loses help to reduce CO2 emissions. Receive energy trend, thermal situation and power loss reports. With remote monitoring, there is less travel and faster reaction times.&nbsp;</p>

VALUE PROPOSITION

Analyze

<p>MNS Digital ensures that your critical process data is stored on the CMES (condition monitoring for electrical systems) platform, so you can reliably access your data even in the case of device failures.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Data available throughout lifetime&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></p> <ul> <li>Data monitoring from commissioning throughout life time&nbsp;</li> <li>Analysis improves over time with more details collected&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><b>Availability of system data&nbsp;</b></p> <ul> <li>Availability of critical process data&nbsp;</li> <li>Access your data even in the case of device failures&nbsp;</li> </ul>

Optimize

<p>With the data available to you through MNS Digital you can ensure continuous operation, increased service productivity and better lifecycle and performance management.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Continuous operation&nbsp;</b></p> <ul> <li>Avoid unplanned outages&nbsp;</li> <li>Conduct maintenance where and when necessary&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><b>Energy management&nbsp;</b></p> <ul> <li>Better energy management&nbsp;</li> <li>Full transparency to prioritize investment and optimization steps&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><b>Efficient maintenance&nbsp;</b></p> <ul> <li>Shift from planned maintenance to condition based&nbsp;</li> <li>Reduce reactive maintenance costs&nbsp;</li> <li>Plan ahead with condition reports&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><i>ABB enables operating cost savings of up to 30 %</i></p>

Economize

<p>The energy data available through MNS Digital and CMES condition monitoring enables you to implement better energy management, and ethernet infrastructure makes installation and commissioning far simpler.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Increased service productivity&nbsp;</b></p> <ul> <li>Increased operation productivity and optimized maintenance costs&nbsp;</li> <li>Diagnosis solutions&nbsp;</li> <li>Fast site work and minimum downtime&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><b>Lifecycle and performance management&nbsp;</b></p> <ul> <li>Easy replacement&nbsp;</li> <li>Upgrade of existing low voltage switchgear is possible&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><b>Reduced infrastructure investment&nbsp;</b></p> <ul> <li>Ethernet infrastructure&nbsp;</li> <li>Reducing infrastructure investment by up to 20%&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><i>Upgrading equipment costs 30% less</i></p>

CMES: CONDITION MONITORING FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

Features

  1. Easy to install

    The integrated Ethernet architecture and plug and play design of CMES condition monitoring reduces wiring and connection time while simplifying the integration of system devices. In fact, it can reduce the number of hardware components by 60%. No complex configurations, multiple DIN-rail adapters or gateways are necessary. Using the Digital Edge device connecting the switchgear devices is quick. No extensive user parameterization is required.

  2. Speed up your project

    Because CMES condition monitoring is native with ABB devices, system design is streamlined, and savings on hardware and architecture are immediate. Unmatched scalability and flexibility enable easy integration with complex supervision and management systems in both single- and multiple-switchgear assemblies or for switchgear extensions in future. As a result, even the initial cost and build-up time of top-level systems, such as electrical or process control systems, can be reduced by 15%. 

  3. Optimum interface

    The connectivity of the CMES conditition monitoring is based on Ethernet technology Modbus TCP and OPC UA. Connectivity to upper level control and monitoring systems is provided by industry standard protocols based serial (Modbus, Profibus) or Ethernet (Modbus TCP, Profinet, IEC 61850). 

  4. Continuous operation

    Continuous diagnostics of the devices in the electrical system enable a higher level of predictive maintenance to help avoid downtime and the costs of unnecessary preventive maintenance and equipment checks, with savings of up to 30%. Alerts and notifications ensure quick response to potential problems, so performance isn’t compromised.

  5. Energy efficiency

     Real-time access to power distribution data from anywhere, anytime, allows you to monitor loads, view costs, reduce energy consumption at peak periods and increase demand when most advantageous - all with a few clicks. Comprehensive electrical system data collection makes comparative analysis, benchmarking, reporting, cost allocation and implementation of energy management strategies easy and fast. By eliminating inefficiencies in the system CMES condition monitoring can help cut overall operational costs by up to 30%.

Monitor

<p>Switchgear conditions such as temperature, current levels, energy consumption, alarm and warning levels are collected and stored for further analysis, real-time data enable user to make right decision at right time.</p>

Analyze

<p>&nbsp;Algorithms that consider multiple data and do not require human input make decisions i.e. whether a temperature increase is a critical situation due to loose connection or a normal situation due to increase load demand.</p>

Predict

<p>Counting repeating activities of a period such as removing and inserting withdrawable functional units in a switchgear assembly decide on the next maintenance cycle. Preventive maintenance based on a schedule is a past.</p>

Optimize

<p>Unusual levels of energy consumption even of smaller loads influence total plant operational costs. Identifying such and similar situations enable process optimization at a new scale.</p>

<p>CMES condition monitoring is built on state-of-the-art architecture for data collection, processing and storage. This architecture has been developed by ABB to enhance performance and ensure the highest reliability and availability. User access is provided by defined access levels and password credentials.&nbsp; </p> <p>Electrical switchgear devices such as circuit breakers, motor controller, power meter, temperature sensors etc collect electrical parameter data such as current, power, temperatures and other condition data that are send over the Ethernet to the CMES condition monitoring platform.</p> <p>The software, accessible on premise through web browser technology and with defined user credentials, provides an easy to user dashboard to access the required information including reports, trends and maintenance information.&nbsp;</p>

Left side: tree viewer with user selectable vies by location, network or switchgear assembly 

 

Main view: user selectable widgets to provide most important information at first: 

 

  • Sequence of events with filter option 
  • Single line view with real time data 
  • Panel view with colored condition information 

Selecting an item in the dashboard leads the user to detail pages with: 

 

  • Single line view with graphical status of individual components in a feeder module 
  • Real time measurement of electrical and condition parameter 
  • Trend displays 
  • Maintenance information 

Customer definable reports and trend displays are accessible from the menu bar at the top. 

A simple and integrated architecture enables scalable and always-up-to- date services. CMES condition monitoring, available on a Digital Edge device installed in the switchgear assembly, connects to MNS through an Ethernet interface. The electrical devices as part of the switchgear assembly are easily known by using an available configuration file. 

No user programming of the condition monitoring is required. An easy-to-use integrator software is provided enabling the solution quickly to connect to the low-voltage switchgear solution and with its plug and play devices. It is possible to retrofit the installed base, with both ABB components' supply and 3rd party vendor's, through Digital Gateway device connected to the Digital Edge device as the platform for CMES condition monitoring. In addition to Emax 2 for ACB retrofit, also the Ekip UP is supported.  

CYBERSECURITY

Protection

PROTECTING DATA, INTEGRITY & AVAILABILITY

<p>Cyber security is one of the most important topics for ABB and its customers. With the adoption of Industry 4.0 and IoT, more and more devices in MNS Low Voltage Switchgear are connected with each other and to other systems.  </p> <p>This is why the security of intelligent switchgear assemblies like ABB MNS is increasingly critical. ABB aims to protect the data, integrity and availability of all its LV switchgear applications e.g. Digital Gateway and ABB Ability CMES condition monitoring.</p>

HOW ABB MNS DIGITAL SOLUTION MEET SECURITY CHALLENGES

ABB takes continuous steps to improve product security following commonly accepted industry standards and practices.  

We highly recommend that Digital Gateway and CMES software and applications applied in MNS Low Voltage switchgear are kept up to date using the most recent firmware and software updates to keep your system and environment secure. 

CERTIFICATION

Certification for ISA/IEC 62443-4-1 cyber security standard for industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS), awarded by TÜV Rheinland, affirms ABB SmartPower’s commitment to continuous improvement in the security of its customers’ power.

ABB has certified the global development processes that are used by all developement organizations. These organizations develop key technologies, including circuit breakers, motor starters, contactors and UPS devices.

WHITEPAPER DIGITAL SWITCHGEAR

<p>Switchgears are a foundational piece of electrical equipment and they play key roles in delivering reliable, safe energy. Our whitepaper shows that with digital switchgear you can not only collect all your data automatically, but also store and analyze it so your team can make data-driven decisions while applying lifetime analytics for further value creation.</p>

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What’s the difference between predictive maintenance and preventive maintenance?

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

MNS Digital extends ABB's proven MNS Low Voltage Switchgear platform with smart device integration, real-time data analytics, on-premises condition monitoring (CMES), and secure connectivity - making it ready for Industry 4.0 and IoT-based operations. 

CMES (Condition Monitoring for Electrical Systems) is an on-premises monitoring platform installed as part of the MNS switchgear assembly. It collects data from smart devices and temperature sensors 24/7, using AI-supported analytics to detect abnormal conditions, predict maintenance needs, and notify users by email or SMS. Accessible via secure browser from any device on the plant network. 

Yes. MNS Digital can be added non-intrusively to existing MNS switchgear that meets technical requirements. Upgrades can be made without interventions on power parts such as cables or busbars, and new digital functions can be activated through software without physically changing the equipment. 

MNS Digital supports Modbus RTU, Profibus DP (Serial) and Modbus TCP, Profinet, IEC 61850, and OPC UA (Ethernet-based) for integration with process control systems, SCADA, and building management systems. 

ABB Smart Power holds IEC 62443-4-1:2018 certification from TÜV Rheinland for Secure Product Development. The Digital Gateway and CMES software are independently tested by ABB's Device Security Assurance Center (DSAC). ABB recommends keeping all firmware and software up to date and following the provided cyber security guidelines. 

CMES is an on-premises solution: all data stays on site, requiring no cloud connection. Sensorfact is an optional cloud-based platform for energy monitoring, delivering real-time consumption insights, advanced reporting, and actionable savings recommendations. Both solutions integrate with MNS® Digital smart devices.