Nippon Sanso : 【Taiyo Nippon Sanso】Notice regarding the construction of a remote operation system for core manufacturing plants
February 03, 2022 at 09:16 pm EST
Share
February 4, 2022
Notice regarding the construction of a remote operation system
for core manufacturing plants
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation ("TNSC", President: Kenji Nagata) sees the promotion of safety, quality control, and productivity improvement through the promotion of DX as one issue that must be addressed in the medium to long term. TNSC hereby announces that it has constructed a system to enable the remote operation of large-scale air separation units that manufacture industrial gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, and argon.
Background
Up until now, TNSC has supported customers with small-scale nitrogen gas manufacturing equipment installed within customers' facilities or in adjacent areas through integrated condition monitoring (Total Monitoring Center) using a uniquely developed remote monitoring system, thereby ensuring safe and steady around-the-clock gas supplies and rapid recovery when problems occur.
Meanwhile, manufacturing plants operating large-scale air separation units deploy safety personnel who possess specialized knowledge to each plant, and carry out operations on a 24- hour basis.
Since the beginning, we have thoroughly ensured operations that prioritize safety, quality, and a stable supply above all else. However, amid projections that the working-age population will decrease going forward, rigorous plant operation based on more sophisticated risk evaluation is being required. We will introduce a remote operation system that allows us to maintain operation management with an unprecedented degree of sophistication, thereby enabling improvements in productivity and a plant operation system that realizes effective use of human resources.
Future plans
We will evaluate this system and aim to realize remote operations of manufacturing plants that strictly adhere to legal requirements. In fiscal 2023, we plan to open the Remote Operation Center (tentative name) and gradually expand target plants (such as Shin Sagami Sanso Co., Ltd.). This center will be established to handle plant operation, equipment management, quality control, etc., and will harness digital technology such as IoT and AI in addition to the remote monitoring technology cultivated at the Total Monitoring Center. Along with this, we will also work on auto-operation, which will perform optimal automated functions, and promote efficient operations with a higher degree of sophistication.
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
Tnsc.Info@tn-sanso.co.jp
Attachments
Original Link
Original Document
Permalink
Disclaimer
Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation published this content on 04 February 2022 and is solely responsible for the information contained therein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 04 February 2022 02:15:10 UTC.
Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp is a Japan-based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of gas and related equipment. The Company operates in five segments which are Japan Gas segment, the United States Gas segment, the Europe Gas segment, the Asia and Oceania Gas segment, and the Thermos segment. The Company provides gas products, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, acetylene, medical gas, liquefied petroleum (LP) gas and special gas; equipment and materials, including electronic related equipment, fusing equipment, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, welding materials, medical equipment, air separation equipment; the assembling, processing, inspection and maintenance of electronic components; and stainless steel thermos bottles.
NIPPON SANSO HOLDINGS CORPORATION 
