Plant Engineering Software. Siemens COMOS is your best friend when you want to map the entire life cycle of an installation, from initial concept to maintenance in service. This engineering platform allows you to design, monitor and maintain integrally. In addition, COMOS provides functionality for including planning, organisation and operations. All our departments experience benefits because the tool ensures that we can work together seamlessly in a multidisciplinary fashion. What other benefits does COMOS offer? Read more in this article!
What is COMOS?
COMOS is an innovative software program that – like DWG – is a jack of all trades. It is used by our process, hardware and software departments during all project phases. COMOS mainly helps us work more efficiently and to a higher quality standard, thereby reducing the time-to-market for new customers’ new installations.
We also deploy COMOS to seamlessly transition from the project/engineering phase to the maintenance phase. By including maintenance strategies and parameters in the object library as well, the former time-consuming transition from project implementation to maintenance is now a thing of the past. In a nutshell, COMOS has closed the gap between CAPEX and OPEX.
A shared library
If we are to excel as a team for our customers, a seamless transfer of information is a must. COMOS makes this possible by using one common database, so the latest data is always readily available. Knowing that we can rely completely on the data eliminates sleepless nights. Furthermore, COMOS helps us work faster and make effective decisions. No ‘ums and ahs’, ‘well’, ‘maybe’ – we just get on with it with a clear goal in mind.
To illustrate; a process engineer designs a valve for an installation. And because he is the first person to create this design in COMOS, the file ends up in the objects library. All our departments have access to this basic design for the valve via this library. But what if a change is made at some point? No problem. You simply process the modification in COMOS, and then re-generate the associated drawings and/or software at the press of a button.
Another benefit of COMOS is that it is modular. What is the advantage of this approach? The right pieces of the puzzle can be chosen to make the project a reality. This structure also ensures optimal integration with other software systems.
Data, more data and even more data
Faultless data transfer is essential. To achieve this, we use COMOS as an object-oriented engineering and design system. Highfalutin words, but what we basically mean is that the process engineer can start the detailed engineering work faster and with less effort as a result. Because the required objects are integrated with each other, the engineer spends less time manually checking lists and data sheets. And that saves us a lot of time.
Finally, we link COMOS to the process control system so we can consistently record live data and use it for plant maintenance. In addition, we can use the information coming back from the installation to create an even better design on the next occasion.
