Control and Instrumentasi (C&I)

Control and Instrumentation (C & I) is a new branch of engineering that became popular after the rapid computer hard ware and shoftware. Since then the world discovered microprocessor industry is also quick to apply it to automasisasi production facilities.
If baehula first time the department is only known in the industry Mechanic, Electric, Civil, Chemical (for chemical process) and now the Department of C & I meerupakan department that must exist for modern industry. Because the equipment industry now uses either Automatic control Micro Controller, PLC, DCS, SCADA or maybe even for several industrial processes are already using AI (artificial intellegency) Artificial Intelligence. And untu automatic equipment was needed from the plant to the sensor measurements are transmitted to a control device or control device otherwise ordered something to be translated into an action field that both pistons, actuators, motors, servo or the other.
Of course, to manage and maintain the tools above are not able to carelessly people, they must be educated and have sufficient scientific background to master the equipment.
OK unfortunately we are the country's users, so for the development of our country has not shown a real sense for the industry practices in the field, because the Control and Instrumentation products in addition must show that the control device functioning properly should also be reliable and accurate in operation. Thus the designer engineer will think fifty times or more to wear an artificial sensor or control local / untested hand made his reputation. And unfortunately also the homeland of Industrial largely still in design from abroad.
Apart from design to design all of our people would still get parts for installation yes, konstruction and maintenance, which currently is required by the industries in Indonesia. Start the beverage industry, food, fertilizer until any chemical or Oil & Gas.
Unfortunately workers who qualified for this sector is extremely rare, so the field is very difficult to get a ready workforce and has a good competitive, much less than fresh graduate is extremely rare, there are only a few schools that mengkususkan to print the ready to use in this field.
In my experience the practice field about 12 years although this knowledge to hand konstruction, and maintenance is not so difficult to learn but because of the lack of information and human resources at least educatif side, I always get the workers are not ready to wear. Once we give a hand on training is also training2 basic control and instrumentation (usually in Lippi's easy and cheap) they are in time 6bln - one year before it can adjust to his job. And so is fair if many large perusahaan2 many educated-trained tenaga2 hijack this because of the scarcity of their numbers in the field.
Even now there are some majors Instrumentation PTN is open but the ability is still less than most of the graduates according to the needs in the field, although his basic taught on campus because of the lag or no difference of perception between teachers with the skills industry needs graduates to be less ready to use, even though their There is one school which I think has prepared graduates ready to use STMP bandung majors such instrumentation, but now becomes a difficult thing, because for most technicians use the minimum requirement ijazzah D3, so that although the skill of the STMP bandung administratively capable but still not satisfied. For now recruiting workers among industries in addition to the Control and Instrumentation Instrumentation also take power from the Electrical and Engineering Physics.
What work has something to do view the Control and Instrumentation (C & I)? As in other fields then in the field of C & I also have several pieces that can work on, or they can be involved and pursue a career in it.
1. Engineering and Construction
In our country it is mashed handled our guys are very low but now engineering2 joint operation with abroad has been common, so even though it was from an American company, or from Germany but they employ many workers in the country, especially if projectnya in Indonsia. Because we've been able to tenaga2 addition they will also perform better luck view salary expenditures in the sector, of course degan the same quality but much lower spending then they will elect people to partner Indonesian engineering and construction. Power engineers even now we have started reaching the Asean and the Middle East. What was done by a qualified C & I Engineer in the engineering sector performed well and what power the C & I Engineer in the construction sector?
Workers in engineering usually evaluate the process and translate into a language program that usually digigital using DCS or PLC. Many kinds of DCS / PLC for diindustri (Yokogawa, alleb Bradley, Siemen, Honeywell, Mitsubishi, Balley etc) but in principle the same, and now masing2 product user should try to make it easier both in terms of its physical design, and software. Then after so benuk logic flow process to meet the needs of course there is how much input is needed and how much output is needed, and certainly in the process of translating the language into computer language must be based on a strong philosophy about the instrumentation, control and safety. From the input and output of this sensor is shown what needs to be there, and what the actuator must be provided. Danentunya for communication between automation devices, automation devices with various kinds of equipment needed in the field or the same network cable data network. So is that their engineering duties and mnghitung it all.
It's complicated but now everyone can do a lot of people a good view of the data base so that it is not a hard thing. Until finally the output from this is the image 2 Enginneering controller topology design, data sheets, Instrumentation, P & IDs, Logic Diagrams, Wiring diagram, hook ups, .. etc alarm schedule to detail its installation must also be ready. And then this part of the project engineer to calculate the price / cost for purchase until the next installation of the device is also cost his installation. And finally the execution ground.
Execution of the Project still requires the I & C engineer reliable as well as he should know how it fitted him also the need ideology how the system works, of course, an understanding of the logic diagrams and computer networks are absolutely necessary, as well as knowledge of the field instruments are required because the I & C Engineer will be responsible the function of the C & I at the new plant was built to control the process can work well or not.
The event certainly thrilling when prosses komissioning and startup Project because the results of all efforts to project engineer disigner enginneer specified here. if the calculation is correct if wrong lancarlah projet then crushed a lead project for financial loss is not small. Here, the role seoeang I & C engineer in the Engineering and Construction.
2. I & C Maintenance and Engineering Solution Engineering.
Now the factory has been finished, Commissioning of the project team have returned and who operate factories in the service team and how if kontrollernya not working or reading off a sensor, or the system was unstable kjontrolnya / reliable. Here, I & C maintenance tasks. He had to ideology bagaimanan control system works ranging from field until soft warenya. Because of this control system is a plant and field brain senses and instruments are working executor of the brain commands the I & C is a vital function for the organization of the plant.
And dalamperkembangannya whose names technologies continue to develop and age of the plant got older then the re-design and updating of equipment is very mutalak required, these usually called up grading it to this one I & C engineers can do yourself if the job is not too much but sometimes resources executive at the plant not sufficient, it is often this in subkan engineering solutions to other companies. Engineering solution for this company is much also I & C engineers to gait, they are in charge of upgrading from the factory with a design and materials, sometimes decades ago replaced with modern materials technology and new tar depends on the purpose of the plant.
Kirakira this is where an I & C engineers can take part in the existing plant.
3. Reseach and development
For large companies such control system Siemens, Allen Bredley, ABB, Yokogawa etc his affection in this country read Indonesia bukanlha place, they entered his reseach dinegaranya respectively. Due to the development of instrumentation and control are closely linked with research and materials technology shoftware also require high investment in technology and the venom was done in his base states respectively. So disampin I also do not have experience about this case I have not seen in Indonesia there are commercial companies that do this. In many research universities in terms of both material (technology / materials) are also soft ware engineering, but unfortunately they lack many of the popular to work with a large automation company, atua their design is less known in the industrial world bahakan in our own domestic industry . ?? i do not know.
4. Agent and Distributor
It is clearly seen its trivial but it turns out an agent and distributor is vital, because without them the plant needs can not be fulfilled, without them the new tools we can not buy. Task I & C engineer typically provides the technical guidelines are also warranty when they sell equipment installed.
5. Other
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Kogan Creek, QLD. Aust. 21 june 2008