VDI/VDE manual Automation

VDI Standardisation Work - Principles and procedures

Measuring, supervision and control equipment in warm water heating installations

Fluidic characteristic quantities of control valves and their determination

Fluidic characteristic quantities of throttle valves and their determination

Functional safety in the process industry - Introduction, terms, conception

Functional safety in the process industry - Introduction, terms, conception - Corrigendum concerning standard VDI/VDE 2180 Blatt 1:2019-04

Functional safety in the process industry - Planning, installation and operation of safety instrumented functions

Functional safety in the process industry - Verification of probability of failure on demand (PFD)

Functional safety in the process industry - Mechanical components in safety instrumented systems

Safeguarding of industrial process plants by means of process control engineering - Using safety-related programmable electronic systems

IT-security for industrial automation - General model

IT-security for industrial automation - Example of use of the general model for device manufacturer in factory automation - Programmable logic controller (PLC)

IT-security for industrial automation - Example of use of the general model in factory automation for plant and machinery installers - Forming press

IT-security for industrial automation - Example of use of the general model for plant managers in factory automation - Stamping plant

IT-security for industrial automation - Example of use of the general model for manufacturers in factory automation - Process control system of an LDPE plant

IT-security for industrial automation - Example of use of the general model for integrators in process industry - LDPE reactor

IT-security for industrial automation - Example of use of the general model for plant managers in process industry - LDPE-plant

IT-security for industrial automation - Recommendations for the implementation of security properties for components, systems, and equipment

Reliable operation of Ethernet-based bus systems in industrial automation

Radio based communication in industrial automation

Radio based communication in industrial automation

Radio-based communication in industrial automation - Requirements and principles

Radio-based communication in industrial automation - Management of the coexistence of wireless solutions

Radio-based communication in industrial automation - Metrological performance rating of wireless solutions for industrial automation applications

Advanced process control (APC) - Realisation of APC projects

Interoperability in Industrie 4.0 systems - Quality of services - Characteristic parameters and influencing quantities

Language for I4.0 Components - Structure of messages

Language for I4.0 components - Interaction protocol for bidding procedures

Development of mechatronic and cyber-physical systems

Product development using shape memory alloys (SMA) - Basics and application examples

Product development using shape memory alloys (SMA) - Material selection and nomenclature

Product development using shape memory alloys (SMA) - Test- and measurement methods

Product development using shape memory alloys (SMA) - Simulation and model development

Product development using shape memory alloys (SMA) - Development methods

Quality management supported by knowledge-based systems - Recommendations

Machine vision - Basics, terms, and definitions

Machine vision - Preparation of a requirement specification and a system specification

Machine vision/industrial image processing - Acceptance test of classifying machine vision systems

Machine vision/industrial image processing - Acceptance test of classifying machine vision systems - Test of classification performance

Machine vision/industrial image processing - Surface inspection systems in flat steel production - Stability testing

Machine vision/industrial image processing - Surface inspection systems in flat steel production - Performance evaluation of classification

Requirements regarding self-monitoring and diagnosis in field instrumentation - General requirements

Requirements regarding self-monitoring and diagnosis in field instrumentation - General faults and fault conditions

Requirements regarding self-monitoring and diagnosis in field instrumentation - Flow measurement

Requirements regarding self-monitoring and diagnosis in field instrumentation - Level measurement

Requirements regarding self-monitoring and diagnosis in field instumentation - Temperature measurement

Requirements regarding self-monitoring and diagnosis in field instrumentation - Pressure measurement

Requirements regarding self-monitoring and diagnosis in field instrumentation - Actuators

Plant asset management (PAM) in the process industry - Definition, model, task, benefit

Plant asset management (PAM) in process industry - Specifications and methods

Multi-agent systems in industrial automation - Fundamentals

Multi-agent systems in industrial automation - Development

Multi-agent systems in industrial automation - Application

Multi-agent systems in industrial automation - Selected patterns for field level control and energy systems

Automation engineering of modular systems in the process industry - General concept and interfaces

Automation engineering of modular systems in the process industry - General concept and interfaces

Automation engineering of modular systems in the process industrie - Modeling of human-machine interfaces

Automation engineering of modular systems in the process industry - Library for data objects

Automation engineering of modular systems in the process industry - Modelling of module services

Automation engineering of modular systems in the process Industry - Runtime and communication aspects

Automation engineering of modular systems in the process industry - Runtime and communication aspects with OPC UA

Automation engineering of modular systems in the process industry - Concept of modular alarm management

Automation engineering of modular systems in the process industry - Modelling of alarms and events

Operation of process engineering plants - Minimum requirements for digital manufacturer information for the process industry - Fundamentals

Process engineering plants - Modular plants - Fundamentals and planning modular plants

Process engineering plants - Modular plants - Designing modular plants

Process engineering plants - Modular plants - Safety of modular plants

Limiting controls in fossil fired steam power stations

Drum level control in fossil fired steam power stations

Steam temperature control in fossil fired steam power stations

Steam generator control - Furnace pressure control

Steam generator control - Furnace pressure control

Steam generator control - Furnace pressure control - Order recommendations

Feedwater control for once-through boilers in fossil-fired steam power stations

Measures to reduce effort of the feed pump by changing the pump speed for boilers in fossil fired steam power stations

Steam generator control; feed-water control for continuous steam generators; recommendations for ordering

Steam generator control; measures to reduce feed pumping energy by changing the pump speed

Acceptance tests of control loops in power plants

Unit control of thermal power stations

Unit control of thermal power stations - Steam power stations involving gas turbines

Unit control of thermal power stations - Steam power stations involving gas turbines; Corrigendum concerning guideline VDI/VDE 3508 Part 2:2007-08

Advanced process control for thermal power plants

Temperature measurement for building automation - Basic principles

Temperature measurement for building automation - Temperature sensors, temperature sensing elements and their measurement parameters

Temperature measurements for building automation - Installation of temperature sensors

Temperature measurement for building automation - Testing of temperature sensors

Multi-contact plug system for electrodes used in process analysis technology

Validation in GxP area - Open-source software

Validation in the GxP area - Small manufacturing and testing devices

Validation in GxP area - Automated testing

Validation in the GxP area - Types of raw data

Validation in GxP area - Validation of interfaces

Validation in GxP area - Usage of machine learning methods in pharmaceutical industry

Guidelines for testing control systems of steam turbines; speed, frequency, power and pressure control

Guidelines for testing control systems of steam turbines; compliance with the maximum allowable overspeed

Guidelines for testing control systems of steam turbines - Multi variable control of extraction turbines

Guidelines for testing control systems of steam turbines - Dynamic behaviour of speed and load control

Dynamic behaviour of contact thermometers - Principles and characteristic values

Dynamic behaviour of contact thermometers - Principles and characteristic values - Corrigendum concerning standard VDI/VDE 3522 Part 1:2014-09

Dynamic behaviour of contact thermometers - Experimental determination of time percentage values

Acceptance test guideline for steam turbine control systems

Modelling and simulation of power plants - Fundamentals and simulation cases

Modelling and simulation of power plants - Electrical system

Air-conditioning control; fundamental principles

Identification scheme for the description of ventilation and air conditioning systems including control

Prerequisites for the implementation of process computing systems

Computational Intelligence - Artificial neuronal network in automation - Terms and definitions

Computational Intelligence - Fuzzy logic and fuzzy control - Terms and definitions

Computational intelligence - Evolutionary algorithms - Terms and definitions

Use of field bus systems in water supply plants

Use of field bus systems in water supply plants - Specification of functions and parameters for field instruments and analyzers for municipal and industrial sewage and water treatment plants - General statements

Use of field bus systems in water supply plants - Specification of functions and parameters for field instruments and analyzers for municipal and industrial sewage and water treatment plants - Measuring instruments and analyzers

Use of field bus systems in water supply plants - Specification of functions and parameters for field instruments and analyzers for municipal and industrial sewage and water treatment plants - Actuators

Control of synchronous machines

Classification and evaluation of description methods in automation and control technology

Formalised process descriptions - Concept and graphic representation

Formalised process descriptions - Information model

Adaptive controllers; terms and properties

Adaptive controllers - Explanations and examples

Adaptive controllers - Tuning systems for feedback controllers

Adaptive controllers - Tuning systems for feedback controllers - Corrigendum concerning standard VDI/VDE 3685 Part 3:2015-05

XML in automation - Classification of selected applications

XML in automation - Transfer of domain models in XML

XML in automation - Guideline for application

Virtual commissioning - Model types and glossary

Virtual commissioning - Model types, terms, and definitions

Virtual commissioning - Introduction of virtual commissioning in companies

System requirement/specification for planning and design of automation systems

Control of process plants via VDU's; general aspects and definitions

Engineering of industrial plants - Evaluation and optimisation of the engineering - Fundamentals and procedure

Control of process plants via VDU's; preformated displays

Engineering of industrial plants - Evaluation and optimization of the engineering - Subject "processes"

Engineering of industrial plants - Evaluation and optimisation of the engineering - Subject "methods"

Engineering of industrial plants - Evaluation and optimisation of the engineering - Subject "tools"

Engineering of industrial plants - Evaluation and optimisation of the engineering - Subject "organisational structure"

Recommendation for the technical implementation of data exchange between engineering systems for PCE and PCS - Data exchange between PCS objects in accordance with NE 150 using AutomationML

Recommendation for the technical implementation of data exchange between engineering systems - Data exchange between CAE systems of the process design and PCE hardware planning according to NE 159 with AutomationML

Process control using display screens - Terminology

Process control using display screens - Principles

Process control using display screens - Mimics

Process control using display screens - Curves

Process control using display screens - Alarms/messages

Process control using display screens - Interaction procedures and devices

Input and transfer of maintenance information for condition monitoring - Digitisation of offline information

Implementation and operation of big data applications in the manufacturing industry - Qualifications for management and implementation of big data projects

Implementation and operation of Big Data application in the manufacturing industry - Implementation of Big Data projects

Implementation and operation of big data applications in the manufacturing industry - Data quality

Implementation and operation of big data applications in the manufacturing industry - Data management

Implementation and operation of big data applications in the manufacturing industry - Analysis process classes

Implementation and operation of big data applications in the manufacturing industry - Modelling procedures

Implementation and operation of big data applications in the manufacturing industry - Validation of models

Implementation and operation of big data applications in the manufacturing industry - Online application of data-driven models

Data as an asset - Identifying, analysing, measuring, and evaluating business data capital - Compilation of a data report

Data as an asset - Identifying, analysing, measuring, and evaluating business data capital - Process optimisation

Data as an asset - Identifying, analysing, measuring, and evaluating business data capital - Predictive maintenance

Home automation technologies - Requirements for electrical installations and building automation and control systems

Building automation and control systems (BACS) - Fundamentals for room control

Building automation and control systems (BACS) - Room control functions (RA functions)

Building automation and control systems (BACS) - Application examples for room types and function macros of room automation and control

Industrial process control valves - Actuators for control valves

Specific features of valves with a rotary motion closure member for actuator sizing

Actuator sizing for valves with a rotary motion closure member

Industrial process control - Pneumatic control valves - Interfaces of valves and auxiliary equipment

Industrial process control valves - Pneumatic part-turn actuators - Marking

Industrial process control valves - Interface between valve and positioner - Control valves with lifting actuator

Industrial process control valves - Interface between valve and positioner - Control valves with rotary actuator

Development of usable user interfaces for technical plants - Concepts, principles and fundamental recommendations

Development of usable user interfaces for technical plants - Interaction devices for screens

Development of usable user interfaces for technical plants - Features, design and applications of user interfaces with touchscreen

Testing of networked i4.0 systems - Rough planning of distributed test processes

Testing of networked I4.0 systems - Minimum requirements for the digital capture of planning information in distributed test processes

Manufacturing execution systems (MES)

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) - Cost effectiveness

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) - Logic interfaces for machine and plant control

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) - Support of production systems by MES

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) - New optimization approaches with MES

Manufacturing execution systems (MES) - Energy management with MES

Manufacturing execution systems (MES) - MES and Industrie 4.0

Manufacturing execution systems (MES) - Interoperability and interfaces

Knowledge management for engineering - Knowledge based engineering (KBE)

Reverse engineering of geometrical data

Barrier-free buildings - Aspects of electrical installation and building automation

Safety installations and equipment for buildings - Interfaces in fire protection control systems

Technical safety installations for buildings - Integrated system test

BUS-systems in building installation - Application examples

Biomimetics - Biomimetic robots

Project engineer - Knowledge profile

Project engineer - Requirements for qualification

Project engineer in projects with external team members - Knowledge profile

Project engineer in projects with external team members - Requirements for qualification

Digital transformation of companies

Work design conducive to learning - Goals, benefits, terms and definitions

Requirements for wearables and smart textiles