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〜SAKURACherry blossoms〜

©Mitsushi Okada/orion/amanaimages 桜 Somei Yoshino onic Landscape in Japan This cherry tree is a decorative variety that began to be cultivated in the late S . Planting Somei Yoshino quickly became widely popular after the Meiji Restoration in the latter half of the 19th century, and it has now become the Yaezakura most well-known variety in Japan. SAKURA The prefix yae literally 〜Cherry blossoms〜 means “eightfold”, but in the context of cherry trees it refers to any and can be found in and around parks, variety whose flower produces five or more 1 temples, shrines, schools, roads, and petals. The graceful and ephemeral beauty of many other places. The academic year for most Japa- nates with the spiritual core of Japa- nese schools starts in April, and cherry nese attitudes, particularly the ten- y blooming suddenly trees have been planted to coincide dency to find beauty in what is cherr blossoms, with and create a befitting atmosphere ephemeral, and to empathize with all for orientation and the associated cer- things transient. The people of Japan then falling like a fleeting rain emonies. Due to the season, “the also see beauty in the fading and fall- cherry blossoms have bloomed” is a ing flowers after their peak. Gracefully 2 widely understood metaphor for pass- falling cherry blossoms have over the ひらひら ing a school’s entrance exam, and centuries become a tangible symbol 【hira hira】〜 conversely “the cherry blossoms have of the self-sacrificing spirit of bushido¯, In Japan, the sound and appearance of light and thin things fluttering in the wind are described fallen” means that someone has failed or the “way of the warrior”. The cherry with the following onomatopoeia: “hira, hira, hira, hira….” In spring, cherry blossoms bloom hira throughout Japan, after which they soon fall from the trees. People feel a symbolic connection an exam. Furthermore, because April blossom is a frequently used motif on hira between the countless falling petals gently fluttering (“hira hira”) to the ground and the fleeting marks the start of the Japanese fiscal the emblems of flags, badges and nature all things. It also reminds people that summer is near. year for government agencies and pri- patches used by the police and Self- vate companies—which means that Defense Forces. In fact, visible desig- 3 Yamazakura most post transfers and such occur nations of hierarchical rank that are This is the best-known The blooming of the cherry world, such as New York, Washington wild variety of cherry early April—cherry blossoms have most commonly represented by stars D.C., London, Brussels, Berlin and tree in Japan. Before taken on symbolic significance mark- in other countries are often indicated blossoms brightens the hearts the popularity of Somei Seoul. Japan is filled with places Yoshino, Yamazakura ing new milestones in people’s lives. in Japan by cherry blossoms. of the Japanese people was more or less synony- where cherry trees line the streets or mous with cherry trees. Cherry blossoms are Relying on the fore- Cherry trees are loved throughout the grow in parks in large clusters. Cherry casts to find out the best days for world. While many cherry trees are trees and their blossoms are very en- plant rice seedlings, plant seeds, and appreciated precisely “viewing” the flowers, which only last grown for the edible cherries they pro- dearing to the Japanese people. They other kinds of farm work. The Japan because of their fleeting grace for about a week, people flock to parks 4 duce, one can see the blossoms of are celebrated in the Manyoshu, the Meteorological Agency forecasts One of the reasons cherry blossoms and such in a custom known as hana- 1 Castle cherry blossoms decorative cherry trees planted by the oldest known collection of Japanese when and where the cherry trees will are so loved by the Japanese people mi, or cherry blossom viewing. Hana- Hirosaki Castle(Hirosaki City, Prefecture) About 2,600 individual cherry trees of about 50 varieties hundreds in cities throughout the poetry, and by the time the later waka blossom and be in full bloom, which is is that they are not overly assertive mi is a picnic-like festive affair where blossom around the tower keep in the castle grounds. style of poetry became popular, the reported on in great detail in the aesthetically. Depending upon their people bring food and drink to enjoy 2 A rare tree Miharu Taki-zakura( Prefecture) word for flower (hana) itself even weather forecast segments of the exposure to sunlight, the pale hues of with their family, friends and col- This giant tree, at 12 meters tall with branches extending out 25 meters, is of the “weeping cherry” variety. As its Jap- came to be implicitly understood to re- news on TV. The imaginary line that their petals range from the fairly dull to leagues under beautiful cherry trees. anese name (the “waterfall cherry”) suggests, its branches and flowers seem to flow down just like a waterfall. fer to cherry blossoms. follows the blossoming from south to the bright and livid. People project It is an annual custom in the spring 3 Mountain cherry blossoms Cherry blossoms are distinct in that north across the Japanese islands is their own emotions, and indeed the season where people admire the flow- Mt. Yoshino ( Prefecture) The sacred spots and paths for pilgrims at Mt. Yoshino have they bloom just before the leaves ap- known as the “cherry blossom front”. human emotional spectrum, onto the ers blooming above, yet at the same collectively been listed as a World Heritage site. The site features about 200 varieties and an overwhelming 30,000 pear on the tree, which tells people The tree variety most often used in flowers. Even more importantly, the time tend to become a little sentimen- individual blossoming cherry trees. New York City is also a haven for cherry blossom viewing. fact that cherry blossoms reach full tal as falling petals flutter by. Alcoholic 4 Cherry blossoms at night The Brooklyn Botanical Garden has become particularly that spring has come. Cherry blos- these predictions is the Somei-Yoshi- Heian Shrine(Kyoto Prefecture) well known for its Sakura Matsuri (Japanese for “Cherry soms have been used since ancient no. It is a decorative cultivar that be- bloom in a few days and then soon fall beverages are said to taste best when Red weeping cherry blossoms decorate the beautiful Blossom Festival”). The festival features various popular vermillion-hued shrine, and appear almost mystical when events associated with Japanese culture. times as an indicator of when to trans- came popular in the mid-19th century, from their branches all at once reso- drunk at . illuminated at night.

2 April 2011 April 2011 3 Case Study FIELD SK energy Co., Ltd. “The monitoring and control screens with a gray background are Delivering proposals and support SK energy Co., Ltd. easy to see and also into the future as a solution pro- gentle on the eyes of senior operators. They vider are received well by the operators on site.” (Mr. Construction of the system started im- Seo Hyun Joo, General Manager, No.1 Aromatic mediately after AKR was selected as Production Team) a system supplier in October 2009. iary of Yamatake Corporation, as a The aging DCS was replaced by the business partner for the project. Advanced-PS™ APS5000, a new-

“Our company has been using generation plant automation system. Location Yamatake products, including DCS, The new system integrated the moni- 110, Kosa-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan 680-130, Korea for more than 30 years in various pro- toring and control functions that had Establishment October 1962 duction facilities. Based on their ex- previously been performed indepen- Business scope cellent track record, we believe that dently for each of the three facilities, Production, sales and distribution of petroleum products and petrochemical products Yamatake products are robust and do and began operation in November not break easily,” says Mr. Park. “We 2009. also highly evaluated the workman- The IOUS™ 500 adopted as a uni- Mr. Min Ku Kang Team Leader, ship (work quality) of each member of fied operator interface for the new Instrument Team 1 Yamatake and AKR we encountered. system increased the amount of dis- Furthermore, AKR has an office in Ul- played information three to four-fold san where our plant is located. That as compared to the previous system. was one of the key factors for select- Furthermore, the physical layout of ing AKR as our partner, since the devices was carefully designed, such SK energy Co., Ltd. is the largest general petroleum and petrochemical company in South Korea. It has Mr. Jeong Won Park close proximity of the office means a as sets of two monitors arranged verti- recently integrated the monitoring and control processes for the production of petrochemical products with General Manager, speedy response from AKR at all cally, in order to facilitate on-screen Chemical Maintenance Technology Management Team the aim of improving operational efficiency and optimizing the allocation of human resources at the produc- times.” monitoring. tion facilities. As a result, the monitoring and control range for each operator has expanded significantly. “In evaluating candidate companies, “The use of the gray background for Thus, the objective of the project for operating the facilities with fewer operators was successfully attained. we gave high scores to AKR because monitoring and control screens based its proposed plan would enable the on AKR’s proposal produced remark- styrene monomers and ethylene. In Around 2008, aging DCS＊ needed to utilization of our existing assets such able benefits and improved the visibil- Promoting the integration of monitoring recent years, the company has active- be updated. As part of the integration as currently used controllers and op- ity much better than we had expect- and control processes to improve opera- Mr. Dong Joo Noh tional efficiency on the production floor ly been expanding business in the efforts, SK energy decided to use DCS erators’ skills, and, above all, because ed,” says Mr. Noh. “The statuses and Engineer, Instrument Team 1 clean energy field by marketing solar of a single vendor for the three produc- the proposed system offers expand- conditions of equipment and manu- SK energy, which originated as Korea cells and lithium ion batteries in re- tion facilities which had previously been ability that will allow further integration facturing processes can be easily Oil Corp., a government-run company sponse to rapidly growing needs for monitored and controlled by DCS of of the production processes we aim to checked not only by the operators in “To that end, we intend to actively uti-

established in 1962, is now the largest the reduction of CO2 emissions for multiple vendors, thus unifying the op- achieve in the future and AKR pre- charge, but also by the supervisor sit- lize operational support packages petroleum and petrochemical compa- global warming prevention. The lithi- erator interfaces. Specifically, the com- sented a concrete roadmap for that ting at the center of the instrument such as the Knowledge Power™ plant ny in South Korea. In addition to gen- um ion batteries supplied by SK pany chose to integrate the monitoring future integration,” says Mr. Noh. panel room.” operation support system and Alarm & eral petroleum products such as gaso- energy are used in hybrid vehicles and control processes for the produc- “As a result of implementing these Event analysis software,” says Mr. line, kerosene and liquefied petroleum produced by a Japanese commercial tion of three petrochemical product measures, the monitoring and control Kang. “We look forward to AKR’s pow- gas (LPG), SK energy supplies di- vehicle manufacturer. As such, SK groups --- namely heptane, benzene/ range for each operator and the num- erful support, not just as a system verse petrochemical products to glob- energy offers high-quality products to toluene/xylene and paraxylene. ber of loops increased dramatically, supplier but as a solution provider, al markets, such as synthetic resins, meet various market needs. thus enabling the operation of the fa- while remaining true to its policy that For the past several years, SK energy Reliability backed by the past track cilities with fewer operators,” says Mr. ‘a job is not complete until the custom- record and flexible expandability has been making companywide efforts Park. “The new system contributed er is fully satisfied.’” for the future as decisive factors for the integration of production moni- largely to the improvement of opera- toring and control processes. When the project was initiated, SK tional efficiency on the production floor “The main purpose of our efforts is to energy requested proposals from the and optimized allocation of human re- enhance operational efficiency on the vendors that provided DCS products sources, which were our main aims in glossary production floor and achieve optimum for the aforementioned three produc- initiating the project.” ＊sDCS (Distributed Control System) DCS refers to a system designed exclusively for the For the monitoring and control screens, the IOUS 500 allocation of human resources,” says tion facilities. Upon careful examina- In future, SK energy plans to evolve monitoring and control of production equipment in a Windows-based human-machine interface is used. The factory. Since DCS distributes functions to individual Mr. Kang. “It is essential for our com- tion of the proposals submitted by the well-designed display layout, including a large LCD the system for further integration of components of the system connected by a network, it The Advanced-PS APS5000 system is circularly ar- display and sets of two display panels arranged verti- reduces system load and offers excellent reliability and ranged in the instrument panel room. All monitors are pany to maintain and strengthen com- vendors, SK energy chose Azbil Korea cally, has expanded the monitoring and control range for manufacturing processes based on maintainability. visible from the center of the room to allow easy confir- each operator and increased dramatically the amount of mation of equipment operating status by the supervisor. petitiveness in global markets.” Co., Ltd. (AKR), an overseas subsid- displayed information. the newly constructed system.

4 April 2011 April 2011 5 1 The valve maintenance center in Building No. 2 conducts overhaul, cleaning, operation vol.2 check and coating of control valves removed from custom- 2 ers’ facilities for periodic in- spection and repair＊. 2 Employees of Azbil Thailand come to the Kawara Technol- ogy Center to receive training on overhaul inspection and cleaning of control valves. Providing High-Quality Services Globally to 3 Valves sent by customers are serviced one after another. Support Production Safety for Customers ＊Major scheduled inspection 1 3 and repair of equipment used in plants.

Kawara Technology Center, which is Yamatake’s service base for the azbil department is in charge of calibrating certification ahead of others in July dispatched specialists to overseas bas- Group, is situated amid the rich natural environment of Chikuho, Japan. instruments necessary for mainte- 1995, and also acquired ISO 14001 es since it opened. For example, Azbil This Center is committed to providing high-quality services globally to support nance work. certification in September 2002. As Thailand’s CV maintenance center es- the production activities of customers, ranging from system engineering to The Service Planning Dept. performs such, the Center has strengthened its tablished in Thailand’s Rayong district （ maintenance of control valves and calibration of measuring instruments. calibration for some 3,500 measuring quality management and environmen- Thailand’s largest petroleum and instruments used for maintenance ev- tal management. chemical complexes） provides high- ery year. In addition, it is entrusted to Thorough measures have also been quality maintenance and repair servic- calibrate about 500 instruments annu- taken to ensure safety of workers. For es for Yamatake products and other Spacious staging area for witnessed mation （BA） business for buildings. products. The staging area is used to ally that are removed from customers’ example, since organic solvents used companies’ products under the guid- tests of large-scale systems The Japan West Region Engineering conduct witnessed inspections of sys- facilities and sent to the department. As in the painting process contain chemi- ance of the Kawara Technology Center. awara Town is located at the System Department of the Advanced tems over a certain size for all custom- the service departments for the BA cal substances that are hazardous to Today, this maintenance center han- northeastern edge of the Chi- Automation Company（ AAC） in charge ers west of Prefecture. business and AA business were inte- humans, such as toluene and xylene, dles maintenance and repair for over K kuho region in Pre- of engineering services for the western grated in 2008, the Service Planning those chemicals are separated and 3,000 valves per year. Yamatake’s fecture, Japan. This town is renowned Japan area and the Service Engineer- Ensuring accuracy of measuring in- Dept. has also been calibrating mea- processed by local ventilation systems. overseas subsidiaries in other coun- for bolstering Japan’s industry center- ing Headquarters’ Service Planning struments used in field services suring instruments used by the mainte- In recognition of proactive safety mea- tries also provide high-value-added ing on the coal mining and cement in- Department responsible for providing he Service Planning Dept. is re- nance service teams in the BA business sures, the Kawara Technology Center services such as periodic shutdown dustries for many years through both reliable services are in Building No. 1, sponsible for managing mea- since April 2010. The number of instru- received the Director-General’s Award maintenance and emergency mainte- the prewar and postwar periods. In the and the West Japan Service Head- T suring instruments used inside ments that the department calibrates and the Best Award from the Fukuoka nance services, thus contributing to rich natural environment of Kawara, quarters’ Kyushu Service Department and outside the company. “Manage- for the service teams is expected to Labour Bureau in October 2002. safe and stable plant operation. The where mountain forests account for is in Building No. 2. ment of measuring instruments” refers reach about 1,500 units per year. The services provided by the Kyushu Kawara Technology Center will con- more than 60% of the town area, Ya- The Japan West Region Engineer- to the tasks of maintaining the quality of Service Dept. extend beyond the main- tinue to play its important role in glob- matake’s Kawara Technology Center ing System Dept. performs tasks such measuring instruments, such as cali- Continuously strengthening quality tenance and servicing of customers’ ally disseminating Yamatake’s high- began operation on April 1, 1993 as a as design, development, inspection, bration and adjustment of individual in- and environmental management control valves. It has begun offering quality service techniques and core facility of the azbil Group. supply, instrumentation work, trial op- struments at appropriate intervals, in he Kyushu Service Dept. in “CV（ Control Valve） Doctor Service.” In know-how in order to support custom- Building No. 1 （total floor area: eration and adjustment of system order to ensure the accuracy of various Building No. 2 conducts main- this service, service engineers visit cus- ers’ production activities, including 2,076m2） and Building No. 2 （total products handled by AAC according devices used to measure electricity, T tenance and servicing of vari- tomers’ facilities and diagnose valve helping overseas subsidiaries provide floor area: 763m2） on the premises to the specific requirements of cus- pressure, temperature, humidity, torque ous control valves that are used in operations and propose modification high-quality services. measuring 27,283m2 house three de- tomers. and other physical quantities. To per- plants to regulate the flow rates and plans for achieving cost reduction and partments that support Yamatake’s Ad- There is a staging area on the first form these tasks, there is a metrology pressure levels of water, air, steam efficiency improvement. The Kyushu vanced Automation（ AA） business for floor of Building No. 1, where systems management room on the first floor of and so forth. Upon receiving custom- Service Dept. strives to provide high- factories and plants and Building Auto- are assembled and set up before they Building No. 1. The temperature and ers’ requests, this department con- value-added services from the custom- are delivered to customers. Here, cus- humidity in this room are strictly con- ducts various tests on valves, disas- er’s standpoint. tomers can inspect the hardware trans- trolled. sembles and cleans valves, and also Yamatake’s overseas subsidiaries in ported from the Isehara Factory and In the AA business, Yamatake offers performs machining and replaces Taiwan, Thailand, China, Indonesia, installed with applications designed a field service for the inspection and parts based on test results. Singapore and Malaysia also operate and produced in accordance with cus- adjustment of instruments installed in The series of these operations not maintenance centers for the mainte- tomers’ specifications. This spacious customers’ facilities, such as sensors only demands advanced technologies nance and servicing of customers’ area enables staging of a large-scale and control valves, to ensure their ac- and quality control capability, but also valves. The Kawara Technology Center system. The Kawara Technology Cen- curacy. To provide this important and requires extensive measures to ensure serves as a training center for develop- ter is the second largest facility operat- critical service, the measuring instru- safety of workers and to protect the sur- ing foreign engineers for these over- The Kawara Technology Center is located amid the rich environment of Chikuho. Customers who visit the Center The Kawara Technology Center dispatches specialists to ed by Yamatake next to the Isehara ments used by the service engineers rounding environment. The Kawara seas bases. The Center has accepted to attend inspections can observe control valve inspection Azbil Thailand’s Rayong CV maintenance center to provide work and witness Yamatake’s high-quality maintenance technical guidance. Factory that manufactures system must be guaranteed for accuracy. This Technology Center obtained ISO 9001 many trainees from overseas and also service work.

6 April 2011 April 2011 7 Topics

“ A Dozen Flowmeters” Expand Variety of Flow Measurement Applications

“A Dozen Flowmeters” expand the variety of flow measurement appli- cations, thereby enabling azbil to respond to customers’ flowmeter needs in a wider application range. Flowmeters comply with global specifications. Sales of electromag- netic, Coriolis, STEAMcube and other flowmeters incorporating the latest technologies will begin se- quentially. azbil has enhanced its line-up to a dozen flowmeters and will provide the optimum product for a broad range of applications for gas, steam and liquid.

ACTIVAL high-performance air-conditioning control valve

ACTIVALTM control valves, manufac- 100 years, and looks forward to making tured by Yamatake Corporation, have further contributions to the energy effi- been selected for use in numerous ciency of buildings worldwide through buildings because of their high control- its sales of ACTIVAL, the product of a lability and reliability. The compact wealth of experience and know-how body incorporates a valve and an ac- about building equipment. tuator, and the optimal valve for the ap- plication can be chosen from a variety of available differential pressures, pipe sizes, materials, etc. Without high-performance control valves, energy efficiency and lower cost air-conditioning, heat supply, and Features: sanitation facilities in a building are not ● Compact and lightweight body incorporating a easy to achieve. Yamatake has pro- valve and actuator ● High durability and long service life vided automatic control for more than ● Low power consumption ※ ACTIVAL is a trademark of Yamatake Corporation.

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