High plant availability and security are among the most important success factors in fields such as the chemical and petrochemical industries. Siemens' XHQ Operations Intelligence software extracts and prepares information relating to the ongoing production process from a wide array of information sources and compares it to other sources such as process historians, laboratory data or business data.
Rockwell Automation Pavilion8 Model Predictive Control (MPC) software now empowers engineers to design and execute step tests faster, safer and more accurately. Unlike manual step tests that must be continuously monitored by on-site engineers, the Step Test Assistant in Pavilion8 version 5.12 independently makes adjustments in a test environment to more quickly identify models that drive operations to the maximum level of performance.
TTTech announced a new product platform, targeted at providing edge connectivity, computing and control for the manufacturing market. The platform, named Nerve, reportedly enables users to gain greater insight into machines, take control of data access, and unlock more value from their products.
The Panasonic Factory Solutions Europe team held an opening ceremony in their newly established Technical Center close to the Panasonic office near Munich, Germany. The Technical Center was officially opened after tape cutting and a toast spoken by Mr. Hiroyuko Nagai, President of Panasonic Factory Solutions Europe.
Rockwell Automation has combined professional services, machine-learning algorithms, and predictive analytics software to offer predictive and prescriptive maintenance. With these new capabilities, industrial operators can better predict maintenance needs and perform necessary repairs before failure occurs. This allows manufacturers to help to avoid downtime and improve productivity.
Schneider Electric announced availability of RefineryWise for the Oil & Gas industry. This industry solution helps Oil & Gas refiners to achieve improved visibility into contextualized, actionable data ranging from the process automation layer through the enterprise business system layer, and from crude feed planning to final product blending.
Rockwell Automation introduced its new Allen-Bradley Bulletin 1719 Ex I/O platform for devices deployed in hazardous areas. With the new platform, users can access data from field devices and more easily control process operations in hazardous areas, as well as leverage EtherNet/IP as an enabler of The Connected Enterprise.
Infor announced Infor Mobility for Field Service, a comprehensive mobility solution that is designed to streamline activities for technicians operating in the field. Infor MFS, version 15.6.2, designed by Infor's creative agency Hook and Loop, doesn't just replicate back-office processes on a mobile device, it delivers a purpose-built mobile field service application to manage work orders for users of Infor M3, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
As announced at the Hannover Messe 2016, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) has published a first draft of the official EtherCAT P technology specification, together with the extension of all corresponding documents on its website. Additionally, there has been finalized an application note as a guideline for the implementation of EtherCAT P slaves.