Schneider Electric Launches Next Generation of EcoStruxure, an Architecture and Platform for End-to-End IoT-Enabled Solutions at Scale
Aspen Technology, Inc. announced the introduction of a new product suite, aspenONE Asset Performance Management (APM). The new suite expands the aspenONE product portfolio from engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain into maintenance to address key business challenges that include process disruptions, low asset availability, and unplanned downtime. The aspenONE APM suite reportedly will enable companies to optimize their assets throughout the entire plant lifecycle.
NAMUR and ODVA Collaborate on the Industrial Ethernet for the Process Industry
ODVA announced activities with NAMUR, an international user association of automation technology in the process industries, to help advance the adoption of industrial Ethernet in the process industries.
IBM has just announced several cloud data services and features on Bluemix designed to help organizations accelerate the migration of their data to the cloud and more easily generate business insights.
Rockwell Automation has announced a new app, FactoryTalk TeamONE, for iOS and Android smartphones. As part of the company's expanded Information Solutions strategy to help employees make better decisions across their enterprise, the app connects to some of the technology that manufacturers adopt during their digital transformation. The app helps to boost team productivity by enabling users to better collaborate and share knowledge, view live production diagnostics, interact with machine alarms, and troubleshoot devices.
Infor Announces Innovative Tethered Drone-Based Asset Management Solution
Infor announced in partnership with Drone Aviation Corp. (DAC), the creation of Infor's new Drone Enterprise Asset Management Solution (DEAMS), designed to solve industry challenges by enabling safe, efficient asset management and maintenance.
Siemens launches its new range of energy efficient motors SIMOTICS 1LE7. The new SIMOTICS 1LE7 range of motors is the newest entrant in the existing range of motors offered worldwide from Siemens. Siemens was also the first company in India to launch the locally manufactured IE2 and IE3 efficiency class energy efficient industrial motors; IE3 is currently the highest efficiency class as recognized by Indian Standards. These motors are capable of offering an average monetary savings of up to 8 – 20 percent depending on the frame size.
Rockwell Automation introduced a new Safety Lifecycle Toolkit, designed to provide a single environment to complete the entire machine safety lifecycle, as defined in standards ISO 12100, ISO 13849 and ANSI B11:0. Manufacturing engineers typically use many different tools when developing and specifying machine safety systems, and it is still largely a manual process. This toolkit provides a single suite to help manage, document and confirm compliance throughout the entire safety development.
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the global, member-supported organization that promotes the accelerated growth of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), announced the publication of the Business Strategy and Innovation Framework (BSIF). The BSIF helps enterprises to identify and analyze issues that must be addressed to capitalize on the opportunities emerging within the IIoT.
PTC announced the release of the latest version of its Creo 4.0 3D CAD software. Creo 4.0 introduces new capabilities for Internet of Things (IoT), additive manufacturing, augmented reality, and model-based definition (MBD). Creo 4.0 reportedly enables smarter design and greater productivity with a vast array of core modeling enhancements and new functionality that allow designers to create the products of the future.