Schneider Electric highlights the importance of software, automation and electrification in accelerating industrial competitiveness
April 22 2024 - 7:40AM
- Schneider Electric outlines how software-defined automation is
driving industrial growth at Hannover Messe
- Alongside AVEVA, company unveils latest innovations aimed at
boosting industrial productivity, resilience, and efficiency
- Showcasing the importance of deep domain expertise, it will
demonstrate how its solutions support the entire industrial
ecosystem at its #HM24 booth (Hall 11, Stand C52)
Schneider Electric, the industrial technology leader of energy
management and automation, will showcase the latest innovations in
its portfolio, including industrial software, Artificial
Intelligence and Digital Twin technology. These solutions will be
demonstrated through the lens of a digital and sustainable life
science campus, highlighting Schneider's deep domain expertise
across the entire industrial value chain.
“With industry contributing around 45% of global greenhouse gas
emissions[1], it is clear we must act to reduce this and support
industrial decarbonization as quickly as possible. The question is
how we achieve this while boosting productivity,” said
Barbara Frei, Executive Vice President, Industrial
Automation at Schneider Electric. “Automation, which is at
the heart of industrial operational technology optimizes production
processes and is a key enabler for successful digital
transformation. It drives productivity and efficiency and helps
make the most of energy and raw materials.”
Driving productivity and efficiency through
Software-Defined Automation
Hannover Messe, the world’s premier industrial trade fair, is
taking place in Hannover, Germany, from April 22 to 26. At the
event, Schneider Electric is presenting its vision for
automation.
Following the launch of EcoStruxure Automation Expert in 2020,
the company continues to build upon its pioneering open,
software-defined approach to automation, developing a single,
scalable industrial automation environment for continuous, hybrid
or discrete processes.
Focusing on supporting customers’ need to be agile and
innovative in response to industrial challenges while
simultaneously protecting investments, the company aims to reduce
total cost of ownership, simplify processes and operations, and
enable industry to operate at higher levels of efficiency and
resiliency.
Frei continued “Much of the automation in operation today was
designed and installed decades ago, based upon hardware tied to a
single supplier and before the massive computing power we have now.
With software defined automation and our open approach, we simplify
the existing complexity and allow customers to update or change
their automation based on what they need, when they need it and
from whom they want it.”
New industrial innovations showcased at Schneider
Electric’s booth (Hall 11, Booth C52)
- CONNECT: This agnostic, end-to-end industrial
intelligence platform from AVEVA enables visibility and integration
of engineering and operational data across the entire value chain,
building an ecosystem of employees, partners and even customers.
Enriched with AI and founded on the intelligent digital twin,
CONNECT empowers businesses to unlock efficiencies and drive
sustainability using Schneider Electric, AVEVA, etap, RIB and other
third-party software providers.
- EcoStruxure Plant Apps: EcoStuxure Plant
Predictive Energy the latest of Schneider’s Industrial IoT software
solutions, running on CONNECT Data Services, monitors energy
consumption anomalies across multiple sites to enable better
decision-making and significant energy savings.
- EcoStruxure Edge Apps: an open, scalable, and
ready-to-use ecosystem that leverages edge compute and AI
technology, provides real-time data processing by converting data
into actionable insights at the source - machine, line, or
plant-floor level. The first Apps to be launched and demonstrated
at HM include EcoStruxure Edge Apps Manager, Condition-Based
Maintenance, and Autonomous Yield Optimization.
- Hybrid Cloud MES: AVEVA’s MES takes a new
dimension with applications adopting CONNECT and gaining new
capabilities: Data management, Visualization, and Advanced
analytics.
- EvoPacT™ HVX: a new circuit
breaker for medium-voltage power distribution with an operational
lifespan up to three-times longer than today’s circuit breakers.
With comprehensive health monitoring and IoT-enabled features, it
helps users and partners make a sustainability impact and meet the
needs of an all-digital, all-electric world.
- MasterPacT MTZ Active: the latest addition to
this comprehensive range of high-power air circuit breakers
leverages the advanced digital features of its MicroLogic X control
unit for maximum maintenance and energy efficiencies.
- Lexium SCARA Robot: A new ultra-compact,
high-speed industrial robot with high positioning accuracies for
improving productivity and efficiency in manufacturing and assembly
processes. It seamlessly integrates into unified machine control
systems, enabling centralized control of multiple robots to foster
synchronization and provide collaborative data flows, addressing
the demands of smarter, more flexible, and sustainable
manufacturing.
- Automation application
copilot: Leveraging the power of Gen AI
to boost engineering productivity, this application offers a highly
assisted user experience to a control engineer for total
application generation workflow tasks including application
structure, asset creation from associated libraries and
code/documentation/test case generation.
- TeSys motor control: celebrating 100 years of
innovation, Schneider Electric‘s world-leading reliable,
sustainable, and efficient motor control solutions are connected,
integrated and IoT-ready to provide industry 4.0 protection.
Schneider Electric in the wider industrial ecosystem:
Co-created innovations
- Automation application copilot for PLC code
generation [Microsoft Booth, Hall 17, booth
G06]: Designed to help engineers to rapidly write
high-quality, tested, and validated code for Programmable Logic
controllers (PLCs), this code generation solution combines
Schneider’s deep industrial domain expertise with Microsoft’s
cutting-edge Generative AI technology. The tool is changing the
status quo by automating repetitive tasks and providing intelligent
code suggestions to reduce programming time.
- MARGO Initiative under Linux Foundation launch
[Capgemini Booth, Hall 15, booth F52]: Schneider
Electric and AVEVA cement their founding membership of MARGO on
Tuesday April 23 at 11.00 CET. This new open standard initiative
for industrial automation edge interoperability aims to accelerate
digital transformation and foster increased growth for
organizations of all sizes. Hosted by the Joint Development
Foundation, as part of the Linux Foundation, this initiative aligns
with Schneider’s Open Automation approach.
- Data4industry-X [Platform 4.0
booth]: Trusted data is fundamental to driving
collaboration and establishing new industrial models that
accelerate transformation. Schneider Electric is part of the
Data4Industry-X, a Gaia-X Lighthouse project and part of
Manufacturing-X initiative, supported by the France
2030 national investment plan and the NextGenerationEU
economic recovery program. Data4Industry-X relies on technological
and industrial expertise to support industrial digital
transformation and capitalize on the high potential of industrial
data.
Press Activities: Schneider Electric
sessions for media include:
Monday, April 22, 13:00 – 14.00 CET – Press
& Analyst conference - Schneider Electric stand
(Hall 11, booth C52) in the learning lounge: hear what makes an
industrial technology leader, including Schneider Electric's vision
of software-defined automation and the latest innovations from
AVEVA. Followed by a booth tour from 14.15 – 14.45 to see the
solutions in action.
Tuesday, April 23, 10:00 – 11.00 CET – Press
& Analyst breakfast - Schneider Electric stand
(Hall 11, booth C52) in the booth hospitality area: join
senior executives to deep dive into the latest offerings including
industrial applications on the edge, AVEVA’s Hybrid Manufacturing
Execution System and AI in industrial applications. Followed by a
booth tour from 11.15 – 11.45.
Schneider Electric In-Stand activities (Hall 11, Booth
C52):
- Innovation
talks: experts and representatives
from leading industrial companies discuss the latest trends and
technologies that are impacting industrial markets.
- Guided tours and interactive sessions:
join customers and subject matter experts to see how Schneider
Electric is supporting industrial operations across every step of
the value chain.
- Schneider Electric solutions in
action: including EcoStruxure Automation Expert,
Industrial Digital Transformation Services, CONNECT, Machine
Digital Twin and AVEVA Unified Operations Center.
- Green and digital roadshow truck: located
between hall 11 and hall 9
To view the full event agenda, please click here.
Footnotes
1 World Economic Forum Industry Net Zero Accelerator initiative,
a alculated from total GHG related to energy activities ( ie :
excluding agricultural and forrestry).45% includes industrial scope
1 and 2 GHG emissions, waste water and fugitive emissions from
energy production.
Schneider Electric IA Media Relations – Tori
Brown, Phone: +44 07586813285; tori.brown@se.com
Schneider Electric Media Relations – Álvaro
Pérez, Phone: +32 6875871212; alvaro.perez@se.com
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