Schneider Electric has introduced its MachineStruxure automation solution. Worldwide, original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are facing the challenges of the new industrial revolution. With MachineStruxure, Schneider Electric aims to make it easier for OEMs to build future-ready machines – faster and more efficiently.
Driving a smart evolution
Whether it is called Industry 4.0 or the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the new industrial revolution is rapidly changing industrial operations. The proliferation of connected devices has enabled faster and better analytics, bringing unprecedented insight and new opportunities to practically every industrial sector. Plant owners worldwide rely on OEMs to deliver these connected equipment and machines.
As a pioneer in smart connected technologies, Schneider Electric is helping OEMs tackle the challenge. MachineStruxure makes it possible for OEMs to avoid totally overhauling existing industrial systems in favour of implementing current technology with future-ready capabilities.
“We see the advent of the IIoT as an evolution, not a revolution,” says John Conway, Schneider Electric’s vice president of Industry Advanced Services Marketing and Consulting. “Our customers have a large installed base of legacy systems that will not disappear overnight and we anticipate that they will want to evolve this base over time toward the IIoT vision.”
Future-ready, smart machines
MachineStruxure supports a smooth transition by addressing the four defining qualities of smart machines: connectivity, efficiency, flexibility and safety.
Seamless connectivity between machines, people, and devices is needed for timely access to information. Efficient machines make it possible to reduce energy and resource consumption. Flexibility is a must in the era of mass customisation. As safety, health, and cyber security are key priorities in every market segment, MachineStruxure helps safeguard OEMs’ brand image with machine solutions that protect people, assets and the environment.
Support for today and tomorrow
In addition to intuitive automation technology built on the company’s extensive industry-specific knowledge, MachineStruxure comes with predefined, ready-to-use architectures and application software libraries, improving the efficiency of building smart machines. Thanks to its global reach and local presence, Schneider Electric can assist OEMs throughout the entire machine life cycle.
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