Schneider Electric launches PacDrive 3 integrated solution for automated machine control. Based on proven logic motion technology, PacDrive 3 unifies PLC, motion, and robotics control functionality on a single hardware platform. Its centralised system architecture, is specifically designed to control a wide range of servo-driven production and packaging machines, as well as material […]
IIoT and smart machines are offering OEMs and manufacturers a step-change in ways to improve flexibility and productivity. The emergence of Industry 4.0 is triggering significant transformation in manufacturing and production industries. Making the case for the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) Schneider Electric’s Rainer Beudert, Marketing Director for the system and software Machine Solutions […]
Schneider’s new Profit Advisor uses IIoT to manage real-time decision making. Schneider Electric, has introduced new software suite that utilises IIoT data to enable industrial customers to measure and control the profitability of their operations in real time. Called EcoStruxure Profit Advisor, it uses control and automation systems data to control real-time profit performance […]
Booster control is used to maintain a constant pressure at the outlet by automatically varying the speed of the pumps. Altivar Process ATV600 drives allow the pumps to have an optimised consumption of power whilst time providing optimal monitoring features. Booster Control is used in several pumping processes. A typical application is water and […]
Companies buying new machines should think more about the energy that will be consumed by the machine during its lifespan says Schneider Electric. Among expenses from acquisition to dismantling, the purchase price accounts for only 2 to 3% of the overall costs: the remainder of the expense being mainly energy consumption. Machines are designed […]