Machine Builder (OEM) Solutions
Innovation, Throughput, and Performance
To remain competitive in today's modern industrial climate, many OEMs are adopting automation strategies that allow them to focus on innovation, making them and their machines more attractive than the competitors. No matter how productive a machine is, you are driven to produce something better — technology that can differentiate you from the competition. Innovative OEMs are investing in the latest technologies to help them design flexible machines to meet demanding customer applications.
Integrated Safety
Safety is one area where it never pays to cut corners. Thanks to advances in automation technology, more machine builders are discovering how to design systems that improve productivity without compromising safety. For your customers, this means not only delivering flexible, high-performance machines at a competitive price, but also equipping them with all of the safety control features like safe off, safe speed and safe networks. Safety can be built into your machines at less cost and effort than traditional solutions with products built to meet global standards for reliability, stability and quality.
Information-Enabled Solutions
One of the biggest competitive advantages a machine builder can have in attracting the attention of end users is the level of equipment integration with plant level control and information systems. Rockwell Automation can help you build plug and play functionality to these systems into your machines.
Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Integration
Simplifying MES integration is important for end users to reduce the cost, time, and risk associated with integrating new or existing equipment assets into their infrastructure. Rockwell Automation has developed standardized machine state models and data structures based on ISA-88 standards, that make vertical integration with performance management systems and other MES applications a faster and more economical option.
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
Automated machines contain incredible amounts of manufacturing process information that needs to be easily turned into useful information to improve manufacturing performance and reliability. The Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture, along with a new implementation of standardized machine state models and data structures, enables manufacturers to connect an entire line to an OEE package like FactoryTalk Metrics with significantly less engineering effort. Rockwell Automation is well positioned to meet this ever increasing need for machine builders and manufacturers to collaborate on vertical integration strategies.
Security
Securing your intellectual property and unauthorized access to your equipment is important to you and your customer. FactoryTalk Security is a common service among all FactoryTalk software products that provides a wide range of integrated security services. It provides centralized authentication and access control by verifying the identity of each user who attempts to access the system. This functionality is embedded in our Integrated Architecture in order to help you meet various industry regulations and reduce the risk of unauthorized access.
Web Reporting for Manufacturing
FactoryTalk VantagePoint is a powerful web-based reporting package that brings all data together into a single information management and decision support system. FactoryTalk ViewPoint, a Web-enabled HMI application, extends the access to FactoryTalk View Site Edition (SE) displays and dashboards to users anywhere for improved real-time decision making. FactoryTalk ViewPoint now lets you view real-time plant floor operations data simply by logging onto an Internet browser.
Robotics
Today, robotic solutions are both versatile and practical for a wide range of manufacturing applications – from simple, highly repetitive pick-and-place packaging, to high-precision automotive assembly and semiconductor handling. Using the Logix Control Platform and the Rockwell Software® RSLogix 5000 programming software, you can easily integrate simple, multi-axes robot control into your application.