Industrial automation platform opening process accelerated

At present, mainstream manufacturers in the field of industrial automation are committed to breaking the closed and specific nature of industrial equipment and launching open industrial automation platforms. By breaking down the wall between IT and OT, manufacturers can collaborate with new capabilities, proactively enhance and accelerate operations, and scale flexibly and intelligently based on demand.

The DIAStudio platform launched by Delta, as an integrated development platform, replaces the traditional closed development mode and enables equipment developers to quickly complete the selection, parameter setting, networking debugging and other operations of Delta automation products (such as PLC, HMI, servo, inverter, etc.), shorten the system configuration time and improve the design convenience.

1769-OF8C 

With the new ctrlX AUTOMATION, Bosch Rexroth removes the traditional boundaries between machine control systems, IT and the Internet of Things. With a scalable platform, the flexibility to create centralized and decentralized AUTOMATION topologies, and through the Linux real-time operating system, open standards, application programming technologies, web-based engineering, and comprehensive iot connectivity, ctrlX AUTOMATION reduces engineering commissioning time and effort by 30 to 50 percent.

In 2020, Schneider Electric launched EcoStruxure™ Automation Expert, the world’s leading software-centric open automation platform. This is an innovative open automation product based on the IEC61499 standard. EcoStruxure promotes’ plug and run production ‘in the field of industrial automation through software and hardware decoupling, effectively solving the portability, configurability and interoperability problems of application software between manufacturers, and promoting efficiency jumps in engineering design and operations.