Emerson releases edge solutions for advanced IIoT applications

Manufacturers are faced with many options for edge hardware and software, making it challenging to piece together effective IIoT solutions that can collect and process data at the edge for deep analysis to improve productivity, energy use and machinery health.

To that end, Emerson has announced its PACSystems Edge Solutions, a new portfolio of turnkey industrial edge hardware and software solutions that the company says is designed to simplify selection and deployment, helping original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), systems integrators and end users significantly reduce the time spent integrating, developing and validating digital transformation projects.

PACSystems Edge Solutions are fully licensed and optimised combinations of Emerson’s edge and IIoT software and computing hardware. End users gain faster access to insights from disparate and stranded data sources across the operation, minimising the time to achieve results. OEMs can securely and proactively monitor machine health, improve actionability and visibility into performance, and notify operators of potential issues before they become downtime events, says Emerson.

“Accessing critical data and analytics right at the point of generation empowers plant personnel to take fast, informed action to improve production,” said Sabee Mitra, Emerson’s Group President for Systems and Software. “With PACSystems Edge Solutions, any industry application using PLCs can deliver immediate insights when and where operators need them most while maintaining easy scalability.”

Emerson’s edge solutions leverage Movicon.NExT, WebHMI, Connext OPC UA server and the PACEdge platform in optimised software packages to provide flexible connectivity, visualisation and a cloud-enabled toolset. Users can connect openly to any field device or control system to create advanced edge computing, plant and energy analytics and supervisory systems, then present that information on a single, common HMI from machine to enterprise level.

Organisations can start with one application and build as future needs grow, easily expanding the value of solutions already in place. They include:

• RXi HMI: Improves visibility into machine operation and performance.
• RXi Edge Computing: Harnesses data from any source to deliver real-time insights and machine learning.
• RX3i Edge Controller: Unlocks real-time process optimisation through high-speed, deterministic control and machine intelligence.
• RXi Edge Analytics: Simplifies access and visibility to plant productivity, performance and energy usage.
• RXi Supervisor: Connects plant assets and production data into a real-time view of production operations with anywhere-access visualisation.
   

Top image: PACSystems RXi2-BP.