Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Control Advisor software

Schneider Electric has added enterprise-wide IIoT plant performance and control optimisation software to its PES and Foxboro Evo process automation systems and Foxboro I/A Series distributed control system. Leveraging Expertune PlantTriage technology, EcoStruxure Control Advisor provides plant personnel with actionable real-time operating data and predictive analytics capabilities so they can monitor and adjust every control loop across multiple plants and global sites 24/7. The software is designed to empower them to optimise the real-time efficiency of the process throughout the plant life cycle and to contribute directly to improved business performance.

Because it is more tightly integrated with the company’s PES, Foxboro Evo and I/A Series process automation and control systems, Control Advisor is said to give users better opportunities to improve business performance. An easy-to-use tool that works natively across a broad spectrum of industrial applications without substantial capital investments, it extracts more value from existing investments by bringing plant operations closer to set point, minimising out-of-spec production and identifying predictive maintenance indicators. Improving the performance of each control loop not only restores stability to the operation, it can drive up to a 2% increase in energy savings and up to a 10% increase in production capacity. In addition to its ability to drive energy savings and production efficiencies, it is said to enhance safety, optimise maintenance, lower operating costs, increase product quality and reduce emissions, among many other things.