When thinking about advanced factory automation the first places that come to mind are invariably car plants. Images are of robot assembly lines, relatively few people and widespread use of AGVs. However, achieving this…
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EcoStruxure for Industry: A New Offering
EcoStruxure is a Schneider Electric’s open IoT system that helps industry compete in the modern digital economy. It offers customised architectures across multiple industries where they have expertise and experience. Markedly, EcoStruxure for Industry…
IIoT Controller Hardware offers Profit from Industry 4.0
For manufacturers investing in IIoT or Industry 4.0, the challenge is to improve automation in a way that improves the bottom line. Most of the control strategies employed today evolved in response to a…
What is EcoStruxure from Schneider Electric?
Commercial, political and environmental pressures are driving organisations to make more with less. This means they need to increase productivity with fewer resources, and using less energy. Thus, connectivity offered by the Internet of…
What does IIoT mean for Automation?
To begin with, it is hardly surprising that engineers are confused about what IIoT means for the automation of their industry. A recent study by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers showed only 8% of…
Pumping Applications: How to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership
Prompted by Schneider Electric, who published a white paper outlining key steps for reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in pumping applications, we’ve picked up the batton to explain the learnings we took…
Altivar 600 Drives Water Processing Using Fewer Resources
Schneider Electric has developed the Altivar 600 specifically for the water & wastewater segment to treat and deliver safer water, with improved reliability and performance, lower operating costs and using less energy.
The world’s…
BPX acquires Manchester Schneider Electric Distributor, JK Electrical
Hot off the press today, we bring you news that BPX has acquired the business of Manchester-based JK-Electrical, a long-standing distributor of Telemecanique and Schneider Electric products. The business will now trade as BPX…