1. Siemens

Siemens automation is one of Europe’s largest industrial manufacturing companies, featuring offices in more than 100 countries all over the world. Siemens is a technology pioneer with expertise in electrification, digitization, and automation, as well as a strong presence in other industrial sectors such as infrastructure, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing. Siemens connects its extensive automation expertise to new technologies like ML (Machine Learning), AI (Artificial Intelligence), and IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), which enable autonomous automation, cloud-based systems, and smart industrial infrastructure behavior.

Innovations by Siemens

1. SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.1 is an improved DCS that includes even more software innovation as well as a more powerful PROFINET-based hardware architecture. This upgrade gives you a better understanding of the extent and status of your installed components, as well as the ability to manage them more effectively. Version 9.1 is compatible with existing Industrial Workstations and supports Windows Server 2019. This gives the highest possible security against security risks with an integrated industrial security philosophy.
2. SIMATIC PCS neo is a Siemens distributed control system (DCS) that provides engineers and operators with features such as mobility, usability, and cooperation. Customers can access the monitoring system from any device, such as smartphones or tablets, using web-based technologies instead of installing local DCS software and licenses. By allowing numerous people to work on the very same project at a time from any location, the technology offers up new possibilities in engineering.

2. ABB

In 2022, ABB is expected to be one of the best industrial automation businesses to perform in the world, with an emphasis on providing a wide range of automation solutions. The headquarters of the Swiss-Swedish multinational firm is in Västers, Sweden, and Switzerland, Zürich. ABB Automation’s process and hybrid industrial solutions include industry-specific electrification and digital solutions, integrated automation, control technologies, software, and advanced features, as well as measurement and analytics, maritime, and turbocharging options. Globally, Process Automation is ranked second. 

The Process Automation firm helps customers stay competitive, improve their ROI, and run safe and productive operations by leveraging its deep domain knowledge, experience, and competence in delivering excellent automation products, systems, and solutions, as well as a wide range of complementing collaborative and digital solutions across applications and sectors. ABB employs 105,600 people in more than 100 countries. Clarivate, a world leader in analytics, named ABB one of the world’s most innovative firms in 2021.

Innovations by ABB

1. The ABB AbilityTM Smart Sensor for Dodge mounted bearings, which is part of the ABB AbilityTM Digital Powertrain, allows bearings to be “health checked.” By monitoring the status of bearings using vibration and temperature data, smart sensing technology provides an initial warning of any possible problems.
2. YuMi is an acronym that stands for You and Me. YuMi is the world’s first collaborative twin arm robot built to work alongside people. This ABB dual-arm robot is great for small-part assembly and is both safe and precise. The robot will halt what it is doing in milliseconds if it receives a single human touch. There is no need for fencing, light curtains, or safety devices.

3)Yokogawa Electric

The Japanese multinational Yokogawa Electric Corporation is an electrical and software engineering corporation that specializes in information technology, industrial automation, control, test, and measurement. Yokogawa Electric contributes to the achievement of a healthy human society and also the industrial world by providing cutting-edge products and solutions focusing on measuring, control, and information technologies. 

The company is a leading major producer of test and measurement equipment, as well as industrial control and automation solutions. Many of the company’s products are combined systems that combine hardware and software. Customers in a variety of industries employ its goods, including oil, chemicals, power, natural gas, pulp & paper, and pharmaceuticals. Yokogawa Electric also sells to the aerospace and maritime industries. The percent of its sales came from Japan. It was established in 1915. Smart control solutions, such as DCS (distributed control system), PLC (programmable logic controller), and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition), are available from Yokogawa Electric Corporation.

Innovations by Yokogawa Electric in the Field of Industrial Automation

1. The synaptic is a nervous system structure that aids in the transmission of impulses to other areas of the human body. Synaptic Business Automation is a state of mind for a company in which the integration of data, systems, organizations, knowledge, and supply chains creates value and improves competitiveness. The integrated data on production processes and supply chains may be grouped and analyzed to help decision-makers at all levels of the company make better judgments.
2. In 1975, Yokogawa introduced the CENTUM distributed control system (DCS), which was the world’s first. The ninth generation of the CENTUM series is CENTUM VP. CENTUM systems are known for their tough performance, and they set high engineering and technical standards while providing backward compatibility with earlier system versions and support for the most cutting-edge technology applications. CENTUM, a Yokogawa flagship product that has proudly served the process sector for over 45 years, is built on knowledge-driven engineering.

4. Mitsubishi Electric

Mitsubishi Electric is a world leader in electronic and electrical products and is a subsidiary of the Japanese multinational Mitsubishi Group. The corporation employs 145,650 people and is based in Tokyo. Japan offers a diverse range of innovative solutions, including smart automation solutions, that contribute significantly to the global automation market’s growth. Mitsubishi Electric, one of the world’s leading automation businesses, creates intelligent industrial robots with force detection and three-dimensional vision. In both hard and simple applications, the robots, which could also be operated in collaborative contexts, achieve best-in-class accuracy and speed.

Innovations by Mitsubishi Electric in the Field of Industrial Automation

1. The RV-F, RV-CR, and RV-FR series of vertical-type robots from Mitsubishi Electric include six-axis arms for enhanced flexibility.
2. Ceiling-mounted horizontal-type robots – Mitsubishi’s RH-FHR and RH-FRHR series of ceiling-mounted horizontal-type robots use inverted four-axis selected compliance assembly robot arm (SCARA) units to speed up handling activities without taking up too much room on the floor. 
3. Micro-assembly robots – Mitsubishi Electric’s RP series of high-speed, compact micro-working robots, which incorporate a dual-arm construction, can execute a wide range of micro-assembly applications with great precision.

5. Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric SE is a multinational firm based in France that specializes in energy and automating digital solutions for increased efficiency and sustainability. It combines energy technology, real-time automation, software, and services to target homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure, and industries. 

Schneider Electric SE (Schneider Electric), originally Schneider Electric SA, is an energy management and automation firm that provides electricity distribution-related technologies and solutions. Automation and control products, low voltage goods and systems, solar and energy storage, voltage levels distribution and grid automation, and critical power, cooling, and racking are among the company’s main offerings. Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, South America, and North America are all represented by the company. The headquarters of Schneider Electric is at Rueil-Malmaison, France.

Innovations in the Field of Industrial Automation

1. Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxureTM Building combines hardware, software, and services securely across an Ethernet IP backbone to improve building efficiency, comfort, and productivity, as well as raise building value.
2. EcoStruxureTM IT safeguards sensitive data and information. It ensures that the physical architecture of data centers can adjust fast to meet the requirements of customers and expansion. It also aids in the prevention of cyber-attacks.
3. Electric utilities’ grid dependability challenges are addressed by EcoStruxure Grid. Its digital architecture and services assist electrical utilities is becoming more sustainable by bridging the gap between supply and demand by delivering an end-to-end software cycle (from design to development, run, and maintenance).

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