Machine Builder (OEM) Solutions
Innovation, Throughput, and Performance
To remain competitive in today's modern industrial climate, many OEMs are adopting automation strategies that allow them to focus on innovation, making them and their machines more attractive than the competitors. No matter how productive a machine is, you are driven to produce something better — technology that can differentiate you from the competition. Innovative OEMs are investing in the latest technologies to help them design flexible machines to meet demanding customer applications.
Integrated Safety
Safety is one area where it never pays to cut corners. Thanks to advances in automation technology, more machine builders are discovering how to design systems that improve productivity without compromising safety. For your customers, this means not only delivering flexible, high-performance machines at a competitive price, but also equipping them with all of the safety control features they will need.
Our combined expertise in machine safety and industrial automation means we understand your customer's factory floor issues. We know how to help you implement safety solutions to meet your goals by using our wide range of innovative safety products. Our standard products have embedded safety features like safe off, safe speed and safe networks, so safety can be built into your machines at less cost and effort than traditional solutions.
Our stand alone and integrated safety products are designed and built to global standards for high reliability, stability and quality. Whatever safety challenges you encounter, you will find the answer by partnering with us.
On-Machine Values
The On-Machine approach lowers wiring errors with fewer wiring terminations, resulting in fewer points of failure. This leads to an increase in the overall reliability of the control system. Time savings from simplified installation, wiring, debug, teardown and reassembly all allow for greater output that increases top line growth. The On-Machine approach also enables you to lessen the footprint of your machines allowing customers to leverage more of a scarce resource in their facilities. In the end, this innovation helps speed installation, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting; thereby helping to improve your customer's productivity.
Information-Enabled Solutions
One of the biggest competitive advantages a machine builder can have in attracting the attention of end users is the level of equipment integration with plant level control and information systems. Rockwell Automation can help you build plug and play functionality to these systems into your machines.
Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Integration
MES integration systems is important for end users to enable seamless information flow. Our Integrated Architecture powered by the FactoryTalk services oriented architecture is best positioned to meet this ever increasing need.
- Product recipe downloads for automated changeovers
- Work order instruction delivery and tracking
- Production data and exception recording
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
Today's machines generate incredible amounts of raw data. Whether it is the number of parts scrapped during a shift or the number of parts built, this data can be turned into useful information to improve business processes.
You can easily structure data in a Logix controller user-defined data type that makes OEE data available in the right context for a line level system at a customer site. Customers can connect multiple machines in a production line to an OEE package like FactoryTalk Metrics which provides an understandable picture of the production environment. Real time data becomes actionable business knowledge.
Security
Securing your intellectual property and unauthorized access to your equipment is important to you and your customer. FactoryTalk Security is a common service among all FactoryTalk software products that provides a wide range of integrated security services. It provides centralized authentication and access control by verifying the identity of each user who attempts to access the system. This functionality is embedded in our Integrated Architecture in order to help you meet various industry regulations and reduce the risk of unauthorized access.
Remote Diagnostics
Remote dial-in and web based support for your control system has never been easier. Remote access modems allow you to quickly connect to your control system from any standard phone line or via the Internet depending on your customer's infrastructure, improving your ability to respond to critical situations without actually being on site. Now you can eliminate those weekend trips to the plant, or costly travel to field locations. From home, your office or another facility, you can easily monitor system status, perform diagnostics, and make authorized program changes.