Industrial Automation Software for Manufacturing

zenon helps pharmaceutical and life sciences manufacturers automate, monitor, and manage production processes. In this industry, zenon is used for:

•    Batch control and recipe management
•    Process control and visualization
•    Data acquisition and reporting
•    Production monitoring and traceability
•    Software-defined Automation

zenon supports regulated manufacturing environments and flexible production requirements, including modular production and changing batch sizes.

Process manufacturers need to adapt quickly to changing products, production volumes, and batch sizes. zenon supports modular production through Module Type Package (MTP)-based automation, helping manufacturers integrate modular production units and create more flexible automation architectures. zenon fully supports MTP 2.0, enabling reliable plug-and-produce automation as production systems scale. With MTP support, zenon can control and visualize modular production units, enabling scalable plug-and-produce automation and supporting software-defined automation.

zenon OpenDCS is a software-defined, hardware-independent process control system built on the zenon software platform. By separating DCS software from vendor-specific hardware, including virtualized platforms, zenon OpenDCS enables manufacturers to integrate and orchestrate field equipment more quickly, shorten engineering cycles through automated engineering, and reduce long-term vendor lock-in. It supports open standards such as OPC UA, MQTT, and SQL databases and is designed to work with the MTP standard, giving manufacturers a more open and flexible alternative to traditional, hardware-bound DCS solutions. Prevalidated Process Libraries developed by COPA-DATA further enable fast and efficient engineering.

zenon helps food and beverage manufacturers improve production efficiency, process visibility, and resource management. Typical applications include:

•    Production and line management
•    Process monitoring and control
•    Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0 applications
•    Energy data management
•    Automated reporting and analytics

zenon supports a wide range of food and beverage processes, including brewing, while connecting production data for greater operational visibility.

zenon helps OEMs and machine builders develop connected, scalable industrial automation solutions. Applications for OEMs include:

•    HMI and machine visualization
•    SCADA and monitoring
•    Data acquisition
•    Alarm management
•    Line management
•    Reporting and analytics
•    Machine and system connectivity
•    Cybersecurity

zenon's open architecture lets machine builders integrate different automation technologies while giving customers greater access to machine and production data. This makes zenon a single platform covering automation, monitoring, control, and analysis for OEM applications.