COPA-DATA at Hannover Messe: ergonomic and flexible HMI/SCADA solutions for Smart Factories
Greater individualization of products, rapid market change and evermore-complex manufacturing processes are characteristic of modern industrial production. It is these factors most of all that are driving forward the concept of the Smart Factory. In order to uncover optimization potential and achieve increased productivity, companies must digitalize and network their infrastructure in full, control their horizontal and vertical value chains optimally and analyze and evaluate their data in a targeted manner.
With zenon 7.20 on the way to the Smart Factory
With zenon 7.20, COPA-DATA is presenting a new software version that meets all important system requirements for a Smart Factory: zenon 7.20 supports the construction of digital value networks and consistent digitalization with high scalability, security and performance. Companies can carry out targeted analysis and meaningful Big Data evaluations with zenon 7.20, and provide all relevant information at any time and everywhere.
zenon and Microsoft – cost-efficient and scalable solutions in the cloud
The zenon Cloud Solution makes it possible to integrate zenon with the Microsoft Azure cloud platform and thus easily provide all data from different production locations and sites of a company in just one system, in real-time. It enables companies to compare and correlate this data and display it in the form of clear dashboards. With this new solution, companies can also pursue approaches such as energy management, OEE, etc. at a global level too, and use zenon as a tool for company-wide optimization.
"The Machine Cloud System that COPA-DATA is presenting at Hannover Messe 2015 is a perfect solution for the Internet of Things. It starts with the equipment in the field and establishes the connection to the cloud. There, the information is combined with data from the ERP level and this makes it possible to get a global view of real-time information and evaluations throughout all sites," adds Werner Reuss, IoT Commercial Lead at Microsoft Germany. "With this kind of solution, it is possible to benchmark production sites based on important KPIs, to gain valuable insights, to instigate learning processes and to optimize certain business processes."
In order to back up the continually-increasing amounts of data in an industrial company and at the same time adhere to legal and regulatory requirements, COPA-DATA also offers a cost-efficient and ergonomic storage solution: the zenon Big Data solution combines zenon with the Microsoft technologies of cloud-integrated StorSimple storage (CiS) and Microsoft Azure. The data is saved on a hardware appliance in the internal network, the CiS, transferred to Azure cloud storage and archived there. In doing so, companies can access data at any time and use this for their evaluations.
Initial pilot projects being implemented
With the launch of version 7.20 of zenon, and the technology modules for cloud computing integrated therein, COPA-DATA has already acquired its first pilot customers for the zenon Cloud Solution, including a major machine and equipment manufacturer active throughout Europe.
"We see great potential for the Smart Factory and cloud computing in the industrial environment – and there is already significant market interest. With our new version 7.20 of zenon, we can now offer our customers, interested parties and partners the possibilities of designing their value-adding processes and business processes and implementing solutions that are characterized by high flexibility, expandability and usability," explains Jürgen Schrödel, Managing Director at COPA-DATA GmbH in Germany.
Visit COPA-DATA at Hannover Messe 2015
from April 13 - 17, 2015
Hall 7, Booth C48 (at the Microsoft booth).
We look forward to seeing you!
You can also arrange an appointment in advance.
