The global site of the UK's leading magazine for automation, motion engineering and power transmission
28 March, 2024

LinkedIn
Twitter
Twitter link

Software suite boosts collaboration and speeds time to market

18 October, 2022

Rockwell Automation has launched a suite of five cloud-based software applications aimed at improving collaboration and productivity in automation design teams. The FactoryTalk Design Hub suite allows organisations to transform their design capabilities using simpler, more productive ways of working. Teams of all sizes, skill sets and locations, can enhance collaboration, improve lifecycle management, and obtain on-demand access to the cloud-based software. The benefits are said to include more productive designs, faster times to market, and systems that cost less to build and maintain.

“In this new age of ‘work from anywhere,’ having centralised, on-demand design tools is critical for businesses to scale production and easily adapt to evolving customer needs,” says Brian Shepherd, senior vice-president for Software & Control at Rockwell. “FactoryTalk Design Hub gives manufacturing engineers access to the full breadth of Rockwell Automation tools and capabilities in a centralised nexus for successful design and collaboration across their team and the greater enterprise.”

The hub adheres to the latest security standards and IT best practices. It allows teams to access designs from any Web browser using software that is always up-to-date, and scales users and computing capacity to meet project workloads.

According to Rockwell, traditional software limits collaboration, scalability, and productivity. FactoryTalk Design Hub addresses these concerns.

The hub’s five core applications are:
FactoryTalk Design Studio: New cloud-native software aimed at boosting system design efficiency. Available via a Web browser, it avoids the need for downloads, installs or maintenance. It saves time using modern software practices and version control. Teams can share and merge changes, and project sizes can scale dynamically. Multiple controllers can be supported in one project.
FactoryTalk Optix: This cloud-enabled HMI product allows users to design, test and deploy applications via Web browsers. Optional cloud-based connections support collaborative workflows that allow modifications to be made from anywhere at any time.
FactoryTalk Twin Studio: This allows users to design, program, simulate, emulate and commission virtually in a single cloud environment. Users can develop projects better and faster, collaborating with their team-mates in real time.
FactoryTalk Vault: This provides secure, cloud-based storage for design teams. With its modern version and access control, it improves insights into designs by analysing control projects. Teams can spend more time working on projects and less time searching for files or working from outdated versions.
FactoryTalk Remote Access: This provides secure connections to equipment, allowing teams to respond faster and to resolve production issues. It connects domain experts to critical issues, no matter where each is located, speeding support response times and cutting travel and downtime costs.

Rockwell Automation says its cloud-based FactoryTalk Design Hub suite will result in more productive designs and faster times to market.

FactoryTalk Design Hub and its components will be available by the start of 2023.

Rockwell Automation:  Twitter  LinkedIn  Facebook




Magazine
  • To view a digital copy of the latest issue of Drives & Controls, click here.

    To visit the digital library of past issues, click here

    To subscribe to the magazine, click here

     

Poll

"Do you think that robots create or destroy jobs?"

Newsletter
Newsletter

Events

Most Read Articles