Emerson continues to develop its focus on edge computing technologies for industry with the introduction of its PACSystems Edge Solutions. The company says this is “a new portfolio of turnkey industrial edge hardware and software solutions” designed to help OEMs, system integrators, and end users “reduce the time spent integrating, developing, and validating digital transformation projects.”
The PACSystems Edge Solutions portfolio offers fit-for-purpose packages to reduce the time spent integrating, developing, and validating IIoT projects.
Components of the newly combined PAC Systems Edge Solutions include:
- RXi HMI: Improves visibility into machine operation and performance to provide operators with quick access to critical information.
- RXi Edge Computing: Can capture data from any source to deliver real-time insights and machine learning that is immediately accessible to operators to improve decision making.
- RX3i Edge Controller: For real-time process optimization by combining high-speed, deterministic control and machine intelligence in a single device.
- RXi Edge Analytics: Provides access and visibility to plant productivity, performance, and energy use with pre-configured analytics.
- RXi Supervisor: Connects plant assets and production data into a comprehensive, real-time view of production operations with anywhere-access visualization.
Emerson’s edge solutions leverage Movicon.NExT, WebHMI, Connext OPC UA server and the PACEdge platform in optimized packages to provide powerful and flexible connectivity, visualization, and a cloud-enabled toolset.
Emerson says the PAC Systems Edge Solutions portfolio is designed to allow users to start with one application and build as need.
 | Read more about the edge computing developments announced by Emerson at PACK EXPO 2020 that led to this new portfolio. |
