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Schneider Electric

With global expertise,you can rest assured that your machines meet regulatory standards and design specifications. Check out our innovations in drives and soft starts, HMIs, PLCs and other products that enable ease of design, programming, commissioning and troubleshooting.
8001 Knightdale Blvd.
Knightdale, IL 27545
USA
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Automation and control solutions designed to maximize performance and optimize costs.

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As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructure, Industries & Machines Manufacturers, Non-residential Buildings, Data Centers & Networks and in Residential. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the company’s 150,000 plus employees achieved sales of 31 billion US dollars in 2013, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations make the most of their energy.

YouTube Videos

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Products

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The PowerLogic ION9000T features high-speed transient capture capabilities to help critical facilities avoid outages, equipment damage, failures, and interruption of operations...
March 18, 2020
Schneider’s ATV6000 can enable process optimization, improve energy management and enhance asset management.
Schneider’s Altivar Process 6000 (ATV6000) can help optimize businesses by enabling process optimization, improving energy management, enhancing asset management, and providing...
Oct. 3, 2019
IIoT-Ready Controller for Logic and Motion Applications
The Modicon M262 controller from Schneider offers intuitive, scalable, and reliable machine integration into Industry 4.0 environment, machine to device, machine to human, machine...
Sept. 1, 2019
The FXI Series 7 from Schneider Electric features new software, electronics and detection enhancements for process optimization.
The FXI Series 7 from Schneider Electric features new software, electronics and detection enhancements for process optimization.
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Modicon M580 - Ethernet Programmable Automation controller & Safety
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The EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS from Schneider now makes the real-time profitability of operations more visible.
Sept. 28, 2017
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Quicker commissioning, power savings are benefits of EPack DTM
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Foxboro, a Schneider Electric company, provides an FDT 2.0 DTM for its pressure transmitters.
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RefineryWise from Schneider Electric provides improved visibility into contextualized, actionable data, from the process automation layer through the enterprise business system...
Jan. 25, 2017
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The Foxboro RTT15S optical temperature transmitters from Schneider Electric feature large, backlit LCD displays with optical configuration buttons — operable through the glass...
Nov. 3, 2016

Videos

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Companies such as Pfizer, Shell, ExxonMobil, and Intel show the value of automation and where it’s headed through their use of specific technologies.
Dec. 3, 2022
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Schneider Electric’s Michael Martinez explains how decoupling devices from software allows you to extend the life of automation systems while also improving their availability...
Nov. 18, 2022
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Exhibits by Beckhoff, Schneider Electric, Stratus Technologies, and Festo highlight growing trends around automation use in the CPG industries.
Nov. 4, 2022
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OPAF, Schneider Electric working on universal automation for industrial control.
July 1, 2022
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U.S. Government issues warning about new cyberthreats that impact control systems and SCADA devices across industries.
May 13, 2022
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This video shows how Schneider Electric uses Aveva’s Lean Digitization System to display Andon notifications, line performance, work order management, Kanban, workforce interaction...
July 22, 2020
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In this episode we look at how quality inspections are evolving in light of new automation technologies, how CIP valves helped reduce downtime and waste for Noosa Yoghurt, and...
July 2, 2020
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Learn how Aveva Insights software is used to monitor machine operating parameters and send alerts if operating parameters are not within set levels. Also see how machines are ...
June 30, 2020
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A review of some of the more interesting topics we’ve recently covered to help you stay on top of what’s happening in the world of industrial automation.
May 7, 2020
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Demos of IIoT box as server for hands-free augmented reality and next-generation of motor controls.
Sept. 26, 2019

Resources

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With energy demands forecast to increase by 1.5X worldwide, and the halving of global C02 emissions, industry will need to be 3X more efficient than it is now. IIoT will be a ...
Dec. 12, 2017
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To stay competitive, machines have to be smarter, better connected, more efficient than ever, and safer. Smart machine development is driven by three factors: • New generations...
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Automation solutions have been around for decades. Yet they’ve never realized their full potential. Optimizing them requires a simple, highly effective process for maximizing ...
Nov. 6, 2017

Blogs

Panelists discuss cybersecurity during Schneider Electric's Innovation Days in Austin.
TÜV Rheinland has certified the automation supplier’s Secure Development Lifecycle process to ISA/IEC 62443-4-1 cybersecurity standards. This was a highlight to this week’s Triconex...
Oct. 25, 2019
ExxonMobil Readies Open Process Automation Test Bed
Yokogawa Electric Corporation selected to be the system integrator responsible for establishing the company’s OPA Test Bed.
July 10, 2019
Delta Systems Pushes the Boundaries of Automation in Packaging
Using Schneider Electric’s PacDrive3 architecture and EcoStruxure Platform, the machine builder is able to scale intelligence and capabilities of integrated packaging systems ...
May 30, 2019
Schneider Electric and Nozomi Networks Partner on Cybersecurity
Schneider Electric is combining its EcoStruxure IIoT process automation and industrial control system with Nozomi’s SCADAguardian platform to strengthen its defense-in-depth approach...
Jan. 17, 2019
Manufacturers Can Make Safety a Profit Center
Schneider Electric outlines how the soon-to-be announced Safety Advisor technology, based on Triconex and EcoStruxure, will create a “profitable safety” business model.
Dec. 22, 2018
2019: The Year of the Industrial Network Protocol
The OPC Foundation, CC-Link Partner Association and ODVA have all made announcements about major moves planned for 2019, indicating serious movement toward greater device and ...
Nov. 28, 2018
Chris Progler talks profitable safety at the Triconex User Group conference.
As Schneider Electric continues to develop safety as a closed loop, Triconex customers are better able to understand how risks directly affect the bottom line—shifting safety ...
Oct. 24, 2018
A SAG mill, used to break rock into smaller pieces, is the biggest piece of equipment in a mining operation.
Advanced process control lets a comminution circuit—where mined ore is broken down into increasingly smaller pieces—improve MTBR and the ultimate goal of throughput.
Aug. 29, 2018
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Industrial automation engineers understand how to deal with real-time control. With business variables changing at near real time, it’s time for automation to focus on controlling...
Aug. 15, 2018
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With energy consumption expected to increase by some 50 percent over the next few decades, Schneider Electric is focused on how IIoT connectivity can help industrial operations...
March 3, 2018

Articles

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Schneider Electric's CTO for industrial automation reveals how the company’s collaboration with Microsoft on its new Industrial Copilot can help reduce engineering development...
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Spotlighting users such as CPG manufacturer Henkel and water/wastewater processor AquaPolo, Aveva explains its cross-industry approach using an industry-specific partner ecosystem...
Nov. 7, 2023
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This new as-a-service cybersecurity offering works with the user’s existing IT/OT infrastructure to protect networks, systems and data across IT, operations and cloud environments...
Oct. 11, 2023
Jim Heppelman delivers opening presentation at PTC LiveWorx 2023
Application of PTC software by automation suppliers such as Balluff, Festo and Schneider Electric highlight broad use of the company’s design and connectivity software as the ...
May 23, 2023
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With Hannover Messe as its showcase, Schneider Electric unveiled several new products and services aimed at helping industrial companies manage energy use and meet net-zero commitments...
April 21, 2023
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Schneider Electric’s Michael Martinez explains how open automation systems—like those supported by UniversalAutomation.org—enable and support sustainability, not just for production...
Nov. 1, 2022
Learning about the Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Micro Data Center and Stratus ftServer at PACK EXPO International.
At PACK EXPO International, Stratus Technologies and Schneider Electric demonstrate how the EcoStruxure Micro Data Center with Stratus ftServer can consolidate disparate automation...
Oct. 26, 2022
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Schneider Electric lays out its sustainability and digital transformation strategy to help industry address the ongoing series of disruptions impacting business.
Oct. 20, 2022
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Plug-and-produce hardware-independent software and agreements with Claroty and Intel accelerate the new era of automation software.
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The U.S. government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency issues new alert about attacks targeting ICS/SCADA devices.
April 14, 2022

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