Introducing PlantPAx - The Unified Portfolio of Rockwell Automation Systems & Solutions for Process Automation Excellence
The PlantPAx portfolio is Rockwell Automation's next step to help you achieve process automation excellence. PlantPAx unifies our core capabilities and technologies with those of our market leading partners, such as OSIsoft and Endress+Hauser, and acquisitions like Incuity, Pavilion Technologies, ICS Triplex, Xi'An Hengsheng and ProsCon, under a common systems and solutions umbrella to provide you greater market innovation and value.
PlantPAx encompasses:
System Engineering - Offering process and batch application a new library of reusable control objects with tools to simplify its deployment with recently released APC (advanced process control) functions for slow-response process loops.
Control & Visualization Platforms - Advancements in control strategies and accompanying visualization are configured using modular and reusable objects which simplify design, commissioning and maintenance.
Performance & Process Optimization - PlantPAx extends the scope of process optimization to include fuzzy logic, basic, and advanced process loop tuning, and an MPC (model predictive control) suite from Pavilion Technologies.
Batch & Sequencing - PlantPAx adheres to ISA-88 standards and presents a scalable batch control capability that includes a controller-based state machine for local sequencing applications to more comprehensive server-based batch control with material tracking and electronic batch records advantages.
Process Safety and Critical Control - New developments offer the broadest coverage of SIL (Safety Integrity Levels) and fault tolerance requirements. ICS Triplex integrates with PlantPAx to help deliver the highest availability safety solutions worldwide.
Asset Management - PlantPAx expands our asset management suite with new data delivery capabilities, tools, and procedures that track assets and their performance. Version management of control assets, calibration management of process instrumentation and valuable diagnostics for HART and process filedbus devices are included.
Plant Information - PlantPAx allows plant-wide process data management through its historian capability - based on the PI System from OSIsoft, is integrated with FactoryTalk Integrated Production and Performance Software Suite.
"Rockwell Automation announced its roadmap for process automation that includes bringing together its end-to-end suite with a new name - Rockwell Automation PlantPAx Process Automation System. PlantPAx systems and solutions are based on the significant investments the company has made in Process Automation."
- Walt Boyes, Control Magazine
